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And<00:12:15.179><c> so</c><00:12:15.259><c> they</c><00:12:15.500><c> controlled</c><00:12:16.059><c> the</c><00:12:16.460><c> trade</c><00:12:16.700><c> routes</c><00:12:16.899><c> from</c><00:12:17.179><c> north</c><00:12:17.580><c> to</c><00:12:17.899><c> south.</c>

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They<00:12:19.299><c> also</c><00:12:19.740><c> controlled</c><00:12:20.139><c> the</c><00:12:20.440><c> maritime</c><00:12:20.919><c> routes,</c><00:12:21.200><c> and</c><00:12:21.320><c> we'll</c><00:12:21.539><c> speak</c><00:12:21.759><c> of</c><00:12:21.860><c> that</c><00:12:22.139><c> in</c><00:12:22.340><c> a</c><00:12:22.419><c> minute.</c>

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But<00:12:23.840><c> these</c><00:12:25.259><c> factors</c><00:12:26.039><c> led</c><00:12:26.820><c> to</c><00:12:27.580><c> an</c><00:12:28.120><c> unbridled</c><00:12:28.960><c> amount</c><00:12:29.399><c> of</c><00:12:29.799><c> wealth</c>

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and<00:12:31.820><c> entrepreneurial</c><00:12:32.580><c> opportunity</c><00:12:33.500><c> for</c><00:12:33.940><c> individuals</c><00:12:34.600><c> that</c>

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soon<00:12:35.639><c> flocked</c><00:12:36.700><c> to</c><00:12:36.919><c> the</c><00:12:37.179><c> city</c>

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that<00:12:37.500><c> was</c><00:12:37.759><c> beginning</c><00:12:38.200><c> to</c><00:12:38.460><c> be</c><00:12:38.659><c> built</c><00:12:38.899><c> again.</c>

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Olive<00:12:41.100><c> oil,</c><00:12:41.600><c> pottery,</c><00:12:42.279><c> wine,</c><00:12:43.019><c> all</c><00:12:43.240><c> of</c><00:12:43.399><c> these</c><00:12:43.620><c> major</c><00:12:44.039><c> exports</c>

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seemed<00:12:45.259><c> to</c><00:12:45.679><c> flow</c><00:12:45.960><c> through</c><00:12:46.220><c> the</c><00:12:46.500><c> city.</c>

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There<00:12:47.539><c> was</c><00:12:47.740><c> a</c><00:12:47.940><c> profitable</c><00:12:48.320><c> marketplace,</c><00:12:49.120><c> the</c><00:12:49.320><c> Agora,</c><00:12:49.740><c> that</c>

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was<00:12:50.159><c> established</c><00:12:50.779><c> there.</c>

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And<00:12:52.000><c> it</c><00:12:52.080><c> was</c><00:12:52.379><c> here</c><00:12:52.919><c> that</c><00:12:54.240><c> individuals</c><00:12:54.899><c> would</c><00:12:55.419><c> soon</c><00:12:55.740><c> come</c><00:12:56.419><c> with</c>

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their<00:12:58.240><c> desires</c><00:12:58.899><c> to</c><00:12:59.179><c> earn</c><00:12:59.440><c> wealth,</c>

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with<00:13:00.419><c> their</c><00:13:00.720><c> desires</c><00:13:01.100><c> to</c><00:13:01.340><c> be</c><00:13:01.639><c> free</c><00:13:02.000><c> from</c><00:13:02.419><c> the</c><00:13:02.759><c> area</c><00:13:02.980><c> where</c><00:13:03.159><c> they</c><00:13:03.279><c> used</c><00:13:03.519><c> to</c>

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live,<00:13:04.419><c> to</c><00:13:04.720><c> start</c><00:13:04.940><c> afresh.</c>

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And<00:13:06.220><c> the</c><00:13:06.539><c> population,</c><00:13:07.200><c> some</c><00:13:07.700><c> say,</c><00:13:08.240><c> grew</c><00:13:08.580><c> from</c><00:13:09.259><c> 90</c><00:13:09.779><c>,000</c><00:13:10.340><c> people</c>

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when<00:13:11.019><c> Julius</c><00:13:11.460><c> Caesar</c><00:13:11.820><c> first</c><00:13:12.419><c> sent</c><00:13:12.879><c> the</c><00:13:13.259><c> slaves</c><00:13:13.539><c> there</c>

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to<00:13:14.879><c> 750</c><00:13:16.000><c>,000</c><00:13:16.639><c> by</c><00:13:16.879><c> the</c><00:13:17.080><c> time</c><00:13:17.299><c> Paul</c><00:13:17.659><c> was</c><00:13:17.940><c> there,</c><00:13:18.580><c> at</c><00:13:18.799><c> its</c><00:13:19.039><c> height.</c>

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That's<00:13:20.940><c> about</c><00:13:21.120><c> the</c><00:13:21.340><c> size</c><00:13:21.519><c> of</c><00:13:21.720><c> the</c><00:13:21.820><c> city</c><00:13:22.019><c> of</c><00:13:22.320><c> Hamilton,</c><00:13:23.220><c> or</c>

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Quebec<00:13:23.700><c> City.</c>

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It's<00:13:24.899><c> a</c><00:13:25.139><c> huge</c><00:13:25.379><c> place.</c>

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It<00:13:27.299><c> was</c><00:13:27.559><c> mostly</c><00:13:28.340><c> inhabited</c><00:13:29.100><c> by</c><00:13:30.220><c> slaves</c><00:13:30.879><c> initially,</c>

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and<00:13:32.159><c> soon</c><00:13:32.679><c> the</c><00:13:33.120><c> freedmen</c><00:13:33.519><c> that</c><00:13:33.899><c> flocked</c><00:13:34.240><c> to</c><00:13:34.340><c> the</c><00:13:34.539><c> city</c><00:13:34.840><c> because</c><00:13:35.419><c> of</c><00:13:35.639><c> its</c>

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opportunities,<00:13:37.100><c> financial</c><00:13:37.379><c> opportunities.</c>

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So<00:13:40.480><c> here's</c><00:13:40.799><c> that</c><00:13:41.179><c> map</c><00:13:41.440><c> that</c><00:13:41.639><c> I</c><00:13:41.779><c> was</c><00:13:42.019><c> alluding</c><00:13:42.440><c> to.</c>

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And<00:13:43.919><c> we</c><00:13:44.120><c> see</c><00:13:44.379><c> Greece</c><00:13:44.779><c> in</c><00:13:44.980><c> the</c><00:13:45.159><c> north</c><00:13:45.399><c> here,</c><00:13:46.019><c> and</c><00:13:46.120><c> this</c><00:13:46.379><c> Isthmithian</c><00:13:49.399><c> land</c><00:13:49.720><c> bridge.</c>

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And<00:13:50.700><c> this</c><00:13:50.980><c> Peloponnesus</c><00:13:51.840><c> area,</c><00:13:54.919><c> the</c><00:13:55.539><c> circular</c><00:13:55.980><c> area</c><00:13:56.460><c> there,</c>

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was<00:13:57.940><c> the</c><00:13:58.340><c> location</c><00:13:58.940><c> of</c><00:13:59.720><c> some</c><00:14:00.080><c> very</c><00:14:00.419><c> famous</c><00:14:00.740><c> cities.</c>

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It<00:14:02.159><c> was</c><00:14:02.480><c> where</c><00:14:03.179><c> Olympus</c><00:14:03.679><c> was</c><00:14:03.899><c> located.</c>

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And<00:14:05.179><c> so</c><00:14:05.600><c> in</c><00:14:06.139><c> order</c><00:14:06.399><c> to</c><00:14:06.600><c> go</c><00:14:06.759><c> from</c><00:14:06.980><c> Olympus</c><00:14:07.480><c> in</c><00:14:07.639><c> the</c><00:14:07.899><c> south</c><00:14:08.279><c> to</c><00:14:08.919><c> Athens</c><00:14:09.379><c> in</c>

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the<00:14:09.779><c> north,</c><00:14:10.080><c> it</c><00:14:10.159><c> was</c><00:14:10.419><c> necessary</c><00:14:11.039><c> to</c><00:14:11.360><c> cross</c><00:14:11.659><c> the</c><00:14:11.960><c> land</c><00:14:12.220><c> bridge.</c>

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And<00:14:13.580><c> the</c><00:14:13.919><c> entrepreneurial</c><00:14:14.539><c> spirit</c><00:14:15.559><c> of</c><00:14:15.720><c> many</c><00:14:15.980><c> of</c><00:14:16.120><c> those</c><00:14:16.299><c> that</c>

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came<00:14:16.860><c> with</c><00:14:17.679><c> exact</c><00:14:18.179><c> tolls.</c>

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And<00:14:19.440><c> they</c><00:14:19.559><c> would</c><00:14:19.820><c> charge</c><00:14:20.360><c> and</c><00:14:20.740><c> they</c><00:14:20.820><c> would</c><00:14:21.100><c> levy</c><00:14:21.340><c> taxes.</c>

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And<00:14:22.440><c> they</c><00:14:22.500><c> would</c><00:14:22.639><c> do</c><00:14:22.879><c> all</c><00:14:23.080><c> these</c><00:14:23.299><c> things</c><00:14:23.600><c> in</c><00:14:23.740><c> order</c><00:14:24.080><c> to</c><00:14:24.559><c> garner</c>

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more<00:14:25.860><c> and</c><00:14:26.240><c> more</c><00:14:26.600><c> wealth.</c>

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But<00:14:28.279><c> in</c><00:14:28.519><c> addition</c><00:14:28.840><c> to</c><00:14:29.059><c> controlling</c><00:14:29.620><c> the</c><00:14:30.019><c> north</c><00:14:30.460><c>-south</c><00:14:30.799><c> region,</c>

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they<00:14:32.179><c> also</c><00:14:33.139><c> had</c><00:14:33.820><c> the</c><00:14:34.539><c> unique</c><00:14:34.860><c> opportunity</c><00:14:35.720><c> to</c><00:14:36.379><c> control</c><00:14:36.919><c> the</c>

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maritime<00:14:38.019><c> trade</c><00:14:38.460><c> from</c><00:14:38.799><c> east</c><00:14:39.240><c> to</c><00:14:39.500><c> west.</c>

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What<00:14:40.899><c> you</c><00:14:41.080><c> see</c><00:14:41.240><c> on</c><00:14:41.419><c> the</c><00:14:41.659><c> slide</c><00:14:41.899><c> here</c><00:14:42.259><c> is</c><00:14:42.460><c> a</c><00:14:42.539><c> NASA</c><00:14:43.059><c> satellite</c><00:14:43.659><c> photograph.</c>

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And<00:14:47.919><c> today</c><00:14:48.559><c> there</c><00:14:49.559><c> is</c><00:14:49.759><c> something</c><00:14:50.039><c> unique</c><00:14:50.679><c> to</c><00:14:51.120><c> the</c><00:14:51.360><c> city</c><00:14:51.740><c> that</c>

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did<00:14:53.080><c> not</c><00:14:53.360><c> exist</c><00:14:53.919><c> in</c><00:14:54.279><c> the</c><00:14:54.480><c> time</c><00:14:54.679><c> of</c><00:14:55.059><c> Paul.</c>

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And<00:14:56.480><c> if</c><00:14:56.620><c> you</c><00:14:57.179><c> had</c><00:14:57.340><c> the</c><00:14:57.559><c> ability</c><00:14:57.820><c> to</c><00:14:58.139><c> zoom</c><00:14:58.440><c> in</c><00:14:58.720><c> on</c><00:14:58.919><c> this</c><00:14:59.179><c> satellite</c><00:14:59.679><c> map</c>

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even<00:15:00.500><c> further,</c>

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you<00:15:01.720><c> would</c><00:15:01.980><c> notice</c><00:15:02.299><c> that</c><00:15:02.600><c> right</c><00:15:02.879><c> at</c><00:15:03.240><c> the</c><00:15:03.879><c> narrowest</c><00:15:04.620><c> point</c><00:15:05.019><c> of</c>

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this<00:15:06.360><c> land</c><00:15:06.639><c> bridge,</c>

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there<00:15:07.740><c> is</c><00:15:08.039><c> now</c><00:15:08.399><c> a</c><00:15:08.740><c> canal</c><00:15:09.179><c> that</c><00:15:09.980><c> connects</c><00:15:10.659><c> the</c><00:15:11.340><c> Aegean</c><00:15:11.840><c> Sea</c><00:15:12.159><c> to</c>

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the<00:15:13.120><c> Corinthian</c><00:15:13.519><c> harbor</c><00:15:13.899><c> in</c><00:15:14.200><c> the</c><00:15:14.299><c> west.</c>

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This<00:15:16.240><c> was</c><00:15:16.720><c> a</c><00:15:17.279><c> critically</c><00:15:17.700><c> important</c><00:15:18.620><c> component</c><00:15:19.320><c> to</c><00:15:20.659><c> the</c><00:15:20.940><c> wealth</c><00:15:21.220><c> that</c>

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occurred<00:15:22.139><c> in</c><00:15:22.379><c> that</c><00:15:22.600><c> city.</c>

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Because<00:15:24.639><c> for</c><00:15:25.399><c> traders</c><00:15:25.899><c> that</c><00:15:26.320><c> wanted</c><00:15:26.580><c> to</c><00:15:26.879><c> go</c><00:15:27.100><c> from</c><00:15:27.480><c> Egypt</c><00:15:27.940><c> in</c>

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the<00:15:28.379><c> south</c><00:15:28.659><c> to</c><00:15:29.000><c> Rome</c><00:15:29.620><c> in</c><00:15:30.000><c> the</c><00:15:30.220><c> northwest,</c>

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or<00:15:31.759><c> Asia</c><00:15:32.279><c> in</c><00:15:32.720><c> the</c><00:15:32.940><c> east</c><00:15:33.379><c> to</c><00:15:33.840><c> Rome</c><00:15:34.460><c> in</c><00:15:34.820><c> the</c><00:15:35.019><c> west,</c>

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they<00:15:35.899><c> had</c><00:15:36.200><c> one</c><00:15:36.460><c> of</c><00:15:36.639><c> two</c><00:15:36.899><c> choices.</c>

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Firstly,<00:15:40.740><c> they</c><00:15:40.860><c> could</c><00:15:41.120><c> sail</c><00:15:41.500><c> south</c><00:15:41.960><c> across</c><00:15:42.379><c> the</c><00:15:42.759><c> open</c><00:15:43.039><c> waters</c>

