My Biggest Warning To Christians (EP 189)

Bryce Crawford· Host0:00

What's going on, guys? Welcome back to another episode of the Bryce Crawford Podcast. I'm Bryce, and today, by the title of the episode, you can tell this is my biggest warning to the American Church. This is my biggest warning to you guys, and what I believe that in this passage of scripture that we're gonna talk about is so important. And so if you have your Bibles, I want you to turn to Acts 17. I pray that you are all doing well and feeling excited and feeling good. Now, I wanna address Acts 17, because I believe that this passage is very applicable to the 21st century, and this is the beauty of scriptures. We have this transcendent piece of literature that has impacted generations before us, is impacting a generation now, and will continue to impact generations after us. So this thing doesn't have to change or adapt to society. Rather, we should change and understand how God has originally designed us to be. Now, in this passage, we see what's going on in the chapter 17. Paul's going to Thessalonica, then he's going to Berea, then he's going to Athens, okay? So Paul is preaching in Athens to the Epicureans and the Stoic philosophers, and these guys are like, "Yo, you gotta talk to the Areopagus." Now, I think this is so important. So what's going on is Paul has now been to a city, which is Athens, who he saw a city full of idols. So he goes to Athens, and there's a bunch of false gods there, and he's talking to the Epicureans and the Stoic philosophers. Now, the Epicureans and the Stoics were slightly different. You see, the Epicureans, they wanted to solely