C.S. Lewis: Magic vs. Miracles
Paul pens both his letters to Timothy to encourage him to continue his struggle against the false teachers in the congregation at Ephesus. Paul planted this church years earlier. Luke records this in Acts 19—20. As Paul was leaving Ephesus he warned the church that false teachers would creep in and even arise out of their own number. There was something about the church in Ephesus that made it especially susceptible to a certain form of false teaching.
I think at least part of that reason for this susceptibility was Ephesus’s culture of magic. It was a city steeped in magic. By “magic” I…
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