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of<00:15:43.700><c> the</c><00:15:43.879><c> Mediterranean.</c>

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The<00:15:46.840><c> boats</c><00:15:47.080><c> that</c><00:15:47.299><c> they</c><00:15:47.519><c> had</c><00:15:47.720><c> in</c><00:15:47.940><c> those</c><00:15:48.200><c> days</c><00:15:48.580><c> weren't</c><00:15:48.879><c> the</c><00:15:49.080><c> boats</c><00:15:49.379><c> that</c><00:15:49.600><c> we</c>

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have<00:15:50.019><c> today.</c>

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And<00:15:52.779><c> because</c><00:15:53.080><c> of</c><00:15:53.299><c> that,</c><00:15:53.500><c> it</c><00:15:53.620><c> was</c><00:15:53.919><c> an</c><00:15:54.139><c> extremely</c><00:15:54.840><c> dangerous</c><00:15:55.759><c> proposition.</c>

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The<00:15:57.820><c> winds</c><00:15:58.500><c> to</c><00:15:58.980><c> the</c><00:15:59.340><c> south</c><00:15:59.740><c> of</c><00:16:00.299><c> the</c><00:16:00.620><c> Peloponnesus</c><00:16:01.659><c> around</c>

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this<00:16:03.480><c> area</c><00:16:03.860><c> here,</c>

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this<00:16:07.940><c> is</c><00:16:08.179><c> Cape</c><00:16:08.360><c> May,</c><00:16:09.460><c> Cape</c><00:16:09.759><c> Malay,</c><00:16:10.379><c> and</c><00:16:10.659><c> even</c><00:16:10.960><c> today,</c>

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sailors<00:16:13.700><c> report</c><00:16:14.259><c> that</c><00:16:14.600><c> those</c><00:16:15.019><c> waters</c><00:16:15.460><c> are</c><00:16:15.879><c> among</c><00:16:16.220><c> the</c><00:16:16.399><c> most</c>

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dangerous<00:16:17.600><c> to</c><00:16:17.899><c> navigate</c><00:16:18.879><c> in</c><00:16:19.419><c> all</c><00:16:19.740><c> of</c><00:16:20.179><c> seafaring.</c>

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Now<00:16:21.899><c> why</c><00:16:22.159><c> is</c><00:16:22.500><c> that?</c>

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And<00:16:23.960><c> the</c><00:16:24.179><c> reason</c><00:16:24.580><c> for</c><00:16:24.860><c> that</c><00:16:25.399><c> has</c><00:16:25.779><c> to</c><00:16:26.019><c> do</c><00:16:26.100><c> with</c><00:16:26.299><c> the</c><00:16:26.600><c> trade</c><00:16:26.840><c> winds.</c>

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Now<00:16:28.879><c> we</c><00:16:29.200><c> live,</c><00:16:30.039><c> Sandy</c><00:16:30.220><c> and</c><00:16:30.460><c> I,</c><00:16:30.720><c> and</c><00:16:30.860><c> Jim</c><00:16:30.940><c> and</c><00:16:31.159><c> Katie,</c><00:16:31.379><c> we</c><00:16:31.600><c> live</c>

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in<00:16:32.139><c> New</c><00:16:32.379><c> England,</c>

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and<00:16:32.860><c> one</c><00:16:33.019><c> of</c><00:16:33.179><c> the</c><00:16:33.340><c> things</c><00:16:33.559><c> that</c><00:16:33.799><c> we</c><00:16:34.019><c> experience</c><00:16:34.580><c> every</c><00:16:34.960><c> winter</c>

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are<00:16:35.840><c> the</c><00:16:36.059><c> nor</c><00:16:36.259><c>'easters,</c>

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where<00:16:37.539><c> the</c><00:16:37.820><c> wind</c><00:16:38.039><c> comes</c><00:16:38.340><c> ripping</c><00:16:38.659><c> down</c><00:16:39.039><c> from</c><00:16:39.259><c> the</c><00:16:39.460><c> northeast,</c>

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and<00:16:40.379><c> it</c><00:16:40.679><c> buffets</c><00:16:41.100><c> our</c><00:16:41.379><c> coastlines</c><00:16:42.139><c> and</c><00:16:42.539><c> it</c><00:16:42.799><c> creates</c><00:16:43.059><c> a</c><00:16:43.059><c> great</c>

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deal<00:16:43.659><c> of</c><00:16:44.000><c> problems</c><00:16:44.419><c> for</c><00:16:44.700><c> us.</c>

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And<00:16:45.820><c> it</c><00:16:45.860><c> was</c><00:16:46.039><c> the</c><00:16:46.320><c> same</c><00:16:46.779><c> in</c><00:16:47.299><c> the</c><00:16:47.620><c> Mediterranean.</c>

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The<00:16:49.039><c> wind</c><00:16:49.340><c> would</c><00:16:49.580><c> come</c><00:16:49.840><c> ripping</c><00:16:50.320><c> down</c><00:16:50.740><c> from</c><00:16:50.980><c> the</c><00:16:51.240><c> northeast.</c>

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Now<00:16:52.559><c> imagine</c><00:16:53.360><c> what</c><00:16:53.539><c> it</c><00:16:53.720><c> would</c><00:16:53.860><c> be</c><00:16:54.120><c> like</c><00:16:54.460><c> for</c><00:16:54.960><c> these</c><00:16:55.399><c> strong</c><00:16:55.720><c> northeasterly</c><00:16:56.519><c> winds</c><00:16:56.799><c> to</c>

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come<00:16:57.279><c> down</c>

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and<00:16:58.419><c> then</c><00:16:58.759><c> to</c><00:16:58.960><c> be</c><00:16:59.320><c> funneled</c><00:17:00.299><c> between</c><00:17:00.620><c> the</c><00:17:00.840><c> island</c><00:17:01.100><c> of</c><00:17:01.500><c> Crete</c>

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and<00:17:03.039><c> the</c><00:17:03.279><c> Peloponnesus</c><00:17:03.980><c> area</c><00:17:04.339><c> here.</c>

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So<00:17:05.319><c> all</c><00:17:05.519><c> of</c><00:17:05.640><c> these</c><00:17:05.819><c> winds</c><00:17:06.059><c> would</c><00:17:06.259><c> come</c><00:17:06.519><c> down</c><00:17:06.900><c> and</c><00:17:07.119><c> the</c><00:17:07.799><c> land</c>

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masses<00:17:08.519><c> would</c><00:17:08.819><c> create</c><00:17:09.200><c> this</c><00:17:09.880><c> area</c>

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where<00:17:10.759><c> the</c><00:17:11.000><c> wind</c><00:17:11.220><c> was</c><00:17:11.559><c> just</c><00:17:12.039><c> extremely,</c><00:17:12.859><c> extremely</c><00:17:13.920><c> strong.</c>

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Homer<00:17:19.420><c> wrote</c><00:17:20.099><c> in</c><00:17:21.460><c> the</c><00:17:21.759><c> Odyssey</c><00:17:22.140><c> about</c><00:17:22.559><c> Odysseus,</c>

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and<00:17:24.779><c> when</c><00:17:25.279><c> Odysseus</c><00:17:26.039><c> was</c><00:17:26.460><c> traveling</c><00:17:27.000><c> in</c><00:17:27.359><c> this</c><00:17:27.619><c> area,</c><00:17:28.019><c> he</c><00:17:28.180><c> was</c>

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caught<00:17:28.759><c> in</c><00:17:28.920><c> one</c><00:17:29.099><c> of</c><00:17:29.180><c> those</c><00:17:29.400><c> gale</c><00:17:29.900><c>-force</c><00:17:30.220><c> winds.</c>

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And<00:17:32.119><c> he</c><00:17:32.279><c> writes</c><00:17:32.460><c> that</c><00:17:32.619><c> he</c><00:17:32.759><c> was</c><00:17:33.079><c> lost</c><00:17:33.480><c> for</c><00:17:33.839><c> a</c><00:17:34.160><c> period</c><00:17:34.500><c> of</c><00:17:35.019><c> ten</c><00:17:35.680><c> years.</c>

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So<00:17:38.000><c> he</c><00:17:38.099><c> was</c><00:17:38.400><c> caught</c><00:17:38.619><c> in</c><00:17:38.779><c> those</c><00:17:39.099><c> very</c><00:17:39.480><c> winds</c><00:17:39.819><c> and</c><00:17:40.039><c> he</c><00:17:40.220><c> was</c><00:17:40.700><c> gone.</c>

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But<00:17:42.539><c> not</c><00:17:42.819><c> only</c><00:17:43.059><c> do</c><00:17:43.240><c> we</c><00:17:43.420><c> read</c><00:17:43.680><c> about</c><00:17:43.980><c> those</c><00:17:44.400><c> winds</c><00:17:44.759><c> when</c><00:17:45.019><c> we</c><00:17:45.240><c> come</c><00:17:45.519><c> to</c>

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things<00:17:46.039><c> like</c><00:17:46.819><c> Homer,</c>

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but<00:17:47.960><c> we</c><00:17:48.099><c> read</c><00:17:48.279><c> about</c><00:17:48.500><c> it</c><00:17:48.599><c> in</c><00:17:48.700><c> the</c><00:17:48.920><c> Scriptures</c><00:17:49.259><c> as</c><00:17:49.559><c> well,</c><00:17:49.859><c> don't</c>

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we,<00:17:50.299><c> brothers</c><00:17:50.440><c> and</c><00:17:50.720><c> sisters?</c>

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Turn<00:17:52.079><c> with</c><00:17:52.319><c> me</c><00:17:52.480><c> to</c><00:17:52.740><c> Acts</c><00:17:53.079><c> chapter</c><00:17:53.500><c> 27.</c>

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And<00:17:56.119><c> here</c><00:17:56.299><c> we'll</c><00:17:56.579><c> read</c><00:17:56.859><c> about</c><00:17:57.900><c> the</c><00:17:58.200><c> shipwreck</c><00:17:58.759><c> of</c><00:17:59.140><c> Paul.</c>

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It<00:18:00.359><c> was</c><00:18:00.480><c> at</c><00:18:00.619><c> this</c><00:18:00.819><c> point</c><00:18:01.019><c> in</c><00:18:01.259><c> time</c><00:18:01.480><c> as</c><00:18:01.700><c> Paul</c><00:18:02.000><c> is</c><00:18:02.240><c> nearing</c><00:18:02.500><c> the</c><00:18:02.559><c> end</c><00:18:02.799><c> of</c><00:18:02.900><c> his</c><00:18:03.119><c> life</c><00:18:03.339><c> that</c><00:18:03.480><c> he's</c><00:18:03.740><c> a</c><00:18:03.900><c> prisoner,</c>

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and<00:18:04.660><c> he</c><00:18:04.859><c> appeals</c><00:18:05.200><c> to</c><00:18:05.599><c> Caesar.</c>

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And<00:18:06.799><c> in</c><00:18:07.019><c> Acts</c><00:18:07.279><c> chapter</c><00:18:07.680><c> 27,</c><00:18:08.420><c> we'll</c><00:18:08.740><c> see</c><00:18:09.180><c> what</c><00:18:09.599><c> happened</c><00:18:10.059><c> as</c>

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they<00:18:11.000><c> sailed</c><00:18:11.380><c> from</c><00:18:12.400><c> Caesarea</c>

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with<00:18:13.680><c> the</c><00:18:13.940><c> intention</c><00:18:14.460><c> of</c><00:18:15.059><c> going</c><00:18:15.440><c> to</c><00:18:16.019><c> Rome.</c>

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So<00:18:18.099><c> Acts</c><00:18:18.380><c> chapter</c><00:18:18.759><c> 27,</c><00:18:19.400><c> and</c><00:18:19.559><c> we'll</c><00:18:19.779><c> jump</c><00:18:20.079><c> in</c><00:18:20.640><c> at</c><00:18:20.799><c> the</c><00:18:21.000><c> fifth</c><00:18:21.200><c> verse.</c>

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Paul<00:18:26.140><c> says,</c>

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There<00:18:36.559><c> the</c><00:18:36.940><c> centurion</c><00:18:37.539><c> found</c><00:18:37.900><c> an</c><00:18:38.200><c> Alexandrian</c><00:18:39.019><c> ship</c><00:18:39.460><c> sailing</c>

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for<00:18:40.279><c> Italy</c><00:18:40.759><c> and</c><00:18:41.519><c> put</c><00:18:41.700><c> us</c><00:18:41.920><c> on</c><00:18:42.220><c> board.</c>

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We<00:18:43.880><c> made</c><00:18:44.160><c> slow</c><00:18:44.640><c> headway</c><00:18:45.500><c> for</c><00:18:46.000><c> many</c><00:18:46.319><c> days</c><00:18:47.039><c> and</c><00:18:47.559><c> had</c><00:18:47.799><c> difficulty</c>

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arriving<00:18:49.440><c> off</c><00:18:50.259><c> Cnidus.</c>

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When<00:18:52.720><c> the</c><00:18:52.960><c> wind</c><00:18:53.259><c> did</c><00:18:53.740><c> not</c><00:18:53.980><c> allow</c><00:18:54.220><c> us</c><00:18:54.460><c> to</c><00:18:54.700><c> hold</c><00:18:54.859><c> our</c><00:18:55.259><c> course,</c><00:18:56.500><c> we</c>

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sailed<00:18:57.380><c> to</c><00:18:58.180><c> the</c><00:18:58.480><c> Lee</c><00:18:58.940><c> of</c><00:18:59.559><c> Crete.</c>

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And<00:19:01.460><c> so</c><00:19:01.680><c> we</c><00:19:01.880><c> can</c><00:19:02.220><c> see</c><00:19:02.579><c> illustrated</c><00:19:03.279><c> here</c><00:19:03.660><c> on</c><00:19:03.880><c> the</c><00:19:04.099><c> map</c><00:19:04.359><c> the</c><00:19:04.839><c> travels</c><00:19:05.339><c> of</c>

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the<00:19:05.799><c> apostle</c>

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as<00:19:06.779><c> he</c><00:19:07.099><c> intended</c><00:19:07.599><c> to</c><00:19:08.119><c> go</c><00:19:08.559><c> from</c><00:19:09.299><c> Caesarea</c><00:19:09.920><c> here</c><00:19:10.640><c> in</c><00:19:10.920><c> the</c><00:19:11.140><c> south</c>

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to<00:19:12.019><c> Rome.</c>

