The Gospel for the Pagan

This is the first time Paul/Barnabas speak to a fully pagan, non-Jewish audience… They encounter ways of looking at the world… spiritual approaches… belief systems that they find shocking. This is NOT a spiritually monolithic area of the world – it’s religious pluralism. Many of us have parents and grandparents who didn’t grow up in church…who never attended church…and who may have adhered to other non-Christian religions. So, how are we to think of the Christian message in this kind of climate/environment…the Gospel and religious pluralism: that’s our topic today. Let’s look at:

1. Our Common Dilemma (dust and glory)
2. The Blessed Interruptions
3. Turning to the Living God