SPB Sermons || Acts 18:21-34 | Speaking Hope | Rev Andrew

St Pauls and St Barnabas Belfast · May 10, 2026 · 31m

Have you ever found yourself in a place where you wanted to say something, but the culture, the language, the whole world around you was so different you didn't know where to begin?

Paul did. He stood in the middle of Athens — a city of temples and idols, the philosophical capital of the ancient world — and somehow found a way to speak hope into it. He didn't start with condemnation. He didn't shout from a safe distance. He walked the streets, listened carefully, looked for what was good, and from an altar inscribed "To an Unknown God" he opened up the only God of the universe.

In this sermon…