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And<00:19:13.619><c> so</c><00:19:13.759><c> they</c><00:19:13.880><c> came</c><00:19:14.059><c> up</c><00:19:14.259><c> to</c><00:19:14.460><c> Myra,</c><00:19:14.779><c> they</c><00:19:15.000><c> found</c><00:19:15.299><c> the</c><00:19:15.599><c> Alexandrian</c><00:19:16.200><c> ship,</c>

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they<00:19:17.079><c> got</c><00:19:17.220><c> on</c><00:19:17.420><c> that</c><00:19:17.680><c> ship,</c><00:19:18.240><c> and</c><00:19:18.539><c> then</c><00:19:18.880><c> they</c><00:19:19.220><c> had</c><00:19:19.619><c> the</c><00:19:20.019><c> problems</c>

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with<00:19:20.680><c> the</c><00:19:20.900><c> wind.</c>

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And<00:19:22.519><c> the</c><00:19:22.799><c> sailors,</c><00:19:23.319><c> the</c><00:19:23.599><c> experienced</c><00:19:24.200><c> sailors</c><00:19:24.619><c> of</c><00:19:24.859><c> the</c><00:19:25.039><c> day</c><00:19:25.259><c> said,</c>

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What<00:19:25.480><c> I</c><00:19:25.660><c> know</c><00:19:26.119><c> will</c><00:19:26.980><c> sail</c><00:19:27.400><c> to</c><00:19:27.740><c> the</c><00:19:27.880><c> south</c><00:19:28.140><c> of</c><00:19:28.440><c> Crete,</c>

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and<00:19:29.299><c> then</c><00:19:29.839><c> the</c><00:19:30.319><c> island</c><00:19:30.720><c> will</c><00:19:31.180><c> protect</c><00:19:31.640><c> us</c><00:19:32.059><c> and</c><00:19:32.359><c> block</c><00:19:32.660><c> the</c><00:19:32.900><c> wind</c><00:19:33.240><c> from</c><00:19:33.559><c> buffeting</c><00:19:33.960><c> our</c><00:19:34.279><c> boat.</c>

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And<00:19:35.680><c> that</c><00:19:35.839><c> was</c><00:19:36.059><c> the</c><00:19:36.299><c> intention.</c>

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We<00:19:38.079><c> look</c><00:19:38.240><c> now</c><00:19:38.519><c> at</c><00:19:38.720><c> the</c><00:19:38.880><c> ninth</c><00:19:39.180><c> verse.</c>

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Much<00:19:40.880><c> time</c><00:19:41.279><c> had</c><00:19:41.480><c> been</c><00:19:41.740><c> lost,</c><00:19:42.859><c> and</c><00:19:43.259><c> sailing</c><00:19:43.539><c> had</c><00:19:44.000><c> already</c>

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become<00:19:45.160><c> dangerous</c>

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because<00:19:46.160><c> by</c><00:19:46.480><c> now</c><00:19:46.799><c> it</c><00:19:46.960><c> was</c><00:19:47.240><c> after</c><00:19:47.859><c> the</c><00:19:48.140><c> fast.</c>

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So<00:19:49.680><c> Paul</c><00:19:49.880><c> warned</c><00:19:50.180><c> the</c><00:19:50.460><c> men,</c><00:19:50.680><c> I</c><00:19:50.799><c> can</c><00:19:51.140><c> see</c><00:19:51.359><c> that</c><00:19:51.539><c> our</c><00:19:51.779><c> voyage</c><00:19:52.039><c> is</c>

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going<00:19:52.420><c> to</c><00:19:52.579><c> be</c><00:19:52.779><c> disastrous</c>

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and<00:19:54.099><c> bring</c><00:19:54.400><c> great</c><00:19:54.920><c> loss</c><00:19:55.240><c> to</c><00:19:55.539><c> ship</c><00:19:55.759><c> and</c><00:19:56.099><c> cargo</c><00:19:56.519><c> to</c><00:19:57.220><c> our</c><00:19:57.519><c> own</c>

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lives<00:19:58.079><c> also.</c>

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Verse<00:19:59.960><c> 13,</c><00:20:01.559><c> when</c><00:20:01.859><c> a</c><00:20:02.160><c> gentle</c><00:20:02.519><c> south</c><00:20:02.859><c> wind</c><00:20:03.160><c> began</c><00:20:03.700><c> to</c><00:20:03.980><c> blow,</c>

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they<00:20:04.480><c> thought</c><00:20:05.059><c> that</c><00:20:05.759><c> they</c><00:20:05.940><c> had</c><00:20:06.160><c> obtained</c><00:20:06.619><c> what</c><00:20:06.819><c> they</c><00:20:07.200><c> wanted.</c>

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So<00:20:08.519><c> they</c><00:20:08.779><c> weighed</c><00:20:08.960><c> anchor</c><00:20:09.359><c> and</c><00:20:09.779><c> sailed</c><00:20:10.039><c> along</c><00:20:10.420><c> the</c><00:20:10.720><c> shore</c><00:20:10.960><c> of</c><00:20:11.339><c> Crete.</c>

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Before<00:20:13.539><c> very</c><00:20:14.059><c> long,</c><00:20:14.940><c> verse</c><00:20:15.180><c> 14,</c><00:20:16.460><c> a</c><00:20:16.720><c> wind</c><00:20:17.079><c> of</c><00:20:17.539><c> hurricane</c><00:20:18.119><c> force</c>

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called<00:20:19.220><c> the</c><00:20:19.980><c> Northeaster</c>

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swept<00:20:21.059><c> down</c><00:20:21.539><c> from</c><00:20:21.799><c> the</c><00:20:21.980><c> island.</c>

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And<00:20:23.240><c> the</c><00:20:23.440><c> ship</c><00:20:23.660><c> was</c><00:20:23.980><c> caught</c><00:20:24.279><c> in</c><00:20:24.460><c> the</c><00:20:24.680><c> storm</c><00:20:25.059><c> and</c><00:20:25.740><c> could</c><00:20:26.119><c> not</c>

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head<00:20:27.119><c> into</c><00:20:27.559><c> the</c><00:20:27.799><c> wind.</c>

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So<00:20:29.259><c> we</c><00:20:29.420><c> gave</c><00:20:29.619><c> way</c><00:20:29.859><c> to</c><00:20:30.079><c> it</c><00:20:30.720><c> and</c><00:20:31.019><c> were</c><00:20:31.299><c> driven</c><00:20:31.839><c> along.</c>

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Verse<00:20:34.640><c> 27,</c><00:20:36.500><c> on</c><00:20:36.819><c> the</c><00:20:37.380><c> 14th</c><00:20:38.440><c> night</c><00:20:38.799><c> we</c><00:20:39.799><c> were</c><00:20:40.140><c> still</c><00:20:41.140><c> being</c><00:20:41.859><c> driven</c><00:20:42.460><c> across</c><00:20:43.099><c> the</c>

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Adriatic<00:20:44.019><c> Sea</c>

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when<00:20:45.420><c> about</c><00:20:45.960><c> midnight</c><00:20:46.579><c> the</c><00:20:47.259><c> sailors</c><00:20:47.680><c> sensed</c><00:20:48.660><c> we</c><00:20:48.839><c> were</c><00:20:49.140><c> approaching</c><00:20:49.519><c> land.</c>

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Brothers<00:20:53.140><c> and</c><00:20:53.460><c> sisters,</c><00:20:54.619><c> sailing</c><00:20:55.099><c> north</c><00:20:56.180><c> of</c><00:20:56.519><c> Crete</c><00:20:56.960><c> and</c><00:20:57.680><c> south</c><00:20:57.960><c> of</c>

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Cape<00:20:58.420><c> Malaya</c>

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was<00:20:59.519><c> extremely</c><00:21:00.660><c> difficult.</c>

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And<00:21:02.720><c> that</c><00:21:03.019><c> presented</c><00:21:03.579><c> a</c><00:21:04.039><c> tremendous</c><00:21:04.980><c> financial</c><00:21:05.980><c> opportunity</c>

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for<00:21:07.680><c> the</c><00:21:08.000><c> individuals</c><00:21:08.599><c> that</c><00:21:09.079><c> lived</c><00:21:09.380><c> on</c><00:21:09.980><c> that</c><00:21:10.279><c> Isthmithian</c><00:21:11.440><c> area</c><00:21:12.099><c> in</c><00:21:12.640><c> Corinth.</c>

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Consequently,<00:21:17.019><c> they</c><00:21:17.220><c> built</c><00:21:17.440><c> what</c><00:21:17.640><c> is</c><00:21:18.039><c> referred</c><00:21:18.420><c> to</c><00:21:18.700><c> today</c><00:21:19.299><c> as</c>

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the<00:21:20.279><c> world's</c><00:21:20.900><c> very</c><00:21:21.259><c> first</c><00:21:21.779><c> railroad.</c>

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It<00:21:23.200><c> was</c><00:21:23.460><c> called</c><00:21:23.640><c> the</c><00:21:23.980><c> dialkos,</c><00:21:25.279><c> a</c><00:21:25.539><c> Greek</c><00:21:25.799><c> word</c><00:21:26.079><c> that</c><00:21:26.339><c> means</c><00:21:26.880><c> to</c>

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haul<00:21:28.140><c> across.</c>

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And<00:21:30.180><c> so</c><00:21:30.480><c> sailors</c><00:21:30.900><c> that</c><00:21:31.140><c> were</c><00:21:31.380><c> coming</c><00:21:31.779><c> from</c><00:21:32.440><c> Asia</c><00:21:32.900><c> in</c><00:21:33.180><c> the</c><00:21:33.440><c> east</c>

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would<00:21:34.819><c> bring</c><00:21:35.240><c> their</c><00:21:35.480><c> boats</c>

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into<00:21:36.339><c> that</c><00:21:38.019><c> harbor</c><00:21:38.480><c> and</c><00:21:39.900><c> the</c><00:21:40.380><c> slaves</c><00:21:40.980><c> would</c><00:21:42.220><c> actually</c><00:21:42.940><c> lift</c>

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up<00:21:43.599><c> that</c><00:21:43.980><c> small</c><00:21:44.400><c> boat</c>

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and<00:21:45.920><c> they</c><00:21:46.099><c> would</c><00:21:46.460><c> carry</c><00:21:46.880><c> it</c><00:21:47.420><c> or</c><00:21:47.839><c> haul</c><00:21:48.220><c> it</c><00:21:48.779><c> across</c><00:21:49.460><c> the</c><00:21:49.980><c> dialkos</c>

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to<00:21:51.440><c> the</c><00:21:51.660><c> opposite</c><00:21:52.839><c> harbor</c>

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where<00:21:54.140><c> they</c><00:21:54.299><c> could</c><00:21:54.519><c> then</c><00:21:54.960><c> sail</c><00:21:56.019><c> uninhibited</c><00:21:57.740><c> by</c><00:21:58.319><c> the</c><00:21:58.619><c> winds</c>

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and<00:21:59.819><c> the</c><00:22:00.279><c> struggles</c><00:22:00.859><c> of</c><00:22:01.819><c> going</c><00:22:02.319><c> south</c><00:22:02.779><c> around</c><00:22:03.200><c> Cape</c><00:22:03.440><c> Malaya.</c>

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There<00:22:05.799><c> were</c><00:22:06.160><c> Proverbs</c><00:22:06.660><c> in</c><00:22:07.299><c> Greek</c><00:22:07.680><c> culture</c><00:22:08.200><c> that</c><00:22:08.579><c> said</c><00:22:08.759><c> a</c><00:22:09.059><c> sailor</c><00:22:09.500><c> who</c>

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was<00:22:09.880><c> going</c><00:22:10.279><c> south</c><00:22:10.759><c> around</c><00:22:11.240><c> the</c><00:22:11.480><c> Cape</c>

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ought<00:22:12.319><c> to</c><00:22:12.559><c> make</c><00:22:12.720><c> his</c><00:22:13.039><c> will.</c>

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And<00:22:16.299><c> they</c><00:22:16.900><c> recognized</c><00:22:17.579><c> that.</c>

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And<00:22:19.000><c> clearly</c><00:22:19.420><c> they</c><00:22:19.960><c> used</c><00:22:20.259><c> this</c><00:22:20.579><c> to</c><00:22:20.940><c> a</c><00:22:21.319><c> great</c><00:22:21.519><c> advantage.</c>

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The<00:22:23.740><c> shortcut</c><00:22:24.059><c> was</c><00:22:24.400><c> designed</c><00:22:24.859><c> to</c><00:22:25.240><c> spare</c><00:22:25.400><c> ships</c><00:22:25.819><c> from</c><00:22:26.140><c> COVID</c><00:22:26.559><c>-19</c>

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with<00:22:27.099><c> the</c><00:22:27.319><c> winds</c><00:22:27.640><c> swept</c><00:22:27.900><c> in</c><00:22:28.160><c> dangerous</c><00:22:28.740><c> routes</c><00:22:29.680><c> around</c><00:22:30.299><c> Cape</c><00:22:30.579><c> Malaya.</c>

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They<00:22:31.839><c> carried</c><00:22:32.220><c> the</c><00:22:32.539><c> small</c><00:22:32.740><c> boats.</c>

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They<00:22:33.940><c> offloaded</c><00:22:34.680><c> the</c><00:22:34.920><c> larger</c><00:22:35.200><c> boats</c><00:22:35.519><c> and</c><00:22:35.700><c> put</c><00:22:35.839><c> them</c><00:22:36.039><c> on</c><00:22:36.319><c> carts.</c>

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And<00:22:37.380><c> these</c><00:22:37.599><c> photographs</c><00:22:38.140><c> were</c><00:22:38.460><c> taken,</c><00:22:38.740><c> as</c><00:22:39.000><c> you</c><00:22:39.160><c> can</c><00:22:39.440><c> see,</c><00:22:39.680><c> in</c><00:22:39.859><c> 1960</c>

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and<00:22:41.440><c> those</c><00:22:41.859><c> ruts</c><00:22:42.259><c> are</c><00:22:42.819><c> still</c><00:22:43.140><c> in</c><00:22:43.400><c> the</c><00:22:43.519><c> ground</c><00:22:43.759><c> today.</c>

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And<00:22:45.039><c> you</c><00:22:45.140><c> can</c><00:22:45.400><c> see</c><00:22:45.599><c> the</c><00:22:45.940><c> evidence</c><00:22:46.359><c> of</c><00:22:47.240><c> this</c><00:22:47.700><c> infrastructure</c>

