Session 10: The True Meaning of Life
Preparation Resources
1) Primary text: Acts 17:16-21
2) Extended text: Acts 17:16-34
3) Paul, A Biography reading (optional): Chapter 8, Athens
4) Tim Keller sermons:
Discussion Topics
1) NT Wright says Paul must have been very excited to go to Athens. Why?
2) What were the views of the Stoics and Epicureans? Who are the modern stoics and epicureans?
3) What was the Areopagus and why did Paul’s hearers in Athens take Paul there to give an account of his preaching?
4) Why do you think Paul first mentions the "altar to an unknown God"?
5) How does Paul’s preaching compare and contrast with both the Stoics and Epicureans?
6) How does Paul position the resurrection of Jesus as the validation of his message?
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