In first century Palestine, if you aspired to be a tax collector you could expect to earn a very good standard of living. There was a problem though—to be successful you would have to cheat, swindle and be dishonest. Oh, and be good with extortion. On the other hand, those who were on the …
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The Law – an Eternal Story
Reading the book of Leviticus is no easy task. It is a legal document, and legal documents are difficult at the best of times. To make the task harder, this document relates to practices that seem at times far removed from our day to day experience – flaying of…
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Background
Philippi was the chief city of Macedonia, and was named after the father of Alexander the Great. It required divine intervention in the form of a vision (Acts 16:9) in order for Paul to visit it on his second journey. It is the city where Paul and Silas famously converted Lydia and the J…