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that<00:22:49.140><c> allowed</c><00:22:49.880><c> Corinth</c><00:22:50.500><c> to</c><00:22:50.859><c> become</c><00:22:51.319><c> the</c><00:22:51.980><c> center</c><00:22:52.319><c> of</c><00:22:52.700><c> finance.</c>

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It<00:22:54.480><c> became</c><00:22:54.700><c> an</c><00:22:55.000><c> area</c><00:22:55.339><c> where</c><00:22:55.740><c> individuals</c><00:22:56.259><c> would</c><00:22:56.960><c> go</c><00:22:57.440><c> to</c>

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experience<00:22:58.740><c> untold</c><00:22:59.420><c> wealth</c>

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from<00:23:00.240><c> their</c><00:23:00.480><c> perspective.</c>

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Archaeologists<00:23:04.180><c> today</c><00:23:04.740><c> can</c><00:23:05.599><c> find</c><00:23:06.039><c> the</c><00:23:06.380><c> remnants</c><00:23:06.660><c> of</c><00:23:06.940><c> the</c><00:23:07.119><c> Agora</c>

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which<00:23:08.160><c> is</c><00:23:08.440><c> where</c><00:23:08.799><c> all</c><00:23:09.140><c> of</c><00:23:09.339><c> the</c><00:23:09.779><c> trade</c><00:23:10.319><c> goods</c><00:23:10.880><c> were</c><00:23:11.480><c> sold.</c>

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So<00:23:12.460><c> when</c><00:23:12.599><c> they</c><00:23:12.880><c> offloaded</c><00:23:13.420><c> these</c><00:23:13.660><c> ships,</c><00:23:13.900><c> some</c><00:23:14.180><c> of</c><00:23:14.319><c> them</c><00:23:14.440><c> would</c><00:23:14.680><c> end</c>

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up<00:23:15.059><c> in</c><00:23:15.259><c> the</c><00:23:15.480><c> Agora.</c>

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This<00:23:16.259><c> was</c><00:23:16.500><c> the</c><00:23:16.700><c> marketplace.</c><00:23:17.259><c> It</c><00:23:17.380><c> was</c><00:23:17.619><c> the</c><00:23:17.900><c> center</c><00:23:18.200><c> of</c><00:23:18.480><c> social</c><00:23:18.859><c> activity.</c>

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It<00:23:19.579><c> was</c><00:23:19.980><c> the</c><00:23:20.099><c> place</c><00:23:20.380><c> where</c><00:23:20.640><c> individuals</c><00:23:21.119><c> would</c><00:23:21.500><c> come</c><00:23:21.720><c> from</c>

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all<00:23:22.380><c> around</c><00:23:22.640><c> the</c><00:23:22.859><c> world</c>

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to<00:23:23.799><c> shop</c><00:23:24.160><c> and</c><00:23:24.839><c> to</c><00:23:25.200><c> communicate</c><00:23:25.680><c> and</c><00:23:26.099><c> to</c><00:23:26.380><c> learn</c><00:23:26.660><c> about</c>

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different<00:23:27.299><c> cultures.</c>

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It<00:23:29.839><c> was</c><00:23:30.059><c> here</c><00:23:30.460><c> likely</c><00:23:31.000><c> that</c><00:23:31.279><c> the</c><00:23:31.480><c> Apostle</c><00:23:31.900><c> Paul</c><00:23:32.400><c> and</c><00:23:32.920><c> his</c><00:23:33.119><c> friends</c><00:23:33.420><c> Aquila</c><00:23:33.960><c> and</c><00:23:34.180><c> Priscilla</c>

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would<00:23:34.799><c> have</c><00:23:35.259><c> established</c><00:23:35.759><c> their</c><00:23:36.019><c> tent</c><00:23:36.200><c>-making</c><00:23:36.539><c> shop.</c>

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It<00:23:37.440><c> was</c><00:23:37.619><c> here</c><00:23:37.940><c> that</c><00:23:38.140><c> people</c><00:23:38.440><c> from</c><00:23:38.700><c> all</c><00:23:38.980><c> around</c><00:23:39.240><c> the</c><00:23:39.420><c> world</c>

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would<00:23:39.920><c> come</c>

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and<00:23:40.819><c> they</c><00:23:40.940><c> could</c><00:23:41.099><c> learn</c><00:23:41.400><c> the</c><00:23:41.640><c> Gospel.</c>

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And<00:23:42.519><c> then</c><00:23:42.599><c> they</c><00:23:42.720><c> could</c><00:23:42.980><c> leave</c><00:23:43.359><c> that</c><00:23:43.680><c> place</c><00:23:43.980><c> because</c><00:23:44.339><c> they</c>

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were<00:23:44.779><c> transient</c><00:23:45.279><c> travelers</c>

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and<00:23:46.700><c> the</c><00:23:46.940><c> Gospel</c><00:23:47.299><c> would</c><00:23:47.680><c> spread.</c>

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That<00:23:48.160><c> was</c><00:23:48.980><c> a</c><00:23:49.339><c> tremendously</c><00:23:50.200><c> effective</c><00:23:50.839><c> way</c><00:23:51.400><c> to</c><00:23:51.880><c> share</c><00:23:52.240><c> the</c><00:23:52.599><c> truth</c><00:23:52.799><c> of</c>

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the<00:23:53.220><c> Scriptures.</c>

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And<00:23:55.019><c> so</c><00:23:55.119><c> the</c><00:23:55.380><c> Agora,</c><00:23:56.240><c> there</c><00:23:56.400><c> are</c><00:23:56.619><c> remnants</c><00:23:56.880><c> of</c><00:23:57.079><c> the</c><00:23:57.220><c> Agora</c><00:23:57.460><c> today</c>

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and<00:23:58.099><c> if</c><00:23:58.240><c> you</c><00:23:58.359><c> go</c><00:23:58.559><c> to</c><00:23:58.900><c> Corinth,</c><00:23:59.140><c> you</c><00:23:59.160><c> can</c><00:23:59.480><c> visit</c><00:23:59.759><c> them.</c>

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The<00:24:06.619><c> second</c><00:24:06.819><c> thing</c><00:24:07.460><c> that</c><00:24:08.140><c> we</c><00:24:08.420><c> see</c><00:24:08.640><c> when</c><00:24:09.559><c> we</c><00:24:09.779><c> consider</c><00:24:10.380><c> ancient</c><00:24:11.180><c> Corinth</c>

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or<00:24:12.140><c> New</c><00:24:12.480><c> Corinth</c><00:24:12.799><c> as</c><00:24:13.299><c> we</c><00:24:13.619><c> refer</c><00:24:13.940><c> to</c><00:24:14.160><c> it</c>

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is<00:24:15.160><c> that</c><00:24:15.380><c> they</c><00:24:15.960><c> had</c><00:24:16.160><c> an</c><00:24:16.579><c> incredible</c><00:24:17.039><c> interest</c><00:24:17.539><c> in</c><00:24:18.000><c> sports.</c>

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Now<00:24:19.700><c> we're</c><00:24:19.980><c> all</c><00:24:20.160><c> familiar</c><00:24:20.579><c> certainly</c><00:24:21.019><c> with</c><00:24:21.240><c> the</c><00:24:21.440><c> Olympic</c><00:24:21.740><c> Games</c>

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but<00:24:23.099><c> in</c><00:24:23.339><c> Greek</c><00:24:23.519><c> culture</c><00:24:23.900><c> there</c><00:24:24.160><c> were</c><00:24:24.519><c> four</c><00:24:25.359><c> festivals.</c>

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One<00:24:27.059><c> of</c><00:24:27.240><c> which</c><00:24:27.380><c> was</c><00:24:27.619><c> the</c><00:24:27.819><c> Olympic</c><00:24:28.160><c> Games</c><00:24:28.740><c> and</c><00:24:29.259><c> second</c><00:24:29.539><c> to</c><00:24:29.759><c> the</c>

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and<00:24:30.640><c> some</c><00:24:30.839><c> would</c><00:24:31.079><c> say</c><00:24:31.380><c> even</c><00:24:32.339><c> on</c><00:24:33.039><c> par</c><00:24:33.259><c> with</c><00:24:33.480><c> the</c><00:24:33.680><c> Olympic</c><00:24:33.980><c> Games</c>

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were<00:24:34.779><c> the</c><00:24:35.079><c> Isthmithian</c><00:24:35.839><c> Games.</c>

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They<00:24:37.079><c> were</c><00:24:37.359><c> similar</c><00:24:37.859><c> but</c><00:24:39.319><c> in</c><00:24:39.680><c> addition</c><00:24:39.980><c> to</c><00:24:40.339><c> the</c><00:24:40.759><c> athletic</c><00:24:41.160><c> competition</c>

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that<00:24:42.480><c> we</c><00:24:42.920><c> know</c><00:24:43.220><c> today</c><00:24:43.700><c> as</c><00:24:43.960><c> the</c><00:24:44.160><c> Olympic</c><00:24:44.480><c> Games,</c>

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the<00:24:46.400><c> Isthmithian</c><00:24:47.019><c> Games</c><00:24:47.400><c> included</c><00:24:47.960><c> such</c><00:24:48.240><c> things</c><00:24:48.720><c> as</c><00:24:49.880><c> theater</c><00:24:50.380><c> competitions,</c>

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drama,<00:24:53.599><c> music,</c><00:24:54.460><c> and</c><00:24:55.000><c> it</c><00:24:55.140><c> was</c><00:24:55.359><c> not</c><00:24:55.559><c> limited</c><00:24:55.880><c> only</c><00:24:56.240><c> to</c><00:24:56.480><c> male</c><00:24:56.740><c> athletes</c>

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but<00:24:57.460><c> it</c><00:24:57.579><c> was</c><00:24:57.759><c> open</c><00:24:58.059><c> to</c><00:24:59.160><c> families</c><00:24:59.859><c> where</c><00:25:00.900><c> husbands</c><00:25:01.400><c> and</c><00:25:01.700><c> wives</c>

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and<00:25:02.359><c> their</c><00:25:02.619><c> children</c><00:25:03.059><c> could</c><00:25:03.400><c> participate</c><00:25:04.019><c> and</c><00:25:04.339><c> compete.</c>

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These<00:25:05.980><c> things</c><00:25:06.180><c> included</c><00:25:06.740><c> such</c><00:25:07.160><c> activities</c><00:25:07.660><c> as</c><00:25:08.119><c> horse</c><00:25:08.440><c>-racing,</c>

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chariot<00:25:11.220><c> races,</c><00:25:12.839><c> sailing</c><00:25:13.099><c> regattas.</c>

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You<00:25:14.480><c> can</c><00:25:14.700><c> imagine</c><00:25:15.079><c> how</c><00:25:15.500><c> popular</c><00:25:15.940><c> it</c><00:25:16.099><c> might</c><00:25:16.339><c> have</c><00:25:16.619><c> been</c>

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and<00:25:17.720><c> as</c><00:25:18.099><c> a</c><00:25:18.259><c> result</c><00:25:18.619><c> when</c><00:25:18.920><c> the</c><00:25:19.099><c> Isthmithian</c><00:25:19.660><c> Games</c><00:25:20.000><c> were</c><00:25:20.319><c> held</c>

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every<00:25:20.980><c> two</c><00:25:21.279><c> years,</c>

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they<00:25:22.799><c> instituted</c><00:25:23.339><c> a</c><00:25:23.700><c> truce.</c>

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It<00:25:24.539><c> was</c><00:25:24.799><c> so</c><00:25:25.079><c> important</c><00:25:25.579><c> to</c><00:25:25.819><c> the</c><00:25:26.099><c> area</c><00:25:26.559><c> that</c><00:25:27.160><c> if</c><00:25:27.539><c> wars</c><00:25:27.960><c> were</c>

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being<00:25:28.700><c> fought,</c>

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individuals<00:25:31.339><c> were</c><00:25:32.059><c> guaranteed</c><00:25:32.799><c> safe</c><00:25:33.220><c> passage</c><00:25:33.759><c> to</c><00:25:34.140><c> Corinth.</c>

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The<00:25:36.200><c> historians</c><00:25:36.819><c> tell</c><00:25:37.099><c> us</c><00:25:37.339><c> that</c><00:25:37.539><c> these</c><00:25:37.900><c> games</c><00:25:38.160><c> were</c><00:25:38.579><c> held</c><00:25:39.140><c> every</c><00:25:40.180><c> two</c><00:25:40.519><c> years</c>

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and<00:25:41.480><c> had</c><00:25:41.660><c> been</c><00:25:41.900><c> going</c><00:25:42.220><c> on</c><00:25:42.599><c> for</c><00:25:43.240><c> 500</c><00:25:44.140><c> years</c><00:25:45.019><c> when</c><00:25:45.519><c> the</c><00:25:45.740><c> Apostle</c>

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Paul<00:25:46.440><c> arrived.</c>

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Now<00:25:48.220><c> during</c><00:25:48.700><c> that</c><00:25:48.980><c> time</c><00:25:49.380><c> before</c><00:25:49.880><c> Caesar</c><00:25:50.319><c> reestablished</c><00:25:51.299><c> the</c><00:25:51.599><c> city,</c>

00:25:52.539 --> 00:25:55.839
the<00:25:52.660><c> Isthmithian</c><00:25:53.220><c> Games</c><00:25:53.559><c> had</c><00:25:53.859><c> no</c><00:25:54.160><c> home</c><00:25:54.599><c> and</c><00:25:55.259><c> as</c><00:25:55.500><c> a</c><00:25:55.660><c> result</c>

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they<00:25:56.000><c> were</c><00:25:56.279><c> moved</c><00:25:56.559><c> to</c><00:25:56.779><c> a</c><00:25:57.000><c> different</c><00:25:57.220><c> location.</c>

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But<00:25:59.019><c> soon</c><00:25:59.279><c> thereafter,</c><00:26:00.319><c> after</c><00:26:00.740><c> the</c><00:26:01.019><c> city</c><00:26:01.220><c> was</c><00:26:01.640><c> reestablished,</c>

00:26:02.440 --> 00:26:05.920
the<00:26:03.680><c> Isthmithian</c><00:26:04.279><c> Games</c><00:26:04.579><c> came</c><00:26:04.900><c> back</c><00:26:05.240><c> to</c><00:26:05.920><c> Corinth</c>

