Little Country Church on the edge of town

Do do do do do do

People coming every day from miles around

For meetings and for Sunday school

And it's very plain to see

It's not the way it used to be.

Welcome to the Word for today, featuring the Bible teaching ministry of Pastor Chuck

Smith, founder of the Calvary Chapel Movement.

This radio program is a chapter-by- verse by verse study through the entire Bible.

And on today's edition of the word for today, Pastor Chuck continues his message,

God's apprehension of Paul as we pick up in Acts chapter 9 verse 1.

And now with today's study, here's Pastor Chuck.

Now let's turn to X. Chapter 9.

When Alexander the Great conquered the world,

he left pockets of Greek culture throughout the world.

And so these pockets of Greek culture became very influential.

And even though the Roman Empire conquered the Grecian Empire,

yet the Grecian culture remained as a dominant characteristic

throughout the world.

So the world was under the Roman Empire, but it was dominated by Grecian culture.

Now the Grecian culture. Now the Grecian culture was more towards the arts. In contrast, the Hebrew culture was very legalistic.

The Pharisees were representatives of the Hebrew culture,

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