“To Tell, Or To Hear Some New Thing”
When the apostle Paul found himself in ancient Athens, he encountered the philosophers for which the city was famous. They congregated constantly and ”spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing" (Acts 17:21). It seems they were motivated more by curiosity than by true conviction.
There are still people who love to “hear some new thing.” They are constantly looking for some new twist on a religious subject. Their interest is not in learning “the way of God more perfectly” (Acts 18:26). Rather, theirs…