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and<00:26:07.000><c> they</c><00:26:07.240><c> were</c><00:26:07.519><c> held</c><00:26:07.839><c> as</c><00:26:08.119><c> we</c><00:26:08.359><c> said</c><00:26:08.559><c> every</c><00:26:09.019><c> two</c><00:26:09.359><c> years</c><00:26:09.700><c> typically</c><00:26:10.180><c> in</c><00:26:10.420><c> the</c><00:26:10.700><c> spring.</c>

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One<00:26:12.859><c> of</c><00:26:13.000><c> the</c><00:26:13.200><c> things</c><00:26:13.359><c> that</c><00:26:13.559><c> we</c><00:26:13.839><c> find</c><00:26:14.160><c> in</c><00:26:14.359><c> our</c><00:26:14.660><c> studies</c><00:26:14.980><c> of</c><00:26:15.279><c> 1</c><00:26:15.480><c> Corinthians</c>

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is<00:26:17.680><c> that</c><00:26:18.039><c> we</c><00:26:18.200><c> are</c><00:26:18.460><c> able</c><00:26:18.680><c> to</c><00:26:18.980><c> very</c><00:26:19.319><c> precisely</c><00:26:20.039><c> within</c><00:26:20.440><c> just</c><00:26:20.839><c> a</c>

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few<00:26:21.319><c> years</c>

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date<00:26:22.200><c> when</c><00:26:22.599><c> the</c><00:26:22.880><c> Apostle</c><00:26:23.420><c> Paul</c><00:26:23.880><c> was</c><00:26:24.500><c> there</c>

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because<00:26:25.980><c> he</c><00:26:26.740><c> identifies</c><00:26:27.380><c> who</c><00:26:27.700><c> the</c><00:26:27.940><c> Roman</c><00:26:28.259><c> Pro</c><00:26:28.660><c>-Council</c><00:26:29.000><c> was</c>

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at<00:26:29.599><c> the</c><00:26:29.799><c> time</c>

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and<00:26:31.039><c> so</c><00:26:31.140><c> we</c><00:26:31.319><c> can</c><00:26:31.519><c> go</c><00:26:31.720><c> and</c><00:26:32.000><c> match</c><00:26:32.220><c> the</c><00:26:32.900><c> name</c><00:26:33.140><c> of</c><00:26:33.339><c> the</c><00:26:33.480><c> Roman</c><00:26:33.740><c> Pro</c><00:26:34.079><c>-Council</c>

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with<00:26:34.619><c> the</c><00:26:34.980><c> historical</c><00:26:35.359><c> records</c><00:26:35.759><c> and</c><00:26:36.000><c> determine</c><00:26:36.440><c> that</c><00:26:36.640><c> Paul</c>

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was<00:26:37.180><c> likely</c><00:26:37.579><c> in</c><00:26:38.039><c> Corinth</c>

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around<00:26:39.119><c> the</c><00:26:39.400><c> time</c><00:26:39.660><c> of</c><00:26:40.180><c> 50</c><00:26:40.579><c> AD.</c>

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And<00:26:42.720><c> if</c><00:26:42.980><c> we</c><00:26:43.400><c> then</c><00:26:44.099><c> look</c><00:26:44.480><c> at</c><00:26:44.720><c> when</c><00:26:44.980><c> the</c><00:26:45.200><c> Isthmithian</c><00:26:45.779><c> Games</c>

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were<00:26:46.380><c> held,</c>

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they<00:26:47.339><c> were</c><00:26:47.539><c> held</c><00:26:47.740><c> in</c><00:26:48.000><c> 49</c><00:26:48.539><c> AD,</c><00:26:49.619><c> 51</c><00:26:50.119><c> AD,</c><00:26:51.059><c> 53</c><00:26:51.640><c> AD,</c><00:26:52.579><c> 55</c><00:26:53.220><c> AD.</c>

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And<00:26:54.700><c> what</c><00:26:54.859><c> that</c><00:26:55.220><c> means</c><00:26:55.660><c> is</c><00:26:56.180><c> that</c><00:26:56.380><c> it</c><00:26:56.599><c> is</c><00:26:57.140><c> an</c><00:26:57.400><c> almost</c><00:26:57.880><c> certainty</c>

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that<00:26:58.640><c> the</c><00:26:58.900><c> Apostle</c><00:26:59.460><c> Paul</c><00:26:59.819><c> was</c><00:27:00.180><c> here</c><00:27:00.559><c> in</c><00:27:00.960><c> Corinth</c>

00:27:01.140 --> 00:27:04.960
when<00:27:01.599><c> these</c><00:27:02.000><c> popular</c><00:27:02.980><c> games</c><00:27:03.579><c> were</c><00:27:04.039><c> held.</c>

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And<00:27:06.819><c> of</c><00:27:07.079><c> course,</c><00:27:08.160><c> Paul</c><00:27:08.420><c> then</c><00:27:09.079><c> uses</c><00:27:09.740><c> the</c><00:27:10.180><c> sports</c><00:27:10.500><c> metaphor</c>

00:27:11.140 --> 00:27:15.440
in<00:27:12.279><c> his</c><00:27:12.740><c> description</c><00:27:13.339><c> of</c><00:27:13.660><c> our</c><00:27:13.960><c> walk</c><00:27:14.240><c> in</c><00:27:14.660><c> truth.</c>

00:27:15.839 --> 00:27:19.240
The<00:27:16.059><c> Apostle</c><00:27:16.420><c> Paul</c><00:27:16.759><c> speaks</c><00:27:17.220><c> to</c><00:27:17.779><c> those</c><00:27:18.299><c> in</c><00:27:18.839><c> Corinth</c>

00:27:19.240 --> 00:27:23.500
about<00:27:20.259><c> living</c><00:27:20.859><c> a</c><00:27:21.200><c> life</c><00:27:21.420><c> in</c><00:27:21.619><c> the</c><00:27:21.839><c> truth,</c><00:27:22.200><c> walking</c><00:27:22.599><c> in</c><00:27:22.819><c> the</c><00:27:23.000><c> Gospel,</c>

00:27:23.500 --> 00:27:28.220
and<00:27:24.660><c> he</c><00:27:24.940><c> uses</c><00:27:25.839><c> that</c><00:27:26.180><c> analogy</c><00:27:26.579><c> because</c><00:27:27.039><c> it's</c><00:27:27.400><c> something</c><00:27:27.579><c> that</c>

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resonated<00:27:28.819><c> with</c><00:27:29.220><c> them.</c>

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It's<00:27:30.099><c> something</c><00:27:30.319><c> that</c><00:27:30.660><c> they</c><00:27:30.839><c> could</c><00:27:31.160><c> understand</c><00:27:31.859><c> and</c><00:27:32.220><c> comprehend</c>

00:27:32.859 --> 00:27:35.420
and<00:27:33.079><c> there</c><00:27:33.599><c> was</c><00:27:33.779><c> a</c><00:27:34.099><c> connection</c><00:27:34.400><c> there.</c>

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And<00:27:35.599><c> so</c><00:27:35.680><c> what</c><00:27:35.859><c> you</c><00:27:36.099><c> see</c><00:27:36.220><c> on</c><00:27:36.400><c> the</c><00:27:36.660><c> screen</c><00:27:36.859><c> here,</c><00:27:37.140><c> of</c><00:27:37.380><c> course,</c>

00:27:37.700 --> 00:27:40.119
is<00:27:37.779><c> Paul's</c><00:27:38.599><c> writing</c><00:27:38.759><c> of</c><00:27:38.980><c> that</c><00:27:39.240><c> sports</c><00:27:39.619><c> metaphor.</c>

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These<00:27:40.680><c> are</c><00:27:40.839><c> some</c><00:27:41.140><c> selected</c><00:27:41.539><c> verses</c><00:27:41.940><c> from</c><00:27:42.680><c> 1</c><00:27:42.880><c> Corinthians</c><00:27:43.319><c> chapter</c><00:27:43.859><c> 9.</c>

00:27:45.640 --> 00:27:49.819
What<00:27:45.779><c> I'd</c><00:27:45.980><c> like</c><00:27:46.079><c> to</c><00:27:46.319><c> do</c><00:27:46.619><c> is</c><00:27:47.220><c> mention</c><00:27:47.980><c> a</c><00:27:48.720><c> few</c><00:27:48.839><c> of</c><00:27:49.000><c> the</c><00:27:49.140><c> things</c><00:27:49.339><c> that</c><00:27:49.559><c> we</c>

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see<00:27:50.039><c> here.</c>

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Paul<00:27:51.380><c> says,</c><00:27:51.880><c> do</c><00:27:51.880><c> you</c><00:27:52.099><c> not</c><00:27:52.440><c> know</c><00:27:53.059><c> that</c><00:27:53.700><c> in</c><00:27:54.059><c> a</c><00:27:54.180><c> race</c><00:27:54.720><c> all</c><00:27:55.980><c> the</c>

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runners<00:27:56.440><c> run,</c>

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but<00:27:57.900><c> only</c><00:27:58.279><c> one</c><00:27:58.579><c> gets</c><00:27:58.880><c> the</c><00:27:59.200><c> prize?</c>

00:28:00.740 --> 00:28:04.940
The<00:28:01.079><c> word</c><00:28:01.339><c> for</c><00:28:01.700><c> race</c><00:28:02.119><c> there</c><00:28:02.640><c> is</c><00:28:03.000><c> a</c><00:28:03.140><c> very</c><00:28:03.420><c> unique</c><00:28:03.880><c> word.</c>

00:28:05.279 --> 00:28:10.380
It's<00:28:05.559><c> a</c><00:28:05.720><c> word</c><00:28:06.059><c> that</c><00:28:06.460><c> is,</c><00:28:08.180><c> I</c><00:28:08.740><c> think</c><00:28:08.880><c> it's</c><00:28:09.099><c> the</c><00:28:09.220><c> Greek</c><00:28:09.380><c> word</c><00:28:09.680><c> stadia,</c>

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and<00:28:10.940><c> it</c><00:28:11.119><c> has</c><00:28:11.339><c> a</c><00:28:11.559><c> connotation</c><00:28:12.319><c> to</c><00:28:13.099><c> a</c><00:28:13.539><c> distance.</c>

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And<00:28:15.980><c> so</c><00:28:16.319><c> for</c><00:28:16.740><c> the</c><00:28:17.119><c> readers</c><00:28:17.519><c> of</c><00:28:17.799><c> Paul's</c><00:28:18.359><c> letter,</c>

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when<00:28:19.420><c> he</c><00:28:19.720><c> wrote</c><00:28:19.960><c> in</c><00:28:20.119><c> their</c><00:28:20.980><c> language,</c>

00:28:22.380 --> 00:28:24.579
they<00:28:22.599><c> would</c><00:28:22.859><c> have</c><00:28:23.180><c> read,</c><00:28:23.519><c> for</c><00:28:23.859><c> example,</c>

00:28:25.079 --> 00:28:31.299
do<00:28:25.259><c> you</c><00:28:25.400><c> not</c><00:28:25.700><c> know</c><00:28:26.079><c> that</c><00:28:26.380><c> in</c><00:28:27.180><c> the</c><00:28:27.480><c> 100</c><00:28:28.059><c>-meter</c><00:28:28.480><c> dash</c><00:28:29.099><c> all</c><00:28:30.779><c> the</c>

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runners<00:28:31.579><c> run?</c>

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It<00:28:32.460><c> had</c><00:28:32.700><c> that</c><00:28:33.019><c> sort</c><00:28:33.200><c> of</c><00:28:33.440><c> connection.</c>

00:28:33.740 --> 00:28:38.059
It<00:28:33.819><c> was</c><00:28:34.140><c> related</c><00:28:34.539><c> to</c><00:28:34.859><c> a</c><00:28:35.220><c> particular</c><00:28:36.259><c> event</c><00:28:36.900><c> that</c><00:28:37.119><c> was</c><00:28:37.440><c> held</c><00:28:37.680><c> at</c>

00:28:38.059 --> 00:28:39.920
the<00:28:38.380><c> Smithian</c><00:28:38.940><c> Games.</c>

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Archaeologists<00:28:40.980><c> today</c><00:28:41.420><c> have</c><00:28:41.660><c> gone</c><00:28:41.940><c> to</c><00:28:42.140><c> the</c><00:28:42.319><c> city</c>

00:28:42.519 --> 00:28:45.500
and<00:28:42.680><c> they</c><00:28:42.859><c> have</c><00:28:43.039><c> discovered</c><00:28:43.559><c> many</c><00:28:43.880><c> of</c><00:28:44.079><c> the</c><00:28:44.259><c> locations</c><00:28:44.839><c> where</c>

00:28:45.500 --> 00:28:46.660
these<00:28:45.779><c> games</c><00:28:46.079><c> were</c><00:28:46.400><c> held.</c>

00:28:46.660 --> 00:28:50.660
One<00:28:47.299><c> of</c><00:28:47.480><c> the</c><00:28:47.680><c> things</c><00:28:47.859><c> they've</c><00:28:48.380><c> discovered</c><00:28:48.720><c> is</c><00:28:49.279><c> the</c><00:28:49.559><c> area</c><00:28:49.980><c> where</c><00:28:50.359><c> the</c>

00:28:50.660 --> 00:28:52.180
races<00:28:50.980><c> were</c><00:28:51.339><c> held.</c>

00:28:52.220 --> 00:28:55.880
And<00:28:52.380><c> lo</c><00:28:52.539><c> and</c><00:28:52.700><c> behold,</c><00:28:53.180><c> they</c><00:28:53.480><c> tell</c><00:28:53.660><c> us</c><00:28:54.279><c> that</c><00:28:54.619><c> the</c><00:28:54.920><c> distance</c><00:28:55.420><c> of</c>

00:28:55.880 --> 00:28:56.859
the<00:28:56.180><c> race</c><00:28:56.559><c> course</c>

00:28:56.859 --> 00:29:01.180
that<00:28:57.099><c> they</c><00:28:57.380><c> found</c><00:28:57.839><c> is</c><00:28:58.420><c> the</c><00:28:58.700><c> same</c><00:28:58.960><c> distance</c><00:28:59.599><c> as</c><00:29:00.200><c> the</c><00:29:00.400><c> word</c><00:29:00.640><c> race</c>

00:29:01.180 --> 00:29:02.920
in<00:29:01.700><c> Paul's</c><00:29:02.180><c> letter.</c>

00:29:03.039 --> 00:29:04.140
Fascinating.

