When the accusers stood up, they brought no charge in his case of such evils as I supposed. Rather they had certain points of dispute with him about their own religion and about a certain Jesus, who was dead, but whom Paul asserted to be alive.
-Acts 25:19-20
I got stuck on these verses from the text for today's sermon. I was fascinated at the way Festus describes the accusations the Jewish leaders bring against Paul. He was expecting a massive conspiracy or some capital crime. Instead, he got some dusty internal debate over, what seemed like to him, religious minutiae.
I wonder how often the Christians come across that way to non-believers. The dirty laundry we air in public...the lines we draw in the sand...they can serve as confusing barriers to faith for some.
Remember, only hardcore fans want to watch an inter-squad scrimmage. Our enemy is way to powerful for us to waste ammo within our foxholes.
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