Gallio's Fatal Blindness to History's True Power
Gallio the proconsul has earned immortal fame for a single judicial decision—yet he never knew the magnitude of what stood before him. As Maclaren observes,...
This is historical examples on the power of spiritual truth over temporal authority and human blindness to God's purposes, drawing on Acts 18:14-15.
Gallio the proconsul has earned immortal fame for a single judicial decision—yet he never knew the magnitude of what stood before him. As Maclaren observes, this Roman official embodied the practical man's contempt for mere ideas, the statesman's faith in visible force and authority alone. Gallio dismissed the Gospel as triviality unworthy of the magistrate's court. He believed in Roman power, in the solidity of imperial structure.…
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