00:29:04.460 --> 00:29:07.339
So<00:29:04.660><c> Paul</c><00:29:04.880><c> uses</c><00:29:05.240><c> this</c><00:29:05.559><c> analogy,</c><00:29:06.079><c> and</c><00:29:06.220><c> then</c><00:29:06.339><c> he</c><00:29:06.619><c> says,</c>

00:29:08.079 --> 00:29:10.599
that's<00:29:08.319><c> what</c><00:29:08.480><c> the</c><00:29:08.759><c> runners</c><00:29:09.000><c> do</c><00:29:09.259><c> in</c><00:29:09.420><c> the</c><00:29:09.640><c> games,</c>

00:29:10.640 --> 00:29:12.660
but<00:29:10.859><c> brothers</c><00:29:11.119><c> and</c><00:29:11.460><c> sisters,</c><00:29:11.900><c> my</c><00:29:12.240><c> friends,</c>

00:29:12.660 --> 00:29:16.960
we<00:29:13.119><c> need</c><00:29:13.400><c> to</c><00:29:13.720><c> run</c><00:29:13.880><c> in</c><00:29:14.180><c> such</c><00:29:14.339><c> a</c><00:29:14.579><c> way</c><00:29:15.259><c> to</c><00:29:15.819><c> get</c><00:29:16.039><c> the</c><00:29:16.480><c> prize.</c>

00:29:17.440 --> 00:29:20.240
He<00:29:17.599><c> says</c><00:29:17.779><c> everyone</c><00:29:18.200><c> that</c><00:29:18.440><c> competes</c><00:29:18.880><c> in</c><00:29:19.019><c> the</c><00:29:19.220><c> games</c><00:29:19.519><c> goes</c><00:29:19.799><c> into</c>

00:29:20.240 --> 00:29:21.160
strict<00:29:20.599><c> training.</c>

00:29:21.599 --> 00:29:26.220
They<00:29:21.940><c> do</c><00:29:22.200><c> it</c><00:29:22.660><c> to</c><00:29:23.000><c> get</c><00:29:23.200><c> a</c><00:29:23.539><c> crown</c><00:29:23.940><c> that</c><00:29:24.500><c> will</c><00:29:24.819><c> not</c><00:29:25.180><c> last.</c>

00:29:26.920 --> 00:29:32.240
Now<00:29:27.119><c> Jim</c><00:29:27.200><c> and</c><00:29:27.500><c> I</c><00:29:27.660><c> are</c><00:29:28.980><c> fans</c><00:29:29.539><c> of</c><00:29:29.740><c> the</c><00:29:29.859><c> Boston</c><00:29:30.279><c> Marathon</c><00:29:31.000><c> near</c><00:29:31.339><c> us.</c>

00:29:32.339 --> 00:29:36.319
And<00:29:32.579><c> the</c><00:29:32.740><c> Boston</c><00:29:33.079><c> Marathon</c><00:29:33.680><c> has</c><00:29:33.900><c> been</c><00:29:34.160><c> held</c><00:29:34.480><c> for</c><00:29:34.759><c> over</c><00:29:35.079><c> 100</c><00:29:35.480><c> years.</c>

00:29:37.319 --> 00:29:41.640
And<00:29:37.700><c> until</c><00:29:38.460><c> just</c><00:29:39.039><c> recently,</c><00:29:39.799><c> the</c><00:29:39.980><c> winner</c><00:29:40.279><c> of</c><00:29:40.480><c> the</c><00:29:40.579><c> Boston</c><00:29:41.059><c> Marathon</c>

00:29:41.640 --> 00:29:46.720
received<00:29:42.140><c> no</c><00:29:42.599><c> other</c><00:29:43.119><c> accolades</c><00:29:44.339><c> other</c><00:29:44.779><c> than</c><00:29:45.500><c> the</c><00:29:45.859><c> pat</c><00:29:45.960><c> on</c><00:29:46.160><c> the</c><00:29:46.339><c> back,</c>

00:29:47.059 --> 00:29:51.640
a<00:29:47.200><c> hearty</c><00:29:47.559><c> congratulations,</c><00:29:49.000><c> and</c><00:29:49.839><c> a</c><00:29:50.400><c> laurel</c><00:29:50.779><c> wreath.</c>

00:29:51.819 --> 00:29:55.200
There<00:29:51.980><c> was</c><00:29:52.180><c> no</c><00:29:52.440><c> prize</c><00:29:52.799><c> money.</c><00:29:53.380><c> There</c><00:29:53.500><c> were</c><00:29:53.720><c> no</c><00:29:53.980><c> keys</c><00:29:54.319><c> to</c><00:29:54.559><c> a</c><00:29:54.779><c> car.</c>

00:29:55.440 --> 00:30:00.039
It<00:29:55.619><c> was</c><00:29:55.900><c> just</c><00:29:56.299><c> the</c><00:29:56.640><c> accolades.</c><00:29:57.160><c> It</c><00:29:57.279><c> was</c><00:29:57.599><c> the</c><00:29:58.180><c> laurel</c><00:29:59.019><c> wreath.</c>

00:30:00.500 --> 00:30:04.920
And<00:30:00.720><c> so</c><00:30:00.819><c> when</c><00:30:01.059><c> Paul</c><00:30:01.359><c> speaks</c><00:30:01.759><c> about</c><00:30:02.079><c> the</c><00:30:02.420><c> crown</c><00:30:02.799><c> that</c><00:30:03.099><c> will</c><00:30:03.420><c> not</c><00:30:03.779><c> last,</c>

00:30:05.059 --> 00:30:09.180
he's<00:30:05.319><c> speaking</c><00:30:05.619><c> not</c><00:30:05.880><c> about</c><00:30:06.259><c> the</c><00:30:06.599><c> laurel</c><00:30:07.059><c> wreath</c><00:30:07.299><c> that</c><00:30:07.460><c> you</c><00:30:07.619><c> might</c><00:30:07.900><c> find</c><00:30:08.259><c> at</c>

00:30:09.180 --> 00:30:10.460
the<00:30:09.339><c> Boston</c><00:30:09.700><c> Marathon</c>

00:30:10.460 --> 00:30:13.079
or<00:30:10.759><c> that</c><00:30:10.920><c> you</c><00:30:11.079><c> might</c><00:30:11.319><c> see</c><00:30:11.500><c> in</c><00:30:11.619><c> the</c><00:30:11.759><c> Olympic</c><00:30:12.059><c> games.</c>

00:30:13.140 --> 00:30:16.440
The<00:30:13.319><c> Smithians</c><00:30:13.980><c> games</c><00:30:14.460><c> had</c><00:30:14.859><c> a</c><00:30:15.039><c> very</c><00:30:15.359><c> unique</c><00:30:15.740><c> wreath.</c>

00:30:16.799 --> 00:30:18.900
The<00:30:17.019><c> wreath</c><00:30:17.180><c> that</c><00:30:17.380><c> they</c><00:30:17.619><c> used</c><00:30:17.819><c> was</c><00:30:18.059><c> actually,</c><00:30:18.519><c> believe</c><00:30:18.700><c> it</c><00:30:18.839><c> or</c>

00:30:18.900 --> 00:30:20.519
not,<00:30:19.180><c> made</c><00:30:19.259><c> out</c><00:30:19.420><c> of</c><00:30:19.700><c> celery.</c>

00:30:21.059 --> 00:30:24.019
And<00:30:21.319><c> so</c><00:30:21.660><c> you</c><00:30:22.099><c> think</c><00:30:22.319><c> to</c><00:30:22.460><c> yourself,</c><00:30:22.900><c> why</c><00:30:23.140><c> would</c><00:30:23.339><c> I</c><00:30:23.519><c> go</c><00:30:23.700><c> into</c>

00:30:24.019 --> 00:30:24.779
strict<00:30:24.319><c> training</c>

00:30:24.779 --> 00:30:28.799
to<00:30:25.079><c> get</c><00:30:25.319><c> a</c><00:30:26.140><c> celery</c><00:30:26.740><c> wreath</c><00:30:27.700><c> placed</c><00:30:28.099><c> on</c><00:30:28.359><c> my</c><00:30:28.599><c> head?</c>

00:30:29.240 --> 00:30:31.859
And<00:30:29.519><c> Paul</c><00:30:29.720><c> then</c><00:30:30.119><c> draws</c><00:30:30.440><c> the</c><00:30:30.779><c> analogy</c><00:30:31.220><c> and</c><00:30:31.440><c> he</c><00:30:31.640><c> says,</c>

00:30:32.339 --> 00:30:37.799
but<00:30:32.579><c> we</c><00:30:32.980><c> do</c><00:30:33.279><c> it</c><00:30:33.700><c> to</c><00:30:34.299><c> get</c><00:30:34.480><c> a</c><00:30:34.839><c> crown</c><00:30:35.279><c> that</c><00:30:36.019><c> will</c><00:30:36.319><c> last</c><00:30:36.740><c> forever.</c>

00:30:38.140 --> 00:30:40.819
Our<00:30:38.720><c> brother</c><00:30:38.960><c> Mick,</c><00:30:39.200><c> I</c><00:30:39.460><c> see,</c><00:30:39.720><c> is</c><00:30:39.880><c> speaking</c><00:30:40.160><c> to</c><00:30:40.400><c> the</c><00:30:40.599><c> young</c>

00:30:40.819 --> 00:30:43.980
people<00:30:41.240><c> about</c><00:30:42.000><c> spiritual</c><00:30:42.819><c> athletics.</c>

00:30:44.279 --> 00:30:49.039
And<00:30:44.460><c> when</c><00:30:44.619><c> we</c><00:30:44.819><c> think</c><00:30:45.000><c> about</c><00:30:45.259><c> that</c><00:30:45.539><c> in</c><00:30:45.960><c> our</c><00:30:47.119><c> own</c><00:30:47.539><c> context,</c><00:30:48.240><c> brothers</c><00:30:48.339><c> and</c><00:30:48.640><c> sisters,</c>

00:30:49.359 --> 00:30:54.339
we<00:30:49.619><c> are</c><00:30:50.440><c> spiritual</c><00:30:51.000><c> athletes.</c><00:30:51.940><c> We</c><00:30:52.180><c> do</c><00:30:52.440><c> go</c><00:30:52.660><c> into</c><00:30:53.019><c> strict</c><00:30:53.319><c> training.</c>

00:30:54.500 --> 00:30:59.619
And<00:30:54.740><c> the</c><00:30:55.019><c> difference</c><00:30:55.400><c> is</c><00:30:56.279><c> the</c><00:30:56.900><c> prize</c><00:30:57.339><c> that</c><00:30:57.599><c> we</c><00:30:57.859><c> receive</c><00:30:58.319><c> is</c><00:30:58.640><c> eternal.</c>

00:31:00.299 --> 00:31:02.799
And<00:31:00.579><c> it</c><00:31:00.680><c> makes</c><00:31:00.960><c> the</c><00:31:01.279><c> training,</c><00:31:01.579><c> the</c><00:31:01.799><c> difficult</c><00:31:02.299><c> training,</c>

00:31:02.799 --> 00:31:08.059
so<00:31:03.200><c> much</c><00:31:03.900><c> more</c><00:31:04.619><c> worthwhile</c><00:31:05.319><c> when</c><00:31:05.900><c> we</c><00:31:06.259><c> recognize</c><00:31:06.839><c> that.</c>

00:31:09.240 --> 00:31:11.740
And<00:31:09.420><c> so</c><00:31:09.619><c> Paul</c><00:31:09.839><c> draws</c><00:31:10.259><c> on</c><00:31:10.579><c> that</c><00:31:10.819><c> analogy.</c>

00:31:13.019 --> 00:31:17.660
In<00:31:13.200><c> the</c><00:31:13.380><c> previous</c><00:31:13.700><c> slide,</c><00:31:14.160><c> we</c><00:31:14.220><c> looked</c><00:31:14.440><c> at</c><00:31:15.319><c> this</c><00:31:15.980><c> picture</c><00:31:16.359><c> here,</c><00:31:17.420><c> the</c>

00:31:17.660 --> 00:31:19.940
famous<00:31:18.079><c> Greek</c><00:31:18.779><c> statue.</c>

00:31:20.000 --> 00:31:23.660
It<00:31:20.319><c> shows</c><00:31:20.559><c> a</c><00:31:20.900><c> sport</c><00:31:21.079><c> that</c><00:31:21.279><c> I</c><00:31:21.339><c> think</c><00:31:21.500><c> is</c><00:31:21.759><c> called</c><00:31:22.400><c> planktathon</c>

00:31:23.660 --> 00:31:25.400
or<00:31:23.859><c> something</c><00:31:24.119><c> like</c><00:31:24.400><c> that.</c>

00:31:25.460 --> 00:31:28.039
And<00:31:25.799><c> this</c><00:31:26.299><c> sport</c><00:31:26.480><c> had</c><00:31:26.700><c> two</c><00:31:27.019><c> rules.</c>

00:31:28.779 --> 00:31:32.779
There<00:31:29.299><c> was</c><00:31:29.599><c> no</c><00:31:29.819><c> biting</c><00:31:30.200><c> and</c><00:31:31.099><c> no</c><00:31:31.339><c> eye</c><00:31:31.599><c> gouging.</c>

00:31:33.519 --> 00:31:37.180
And<00:31:33.779><c> that</c><00:31:33.920><c> was</c><00:31:34.180><c> it.</c><00:31:35.079><c> And</c><00:31:35.279><c> these</c><00:31:35.480><c> fighters</c><00:31:35.859><c> would</c><00:31:36.220><c> fight</c><00:31:36.460><c> in</c><00:31:36.720><c> such</c><00:31:36.920><c> a</c>

00:31:37.180 --> 00:31:38.400
brutal<00:31:37.440><c> manner.</c>

00:31:38.799 --> 00:31:43.480
And<00:31:39.039><c> today</c><00:31:39.480><c> we</c><00:31:39.759><c> see</c><00:31:40.119><c> these</c><00:31:40.519><c> sports</c><00:31:40.859><c> reemerging</c><00:31:41.660><c> on</c><00:31:41.859><c> our</c><00:31:42.119><c> scene</c><00:31:42.359><c> today.</c>

00:31:44.960 --> 00:31:47.140
And<00:31:45.240><c> these</c><00:31:45.420><c> are</c><00:31:45.660><c> the</c><00:31:45.740><c> sorts</c><00:31:46.000><c> of</c><00:31:46.259><c> things</c><00:31:46.519><c> that</c><00:31:46.720><c> were</c><00:31:46.920><c> held.</c>

