October 12, 2014
The Power of the Arts
By C. Robert Wetzel “While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was greatly distressed to see that the city was full of idols” (Acts 17:16). How are we to understand Paul”s distress in seeing the city of Athens full of idols? Surely he had been in many cities whose streets and marketplaces were adorned with numerous idols. Perhaps his anguished reaction was because Athens was regarded as the intellectual capital of the Western world, and Athenians should have known better. Certainly some of the city”s philosophers had known better . . . and found themselves in trouble for
