Good News in the Ruins | World Without End

Redemption Hill Church Sermons · Jun 21, 2026 · 1h 15m

Acts 17:16-34: Paul waits for Silas and Timothy in Athens. His spirit is provoked by the city drowning in idols. A Roman satirist once said, "It was easier to find a god than a man in Athens."

Paul reasons in the synagogue, in the Agora, and finally at the Areopagus (Mars Hill), invited by Epicurean and Stoic philosophers.

This is a masterclass in subversive apologetics. Paul uses the Stoic argument structure (God exists, God's nature, God rules the world, God cares for mankind) to lead them to a shocking conclusion: God has appointed a day of judgment, proved by the resurrection of a man…