Articles for tag: Athens

November 19, 2018

Mark Scott

Lesson for November 25, 2018: The Church Grows in Greece (Acts 17:16-34)

Dr. Mark Scott wrote this treatment of the International Sunday School Lesson. Scott teaches preaching and New Testament at Ozark Christian College, Joplin, Missouri. This lesson treatment is published in issue no. 12 (weeks 45–48; November 11—December 2, 2018) of The Lookout magazine, and is also available online at www.lookoutmag.com. Image courtesy of George E. Kornaios/Wikimedia.Commons. ______ Lesson Aim: Determine to turn from the potential idols in one’s life and pray for mission work in parts of the world dominated by pagan belief. ______ By Mark Scott  Richard Halverson, former U.S. Senate chaplain, quoted Sam Pascoe, “Christianity started out in Palestine as a fellowship; it

November 16, 2015

Christian Standard

Lesson for November 22, 2015: Thessalonica, Berea, and Athens (Acts 17:1″“4, 10″“12, 22″“25, 28)

Dr. Mark Scott wrote this treatment of the International Sunday School Lesson. Scott teaches preaching and New Testament at Ozark Christian College, Joplin, Missouri, and has held preaching ministries in Missouri, Illinois, and Colorado. This lesson treatment is published in the November 15 issue of The Lookout magazine, and is also available online at www.lookoutmag.com. ______ By Mark Scott  Acts 16 set the stage for the gospel going up and down the social ladder. Acts 16 illustrated the truth discerned in Acts 15. If Gentiles did not have to become Jews to be Christians, then that is good news for everyone. People like Lydia (Acts

May 3, 2009

Christian Standard

More Than 120 Years . . . and Counting

  By Greg Swinney About This Article Long-term ministries tell a story. Nearly two-dozen campus ministers with the Christian churches/churches of Christ have served in campus ministry for more than 20 years (many in the same location where they started). It”s not because they couldn”t find jobs elsewhere . . . it”s because they have a deep-seated passion, a burning in their hearts for the students who walk the concrete sidewalks of the academic jungle we call the state university. This article draws upon more than 120 years of combined experience of four of these campus ministers. Roger Songer, campus

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