In Acts 17, Paul entered the city of Athens and began a conversation with a group of Epicurean and Stoic philosophers.  At the Aeropagus, Paul reasoned with them about his faith in Jesus.  Unlike Paul’s typical Jewish audience in a synagogue, these philosophers had no religious framework for a Jewish Messiah.  So to illustrate his Christian message, Paul used their decidedly non-Christian art.

Paul pointed to an altar constructed for “an unknown god” saying, “Let me tell you about that God…”  Paul quoted a poem from a Stoic named Aratus and a hymn from Epimenides of Crete.  The quotation from the 7^th Century B.C. hymn read, “In him we live and move and have our being.”  Paul says that those words—originally written about the Greek god Zeus—are true about the One True God.

Paul redeems the concept—the idea, the art—for Christ.

That’s a little like what we do each year in our series God & the Movies.  Join us this weekend as we fire up the popcorn machine and continue our annual movies series. In this series, we will look at some of Hollywood’s films to see how God tells his story through their stories.  Bring a friend and come ready to hear from God.

NOTE: Because of copyright restrictions, we are unable to reproduce these messages on CD or post them on the Internet.  Sorry for the inconvenience!