Pastor's Note
View from Mars Hill
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When the Apostle Paul stopped by Areopagus Coffee in Athens,
he was favorably impressed. While
the baristas there all sported the logo of Mars, the Roman god of war, these
people were at least spiritually aware.
They had posters to all sorts of gods and goddesses, and they even had
one reserved for “the unknown God.” And there were special red cups for the dark elixir offered as oblations. They were celebrating, but not sure just why. And so Paul was able to tell them some very Good News. In their sad and generic, spiritually
bankrupt and shades-of-grey world that lacked all sense of wonder, Paul let
them know the single most wondrous truth in the entire universe. Some mocked; some believed; some said
he should come back and tell them more about this God-Man they had unknowingly
yet instinctively acknowledged.
“The god of the red cup” became an opportunity to speak of the one true
God loving us so much that He chose to dwell among us, seeking and saving those
who are lost.