The message of the cross has not changed. It is tempting to read Acts with a curiosity about how the same message we hold to so dearly today was received way back then in such a pagan, polytheistic culture. But what I want you to consider today is the possibility that the context and the culture haven’t really changed that much at all. Customs change, languages change, leadership changes, government changes, technology changes. Lots of things change, but don’t think for a second that we can’t relate to Paul and Silas and Timothy, and to those followers of Jesus in Philippi and Thessalonica and Berea. They faced the same kind of obstacles and opposition that we do today, that followers of Jesus all around our world and throughout history have faced when proclaiming the cross.
