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6. 6 Lydia and a jailor hear the gospel, believes and are baptized – Acts 16:11-34 Lydia and a jailor hear the gospel, believes and are baptized – Acts 16:11-34

7. 7 Some in Thessalonica were persuaded & received the word of God, but the Jews reject it – Acts 17:1-9

8. 8 Many in Berea heard with readiness, searched it out and received the gospel as the truth by obeying it – 17:10-14

9. 9 The soil was more difficult in Athens - but some were willing to receive the word of God, repent and join the disciples – Acts 17:15-34

10. 10 Acts 18:1 (NKJV) 1 After these things Paul departed from Athens and went to Corinth.

11. 11  Corinth was located on a narrow isthmus (4 miles wide) between the Agean and Adriatic Seas, about 50 miles west, south west of Athens.  Roman capital of Achaia – largest city in Greece at the time –  Center of trade and commerce -

12. 12  It lay at the foot of Acrocorinth, an acropolis which rises precipitously to 1,886’  Upon which were many shrines to female deities, including the famous and wealthy temple of Aphrodite which was served by a thousand “religious prostitutes”

13. 13  A center of idolatry: Apollo, Poseidon, Aphrodite and others were worshipped in the many pagan temples.  Corinth had a reputation as a very wicked city; immorality was rampant.  “korinthiazo” – i.e. “to act like a Corinthian,” came to mean, “to commit fornication.”

14. 14 '"Corinth... was the Vanity Fair of the Roman empire... It was into the midst of this mongrel... population of Greek adventurers and Romans (middle class), with a tainting infusion of Phoenicians, this mass of Jews, ex-soldiers, philosophers, merchants, sailors, freedmen, slaves, tradespeople, hucksters, and agents of every form of vice"... where "Greeks, Latins, Syrians, Asiatics, Egyptians and Jews bought and sold, labored and revelled, quarreled and hob-nobbed, in its cities and its ports, as nowhere else in Greece."' (McGuiggan pp. 5-6)

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31. 31 Charts by Don McClain Prepared August 25-27, 2011 Preached August 28, 2011 West 65 th Street church of Christ P.O. Box 190062 Little Rock AR 72219 501-568-1062 Prepared using PPT 2010 – Email – donmcclain@sbcglobal.net donmcclain@sbcglobal.net More PPT & Audio Sermons: http://w65stchurchofchrist.org/donmaccla/2011SermonPage.html Charts by Don McClain Prepared August 25-27, 2011 Preached August 28, 2011 West 65 th Street church of Christ P.O. Box 190062 Little Rock AR 72219 501-568-1062 Prepared using PPT 2010 – Email – donmcclain@sbcglobal.net donmcclain@sbcglobal.net More PPT & Audio Sermons: http://w65stchurchofchrist.org/donmaccla/2011SermonPage.html

32. 32 1 Corinthians 1:12-25 (NKJV) 12 Now I say this, that each of you says, "I am of Paul," or "I am of Apollos," or "I am of Cephas," or "I am of Christ." 13 Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul? 14 I thank God that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Gaius, 15 lest anyone should say that I had baptized in my own name. 14 I thank God that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Gaius, 15 lest anyone should say that I had baptized in my own name.

33. 33 1 Corinthians 1:12-25 (NKJV) 16 Yes, I also baptized the household of Stephanas. Besides, I do not know whether I baptized any other. 17 For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of no effect.

34. 34 1 Corinthians 1:12-25 (NKJV) 18 For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 19 For it is written: "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, And bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent." 20 Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this age?

35. 35 1 Corinthians 1:12-25 (NKJV) Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? 21 For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe. 22 For Jews request a sign, and Greeks seek after wisdom;

36. 36 1 Corinthians 1:12-25 (NKJV) 23 but we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumbling block and to the Greeks foolishness, 24 but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. 25 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.