Title: The Gospel on Trial (7)
Series: On a Mission-The Life of Paul
Author: Patrick Edwards
Text: Acts 22:30-24:27
Introduction
Recent years have witnessed a dramatic rise in the popularity of true crime podcasts. Overall, 34% of U.S. adults who have listened to a podcast in the past year say they regularly listen to podcasts about true crime, according to a 2022 Pew Research Center survey. But I don't have to prove to you how popular crime and courtroom dramas are. It feels like half of the T.V. shows out there right now are some form of cop or courtroom show. I admit, I watched a lot of OG Law & Order in the 90s where they'd spend half the show following the police investigating a crime and the second half following the prosecuting attorneys who were attempting to get a conviction. I don't think it's all just the salicaceous nature of the crimes that grab our interest, but it's fascinating to watch how investigators and attorneys alike meticulously build their cases to leave no shadow of a doubt.
We're here in the final month of our series through the book of Acts, only four messages left and so I thought I should probably get around to talking some about our author, Luke, and the purposes for writing this book. In other words, what was Luke hoping to accomplish with recording the Acts of the Apostles? Of course, there are many things that Luke has been doing and we've been highlighting many of them.
No doubt you've noticed how much of this book has been focused on explaining the relationship between the Gospel of Jesus and the Old Testament. Accordingly, most of the issues Paul has run into has been among Jewish communities who were offended by the claim of a crucified Messiah as well as Paul's assertion of Gentile salvation. Luke, thus, is writing a defense of these claims in part to a Jewish audience. But the Jewish communities around the Mediterranean world are not all Luke has in mind.
You see, as important to address the objections of l ...
Series: On a Mission-The Life of Paul
Author: Patrick Edwards
Text: Acts 22:30-24:27
Introduction
Recent years have witnessed a dramatic rise in the popularity of true crime podcasts. Overall, 34% of U.S. adults who have listened to a podcast in the past year say they regularly listen to podcasts about true crime, according to a 2022 Pew Research Center survey. But I don't have to prove to you how popular crime and courtroom dramas are. It feels like half of the T.V. shows out there right now are some form of cop or courtroom show. I admit, I watched a lot of OG Law & Order in the 90s where they'd spend half the show following the police investigating a crime and the second half following the prosecuting attorneys who were attempting to get a conviction. I don't think it's all just the salicaceous nature of the crimes that grab our interest, but it's fascinating to watch how investigators and attorneys alike meticulously build their cases to leave no shadow of a doubt.
We're here in the final month of our series through the book of Acts, only four messages left and so I thought I should probably get around to talking some about our author, Luke, and the purposes for writing this book. In other words, what was Luke hoping to accomplish with recording the Acts of the Apostles? Of course, there are many things that Luke has been doing and we've been highlighting many of them.
No doubt you've noticed how much of this book has been focused on explaining the relationship between the Gospel of Jesus and the Old Testament. Accordingly, most of the issues Paul has run into has been among Jewish communities who were offended by the claim of a crucified Messiah as well as Paul's assertion of Gentile salvation. Luke, thus, is writing a defense of these claims in part to a Jewish audience. But the Jewish communities around the Mediterranean world are not all Luke has in mind.
You see, as important to address the objections of l ...
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