The Gospel Story vs The Stories of Culture: The Issue of Suffering // Acts 17

Acts 17 is the ultimate showdown of how ancient cultural ideology & philosophy is most relevant to our time. Paul was confronting the most influential and culturally forming ideas in history and they are directly connected to our day. This passage reminds us of our message to those ideas and how to engage cultural ideas and real people, while exposing the issues of our hearts. We will look at:

1) Humanity's common faith and common story

2) How secular worldviews break down

3) The core issue: Our story deals with suffering.

The reason Christianity grew and is still relevant today, is that it is the only story of any faith system that deals with the issue of suffering.

"He who has a why to live for can deal with almost any how." -Viktor Frankl