00:31:47.279 --> 00:31:50.299
And<00:31:47.460><c> Paul</c><00:31:47.660><c> understood</c><00:31:48.279><c> that</c><00:31:48.460><c> these</c><00:31:48.680><c> were</c><00:31:48.920><c> popular</c><00:31:49.400><c> in</c><00:31:49.640><c> those</c><00:31:49.900><c> days.</c>

00:31:50.660 --> 00:31:53.579
And<00:31:50.900><c> so</c><00:31:50.980><c> when</c><00:31:51.140><c> he</c><00:31:51.359><c> preached</c><00:31:51.599><c> the</c><00:31:51.819><c> Gospel</c><00:31:52.220><c> and</c><00:31:52.440><c> so</c><00:31:52.539><c> when</c><00:31:52.700><c> he</c><00:31:52.960><c> encouraged</c><00:31:53.319><c> his</c>

00:31:53.579 --> 00:31:54.839
brothers<00:31:53.799><c> and</c><00:31:54.079><c> sisters</c><00:31:54.400><c> there,</c>

00:31:54.839 --> 00:31:56.940
he<00:31:55.200><c> used</c><00:31:55.420><c> that</c><00:31:55.720><c> same</c><00:31:56.059><c> sports</c><00:31:56.460><c> analogy.</c>

00:31:57.420 --> 00:32:01.000
And<00:31:57.599><c> he</c><00:31:57.700><c> says,</c><00:31:59.000><c> I</c><00:31:59.000><c> do</c><00:31:59.220><c> not</c><00:31:59.359><c> run</c><00:31:59.539><c> like</c><00:31:59.759><c> a</c><00:31:59.940><c> man</c><00:32:00.099><c> running</c><00:32:00.380><c> aimlessly.</c>

00:32:01.099 --> 00:32:03.359
I<00:32:01.279><c> do</c><00:32:01.460><c> not</c><00:32:01.740><c> fight</c><00:32:02.039><c> like</c><00:32:02.299><c> a</c><00:32:02.480><c> man</c><00:32:02.660><c> beating</c><00:32:02.940><c> the</c><00:32:03.240><c> air.</c>

00:32:03.480 --> 00:32:07.940
No,<00:32:04.200><c> I</c><00:32:04.380><c> beat</c><00:32:04.519><c> my</c><00:32:04.859><c> body</c><00:32:05.099><c> and</c><00:32:05.319><c> make</c><00:32:05.480><c> it</c><00:32:05.680><c> my</c><00:32:05.900><c> slave</c><00:32:06.539><c> so</c><00:32:07.079><c> that</c><00:32:07.400><c> after</c>

00:32:07.940 --> 00:32:10.420
I<00:32:08.640><c> have</c><00:32:08.920><c> preached</c><00:32:09.220><c> to</c><00:32:09.559><c> others,</c>

00:32:10.539 --> 00:32:16.599
I<00:32:10.859><c> myself</c><00:32:11.819><c> will</c><00:32:13.619><c> not</c><00:32:13.900><c> be</c><00:32:14.180><c> disqualified</c><00:32:15.039><c> from</c><00:32:15.440><c> the</c><00:32:15.720><c> prize.</c>

00:32:18.259 --> 00:32:21.180
The<00:32:18.819><c> country</c><00:32:19.099><c> of</c><00:32:19.359><c> Canada</c><00:32:19.619><c> hosted</c><00:32:19.940><c> the</c><00:32:20.180><c> Winter</c><00:32:20.440><c> Olympics</c><00:32:20.839><c> this</c>

00:32:21.180 --> 00:32:22.740
past<00:32:21.700><c> winter.</c>

00:32:23.720 --> 00:32:27.059
Our<00:32:24.319><c> friend</c><00:32:24.700><c> and</c><00:32:24.940><c> sister,</c><00:32:25.460><c> Abby</c><00:32:25.660><c> Bull,</c><00:32:26.000><c> was</c><00:32:26.339><c> a</c><00:32:26.599><c> participant</c>

00:32:27.059 --> 00:32:29.140
in<00:32:27.299><c> the</c><00:32:27.599><c> opening</c><00:32:27.880><c> ceremonies.</c>

00:32:30.380 --> 00:32:33.799
And<00:32:30.980><c> one</c><00:32:31.579><c> of</c><00:32:31.720><c> the</c><00:32:31.940><c> things</c><00:32:32.160><c> that</c><00:32:32.440><c> takes</c><00:32:32.619><c> place</c><00:32:33.019><c> in</c><00:32:33.180><c> the</c><00:32:33.480><c> opening</c>

00:32:33.799 --> 00:32:36.160
ceremonies<00:32:34.400><c> of</c><00:32:34.660><c> the</c><00:32:34.819><c> Olympic</c><00:32:35.119><c> Games</c>

00:32:36.319 --> 00:32:41.759
is<00:32:36.920><c> the</c><00:32:37.259><c> athlete's</c><00:32:38.539><c> pledge</c><00:32:38.859><c> or</c><00:32:39.559><c> the</c><00:32:39.740><c> athlete's</c><00:32:40.980><c> oath.</c>

00:32:42.519 --> 00:32:46.019
And<00:32:42.740><c> it's</c><00:32:42.980><c> not</c><00:32:43.500><c> dissimilar</c><00:32:44.140><c> to</c><00:32:44.359><c> an</c><00:32:44.660><c> oath</c><00:32:44.900><c> that</c><00:32:45.160><c> was</c><00:32:45.440><c> required</c>

00:32:46.019 --> 00:32:49.660
of<00:32:46.339><c> all</c><00:32:46.640><c> of</c><00:32:46.819><c> the</c><00:32:47.180><c> competitors</c><00:32:47.640><c> in</c><00:32:47.960><c> the</c><00:32:48.140><c> Smithian</c><00:32:48.720><c> Games.</c>

00:32:49.819 --> 00:32:55.500
They<00:32:50.420><c> took</c><00:32:50.619><c> an</c><00:32:50.880><c> oath,</c><00:32:51.200><c> we're</c><00:32:51.559><c> told,</c><00:32:53.119><c> to</c><00:32:53.619><c> compete</c><00:32:54.200><c> honestly,</c>

00:32:56.519 --> 00:32:59.200
to<00:32:57.099><c> obey</c><00:32:57.380><c> the</c><00:32:57.640><c> rules</c><00:32:57.920><c> of</c><00:32:58.160><c> the</c><00:32:58.339><c> Games,</c>

00:32:59.980 --> 00:33:04.940
to<00:33:00.339><c> treat</c><00:33:00.559><c> the</c><00:33:00.799><c> other</c><00:33:01.059><c> competitors</c><00:33:01.759><c> fairly</c><00:33:02.740><c> under</c><00:33:04.160><c> penalty</c>

00:33:04.940 --> 00:33:06.660
of<00:33:05.599><c> disqualification.</c>

00:33:07.539 --> 00:33:09.859
And<00:33:07.720><c> this</c><00:33:07.819><c> was</c><00:33:08.000><c> a</c><00:33:08.099><c> big</c><00:33:08.319><c> thing</c><00:33:08.599><c> in</c><00:33:08.859><c> the</c><00:33:08.980><c> Smithian</c><00:33:09.500><c> Games.</c>

00:33:10.220 --> 00:33:13.599
And<00:33:10.460><c> again,</c><00:33:11.180><c> Paul</c><00:33:11.359><c> picks</c><00:33:11.660><c> up</c><00:33:11.900><c> on</c><00:33:12.099><c> that</c><00:33:12.579><c> when</c><00:33:12.839><c> he</c><00:33:13.119><c> speaks</c><00:33:13.299><c> of</c>

00:33:13.599 --> 00:33:16.319
not<00:33:13.880><c> being</c><00:33:14.240><c> disqualified</c><00:33:15.220><c> from</c><00:33:15.700><c> the</c><00:33:15.960><c> prize.</c>

00:33:16.319 --> 00:33:21.819
So<00:33:17.680><c> Corinth,</c><00:33:18.400><c> as</c><00:33:18.660><c> we've</c><00:33:18.980><c> seen,</c><00:33:19.759><c> has</c><00:33:19.920><c> been</c><00:33:20.140><c> the</c><00:33:20.440><c> center</c><00:33:20.839><c> of</c><00:33:21.299><c> finance.</c>

00:33:22.319 --> 00:33:27.220
We<00:33:22.420><c> see</c><00:33:22.619><c> it</c><00:33:22.799><c> as</c><00:33:23.000><c> having</c><00:33:23.380><c> had</c><00:33:23.759><c> this</c><00:33:24.079><c> tremendous</c><00:33:24.660><c> center</c><00:33:25.400><c> of</c><00:33:26.200><c> sport.</c>

00:33:27.559 --> 00:33:31.200
And<00:33:27.660><c> what</c><00:33:27.799><c> we'll</c><00:33:28.000><c> see</c><00:33:28.200><c> now</c><00:33:28.779><c> is</c><00:33:29.180><c> that</c><00:33:29.279><c> it</c><00:33:29.359><c> was</c><00:33:29.700><c> also</c><00:33:30.240><c> a</c><00:33:30.640><c> center</c>

00:33:31.200 --> 00:33:33.160
of<00:33:31.920><c> immorality.</c>

00:33:35.759 --> 00:33:44.900
Imagine<00:33:36.660><c> the</c><00:33:37.559><c> sailor</c><00:33:38.420><c> who</c><00:33:39.220><c> has</c><00:33:39.440><c> been</c><00:33:40.380><c> in</c><00:33:40.940><c> a</c><00:33:41.299><c> tiny</c><00:33:41.759><c> boat</c><00:33:42.359><c> for</c><00:33:43.400><c> weeks,</c>

00:33:45.480 --> 00:33:51.359
sailing<00:33:46.279><c> across</c><00:33:46.819><c> the</c><00:33:47.099><c> Mediterranean</c><00:33:47.839><c> with</c><00:33:48.980><c> his</c><00:33:49.319><c> cargo</c><00:33:49.680><c> loaded</c><00:33:50.640><c> full</c>

00:33:51.359 --> 00:33:54.799
of<00:33:51.700><c> goods</c><00:33:52.099><c> to</c><00:33:52.599><c> go</c><00:33:52.799><c> from</c><00:33:53.059><c> east</c><00:33:53.460><c> to</c><00:33:53.700><c> west.</c>

00:33:56.140 --> 00:34:00.619
And<00:33:56.339><c> he</c><00:33:56.539><c> arrives</c><00:33:56.980><c> in</c><00:33:57.440><c> Corinth</c><00:33:57.720><c> with</c><00:33:58.940><c> his</c><00:33:59.319><c> sea</c><00:33:59.559><c> legs.</c>

00:34:01.819 --> 00:34:08.239
And<00:34:02.140><c> he</c><00:34:02.420><c> discovers</c><00:34:03.359><c> nothing</c><00:34:04.579><c> short</c><00:34:05.180><c> of</c><00:34:05.460><c> an</c><00:34:05.819><c> ancient</c><00:34:06.119><c> day,</c><00:34:07.000><c> Las</c><00:34:07.240><c> Vegas.</c>

00:34:09.119 --> 00:34:11.480
That's<00:34:09.559><c> what</c><00:34:09.800><c> Corinth</c><00:34:10.280><c> was</c><00:34:10.639><c> like.</c>

00:34:12.820 --> 00:34:14.960
There<00:34:13.420><c> were</c><00:34:13.659><c> two</c><00:34:13.920><c> temples.</c>

00:34:15.880 --> 00:34:19.619
There<00:34:16.119><c> are</c><00:34:16.460><c> two</c><00:34:16.679><c> temples</c><00:34:17.079><c> that</c><00:34:17.300><c> are</c><00:34:17.800><c> still</c><00:34:18.099><c> visible</c><00:34:18.559><c> today.</c>

00:34:19.820 --> 00:34:23.400
Historians<00:34:20.360><c> tell</c><00:34:20.619><c> us</c><00:34:20.920><c> there</c><00:34:21.480><c> were</c><00:34:21.739><c> upwards</c><00:34:22.059><c> of</c><00:34:22.480><c> 30</c><00:34:22.940><c> temples</c>

00:34:23.400 --> 00:34:26.460
to<00:34:23.679><c> idolatrous</c><00:34:24.460><c> gods</c><00:34:24.960><c> in</c><00:34:25.480><c> the</c><00:34:25.679><c> city.</c>

00:34:27.519 --> 00:34:31.639
The<00:34:27.699><c> two</c><00:34:27.940><c> that</c><00:34:28.139><c> are</c><00:34:28.940><c> easily</c><00:34:29.519><c> recognizable</c><00:34:30.239><c> today</c><00:34:30.760><c> are</c><00:34:30.960><c> the</c><00:34:31.159><c> Temple</c><00:34:31.360><c> of</c>

00:34:31.639 --> 00:34:34.739
Aphrodite<00:34:32.300><c> and</c><00:34:33.039><c> the</c><00:34:33.260><c> Temple</c><00:34:33.480><c> of</c><00:34:33.840><c> Apollo.</c>

00:34:35.340 --> 00:34:38.159
Both<00:34:35.639><c> of</c><00:34:35.900><c> these</c><00:34:36.119><c> are</c><00:34:36.500><c> seen</c><00:34:36.719><c> in</c><00:34:36.900><c> this</c><00:34:37.119><c> picture</c><00:34:37.400><c> on</c><00:34:37.699><c> the</c><00:34:37.860><c> left.</c>

00:34:38.159 --> 00:34:43.119
The<00:34:38.920><c> Temple</c><00:34:39.199><c> of</c><00:34:39.460><c> Aphrodite</c><00:34:40.039><c> was</c><00:34:40.619><c> located</c><00:34:41.360><c> at</c><00:34:41.719><c> the</c><00:34:41.920><c> very</c><00:34:42.599><c> top</c>

00:34:43.119 --> 00:34:46.940
of<00:34:43.500><c> this</c><00:34:43.880><c> mountain</c><00:34:44.219><c> that</c><00:34:44.920><c> was</c><00:34:45.199><c> called</c><00:34:45.380><c> the</c><00:34:45.780><c> Acro</c><00:34:46.199><c> Corinth.</c>

