As we countdown to Easter, Pastor Jennings' recent sermon from Acts 17 provides a powerful reminder of our mandate as Christians to share the life-changing message of the resurrection. Just as Paul was stirred to engage the idolatrous Athenians with the truth of the risen Christ, we too should be compelled by the reality of Easter.

Passion for the Lost Should Be Stirred

Like ancient Athens, our society worships at the altars of fortune, fame, fitness, and fun. Pastor Jennings rightly observed that "we worship the same gods they worshiped 2,000 years ago, we've just changed their names." Yet the Apostle Paul was "stirred" - gripped with righteous anger - when he witnessed the Athenians' spiritual blindness. Their intellectual brilliance and cultural sophistication was no substitute for knowing the one true God.

Similarly, we live ...