So the Apostle Paul, who just a legend in our faith, okay, he wrote over half of the New Testament.

He went on three missionary journeys during his time doing ministry.

And on his second of three missionary journeys, he made a stop in Athens, Greece.

Okay, it's one thing Paul did.

He literally just went all around the Mediterranean Rim, sharing the gospel and planting churches. Okay, it was the first ever kind of all-inclusive

trip around the Mediterranean. It wasn't nearly as glamorous as it is today. But you might not know this.

Paul did found Carnival Cruises. And so, um, he would have done Royal Caribbean for sure. But so, so Paul, he's on a segment of Georgia

and he's in Athens, Greece. And I've never been to Athens, Greece, but I would imagine it is

beautiful. I'd imagine the history and the sites. I mean, it'd be worthy of screensavers.

I would imagine if I walked into that city and maybe

one day I'll get to, it would be unbelievable. Well, and Paul walks in to Athens, and this is documented

for us in the Book of Acts. The Book of Acts comes right after the Gospels in our New Testament,

and it documents for us the launch of the early church. Luke, who wrote the gospel of Luke, also recorded for us

the events in Acts. And he did a little bit of traveling with Paul on some of those journeys.

In Acts chapter 17, Luke tells us that whenever Paul walks into Athens, he walks through the

gates, his jaw hits the floor. But not for reasons that ours probably would today.

His jaw hit the floor in a bad way. He walked in and he was blown away in the worst possible

way. Luke tells us in Acts 17, verse 16, that while Paul was waiting for them, his traveling

companion, Silas and Timothy, while he was

waiting for them in Athens, he was greatly distressed. That word can also mean angry and upset, to see that

the city was full of idols. He walks in, walks to the gates, and he immediately is distressed because he sees idols everywhere.

Not American idols, shout out Kelly Clark's in, okay?

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