Apologetic Alignment
“But when they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some brethren to the rulers of the city, crying out, “These who have turned the world upside down have come here too. Jason has harbored them, and these are all acting contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying there is another king—Jesus.”” Acts 17:6-7 NKJV http://bible.com/114/act.17.6-7.nkjv "Why did God recommend the flogging of kids by their parents?", a kid queried. Unapologetic minds are often sympathetic to the concerns of 'kids' - the innocent, simple-minded, and vulnerable victims of the evil and erroneous manipulation of the agents of the devil - in the world. Whereas, the enemy of our souls is always forceful in his effort to promote resistance to correction. The undisturbed Jews were irked by the fact that Paul and Silas succeeded in convincing their converts in Thessalonica that the crucified Jesus is the Christ. It was a simple alignment to the fulfillment of plan of God in the acts of...