00:34:47.539 --> 00:34:52.320
And<00:34:47.980><c> it</c><00:34:48.719><c> also</c><00:34:49.320><c> was</c><00:34:49.760><c> a</c><00:34:49.980><c> reason</c><00:34:50.320><c> for</c><00:34:50.559><c> the</c><00:34:50.780><c> geographic</c><00:34:51.400><c> success</c>

00:34:52.320 --> 00:34:55.820
or<00:34:53.340><c> the</c><00:34:54.119><c> commercial</c><00:34:54.639><c> success</c><00:34:55.260><c> of</c><00:34:55.460><c> the</c><00:34:55.639><c> city,</c>

00:34:55.880 --> 00:34:58.019
because<00:34:56.199><c> it</c><00:34:56.400><c> did</c><00:34:56.659><c> two</c><00:34:57.019><c> things.</c>

00:34:58.039 --> 00:35:02.179
This<00:34:58.420><c> Acro</c><00:34:58.960><c> Corinth</c><00:34:59.280><c> provided</c><00:34:59.940><c> a</c><00:35:00.360><c> natural</c><00:35:00.860><c> defense</c><00:35:01.599><c> mechanism.</c>

00:35:02.599 --> 00:35:04.380
They<00:35:02.860><c> were</c><00:35:03.099><c> able</c><00:35:03.300><c> to</c><00:35:03.659><c> defend</c><00:35:03.960><c> the</c><00:35:04.219><c> city.</c>

00:35:04.380 --> 00:35:07.760
There<00:35:04.500><c> are</c><00:35:04.840><c> the</c><00:35:05.059><c> walls</c><00:35:05.400><c> of</c><00:35:05.719><c> a</c><00:35:05.820><c> citadel</c><00:35:06.219><c> still</c><00:35:06.639><c> visible</c><00:35:07.119><c> on</c>

00:35:07.760 --> 00:35:09.500
that<00:35:08.099><c> mountain</c><00:35:08.460><c> today.</c>

00:35:10.360 --> 00:35:14.539
In<00:35:10.559><c> addition</c><00:35:10.980><c> to</c><00:35:11.320><c> the</c><00:35:11.579><c> defense</c><00:35:12.099><c> feature</c><00:35:12.539><c> that</c><00:35:12.860><c> the</c><00:35:13.079><c> mountain</c><00:35:13.400><c> provided,</c>

00:35:14.559 --> 00:35:19.340
it<00:35:14.820><c> also</c><00:35:15.300><c> provided</c><00:35:16.119><c> springs</c><00:35:16.880><c> that</c><00:35:17.360><c> gave</c><00:35:18.000><c> fresh</c><00:35:18.519><c> water</c><00:35:18.900><c> to</c><00:35:19.159><c> the</c>

00:35:19.340 --> 00:35:20.539
inhabitants<00:35:19.760><c> of</c><00:35:20.039><c> the</c><00:35:20.219><c> city,</c>

00:35:21.039 --> 00:35:24.360
something<00:35:21.360><c> that</c><00:35:21.639><c> today</c><00:35:22.039><c> we</c><00:35:22.320><c> probably</c><00:35:22.780><c> take</c><00:35:23.099><c> for</c><00:35:23.420><c> granted,</c>

00:35:24.480 --> 00:35:28.079
but<00:35:24.579><c> something</c><00:35:25.780><c> that</c><00:35:25.960><c> was</c><00:35:26.460><c> critically</c><00:35:26.920><c> important</c><00:35:27.500><c> to</c><00:35:27.800><c> a</c>

00:35:28.079 --> 00:35:29.760
growing<00:35:28.539><c> community.</c>

00:35:30.019 --> 00:35:32.159
And<00:35:30.179><c> so</c><00:35:30.320><c> there</c><00:35:30.420><c> was</c><00:35:30.719><c> fresh</c><00:35:31.039><c> water</c><00:35:31.340><c> there.</c>

00:35:32.599 --> 00:35:40.929
In<00:35:33.260><c> terms</c><00:35:33.639><c> of</c><00:35:34.179><c> the</c><00:35:34.519><c> religion</c><00:35:35.000><c> of</c><00:35:35.280><c> the</c><00:35:35.480><c> day,</c><00:35:39.460><c> there</c><00:35:39.539><c> was</c><00:35:39.760><c> a</c><00:35:39.960><c> worship</c><00:35:40.239><c> of</c><00:35:40.599><c> Aphrodite.</c>

00:35:41.340 --> 00:35:48.780
She<00:35:41.539><c> was</c><00:35:41.980><c> the</c><00:35:42.380><c> goddess</c><00:35:42.860><c> of</c><00:35:43.559><c> love,</c><00:35:45.019><c> of</c><00:35:45.300><c> beauty,</c><00:35:46.760><c> of</c><00:35:47.079><c> sex,</c><00:35:48.639><c> the</c>

00:35:48.780 --> 00:35:50.380
goddess<00:35:49.000><c> of</c><00:35:49.300><c> fertility.</c>

00:35:51.360 --> 00:35:53.780
And<00:35:51.519><c> as</c><00:35:51.599><c> we</c><00:35:51.800><c> mentioned,</c><00:35:52.139><c> at</c><00:35:52.300><c> the</c><00:35:52.440><c> top</c><00:35:52.659><c> of</c><00:35:52.820><c> this</c><00:35:53.119><c> Acro</c><00:35:53.559><c> Corinth,</c>

00:35:53.960 --> 00:35:57.139
this<00:35:54.179><c> 2</c><00:35:54.559><c>,000</c><00:35:55.239><c>-foot</c><00:35:55.820><c> mountain,</c>

00:35:57.559 --> 00:35:59.639
there<00:35:57.679><c> was</c><00:35:57.840><c> the</c><00:35:58.059><c> Temple</c><00:35:58.539><c> of</c><00:35:58.840><c> Aphrodite.</c>

00:35:59.639 --> 00:36:04.679
And<00:36:00.679><c> in</c><00:36:01.280><c> Old</c><00:36:01.659><c> Corinth,</c><00:36:02.420><c> this</c><00:36:02.639><c> was</c><00:36:02.880><c> before</c><00:36:03.280><c> Paul</c><00:36:03.619><c> came,</c>

00:36:04.960 --> 00:36:08.139
it<00:36:05.139><c> said</c><00:36:05.219><c> that</c><00:36:05.420><c> there</c><00:36:05.500><c> were</c><00:36:05.679><c> about</c><00:36:06.059><c> 1</c><00:36:06.219><c>,000</c><00:36:06.739><c> cult</c><00:36:07.119><c> prostitutes</c>

00:36:08.139 --> 00:36:12.119
that<00:36:08.880><c> lived</c><00:36:09.320><c> on</c><00:36:10.420><c> that</c><00:36:10.840><c> mountaintop.</c>

00:36:13.179 --> 00:36:16.400
And<00:36:13.480><c> so</c><00:36:13.559><c> when</c><00:36:13.699><c> I</c><00:36:13.860><c> asked</c><00:36:14.000><c> you</c><00:36:14.199><c> to</c><00:36:14.480><c> imagine</c><00:36:15.199><c> the</c><00:36:15.800><c> sailor</c><00:36:16.199><c> who</c>

00:36:16.400 --> 00:36:18.139
would<00:36:16.699><c> come</c><00:36:17.139><c> into</c><00:36:17.760><c> port</c>

00:36:18.139 --> 00:36:21.980
and<00:36:18.760><c> would</c><00:36:19.000><c> walk</c><00:36:19.320><c> around</c><00:36:19.780><c> with</c><00:36:20.019><c> his</c><00:36:20.300><c> eyes</c><00:36:20.719><c> wide</c><00:36:21.139><c> open</c><00:36:21.460><c> as</c><00:36:21.659><c> he</c>

00:36:21.980 --> 00:36:25.239
sees<00:36:22.239><c> the</c><00:36:22.960><c> goods</c><00:36:23.199><c> from</c><00:36:23.500><c> across</c><00:36:23.880><c> the</c><00:36:24.159><c> world</c><00:36:24.440><c> in</c><00:36:24.639><c> the</c><00:36:24.780><c> Agora,</c>

00:36:25.239 --> 00:36:34.059
now<00:36:26.460><c> imagine</c><00:36:27.139><c> him</c><00:36:27.420><c> hearing</c><00:36:27.960><c> the</c><00:36:28.420><c> sounds</c><00:36:29.039><c> of</c><00:36:31.079><c> tinkling</c><00:36:31.500><c> cymbals</c><00:36:32.900><c> and</c>

00:36:34.059 --> 00:36:35.699
banging<00:36:34.440><c> gongs,</c>

00:36:36.659 --> 00:36:39.860
because<00:36:37.159><c> these</c><00:36:37.980><c> cult</c><00:36:38.199><c> prostitutes</c><00:36:38.860><c> would</c><00:36:39.079><c> come</c><00:36:39.300><c> down</c><00:36:39.639><c> off</c>

00:36:39.860 --> 00:36:40.619
the<00:36:40.059><c> mountain</c>

00:36:40.619 --> 00:36:46.900
and<00:36:41.400><c> they</c><00:36:41.579><c> would</c><00:36:42.320><c> tinkle</c><00:36:42.659><c> these</c><00:36:43.000><c> cymbals</c><00:36:43.940><c> and</c><00:36:44.559><c> they</c><00:36:44.659><c> would</c><00:36:44.940><c> bang</c><00:36:45.239><c> these</c><00:36:45.639><c> gongs</c><00:36:46.039><c> to</c>

00:36:46.900 --> 00:36:50.679
alert<00:36:47.380><c> the</c><00:36:47.820><c> sailors</c><00:36:48.300><c> of</c><00:36:49.340><c> their</c><00:36:49.619><c> presence.</c>

00:36:51.119 --> 00:36:56.900
Plato<00:36:51.840><c> referred</c><00:36:52.460><c> to</c><00:36:52.719><c> these</c><00:36:52.960><c> women</c><00:36:53.460><c> as</c><00:36:54.800><c> Corinthia</c><00:36:55.739><c> Corae,</c><00:36:56.739><c> a</c>

00:36:56.900 --> 00:36:59.679
word<00:36:57.139><c> that</c><00:36:57.400><c> means</c><00:36:57.900><c> Corinthian</c><00:36:58.639><c> girls.</c>

00:36:59.780 --> 00:37:04.579
And<00:36:59.940><c> in</c><00:37:00.139><c> Greek</c><00:37:00.420><c> culture,</c><00:37:01.139><c> that</c><00:37:01.400><c> word</c><00:37:01.880><c> was</c><00:37:02.079><c> sort</c><00:37:02.300><c> of</c><00:37:03.599><c> moved</c><00:37:03.880><c> along</c><00:37:04.360><c> in</c>

00:37:04.579 --> 00:37:06.739
much<00:37:04.760><c> of</c><00:37:05.000><c> the</c><00:37:05.179><c> Greek</c><00:37:05.579><c> historical</c><00:37:06.219><c> writings</c>

00:37:06.739 --> 00:37:11.940
as<00:37:07.300><c> being</c><00:37:07.639><c> synonymous</c><00:37:08.239><c> with</c><00:37:08.619><c> prostitution,</c><00:37:10.260><c> Corinthian</c><00:37:10.860><c> girls.</c>

00:37:12.820 --> 00:37:19.400
And<00:37:13.000><c> so</c><00:37:13.940><c> these</c><00:37:15.559><c> cult</c><00:37:15.900><c> prostitutes</c><00:37:16.500><c> would</c><00:37:16.719><c> come</c><00:37:16.900><c> down</c><00:37:17.139><c> into</c><00:37:17.380><c> the</c><00:37:17.599><c> Agora,</c><00:37:18.099><c> typically</c><00:37:18.420><c> at</c><00:37:18.760><c> dusk.</c>

00:37:19.400 --> 00:37:22.860
They<00:37:19.860><c> would</c><00:37:20.119><c> ring</c><00:37:20.340><c> their</c><00:37:20.619><c> bells,</c><00:37:21.460><c> they</c><00:37:21.579><c> would</c><00:37:21.840><c> sound</c><00:37:22.119><c> their</c><00:37:22.420><c> gongs,</c>

00:37:23.300 --> 00:37:26.360
and<00:37:23.440><c> these</c><00:37:23.780><c> weary</c><00:37:24.159><c> travelers</c><00:37:24.820><c> would</c><00:37:25.199><c> travel</c><00:37:25.579><c> to</c><00:37:25.840><c> the</c><00:37:25.960><c> top</c><00:37:26.139><c> of</c>

00:37:26.360 --> 00:37:26.760
the<00:37:26.480><c> mountain</c>

00:37:26.760 --> 00:37:32.159
where<00:37:27.019><c> they</c><00:37:27.199><c> would</c><00:37:27.480><c> experience</c><00:37:28.500><c> the</c><00:37:29.260><c> immorality</c><00:37:30.039><c> of</c><00:37:30.500><c> prostitution</c><00:37:31.340><c> in</c><00:37:31.880><c> the</c>

00:37:32.159 --> 00:37:33.739
name<00:37:32.420><c> of</c><00:37:32.739><c> religion,</c>

00:37:33.860 --> 00:37:40.820
but<00:37:33.980><c> in</c><00:37:34.159><c> the</c><00:37:34.360><c> form</c><00:37:34.659><c> of</c><00:37:37.280><c> cheap</c><00:37:37.739><c> entertainment,</c><00:37:38.460><c> if</c><00:37:38.699><c> you</c><00:37:40.320><c> will.</c>

00:37:44.559 --> 00:37:48.019
Corinthian<00:37:45.239><c> immorality</c><00:37:45.920><c> was</c><00:37:46.460><c> a</c><00:37:46.760><c> huge</c><00:37:47.000><c> issue.</c>

00:37:48.480 --> 00:37:53.420
So<00:37:49.159><c> imagine</c><00:37:49.820><c> the</c><00:37:50.059><c> Apostle</c><00:37:50.500><c> Paul</c><00:37:50.820><c> now,</c><00:37:52.239><c> when</c><00:37:52.340><c> he</c><00:37:52.780><c> writes</c><00:37:53.119><c> to</c>

00:37:53.420 --> 00:37:55.260
the<00:37:53.579><c> brothers</c><00:37:53.820><c> and</c><00:37:54.159><c> sisters,</c>

00:37:55.400 --> 00:37:58.000
and<00:37:55.539><c> in</c><00:37:55.699><c> 1</c><00:37:55.900><c> Corinthians</c><00:37:56.400><c> chapter</c><00:37:56.960><c> 2</c><00:37:57.440><c> he</c><00:37:57.679><c> says,</c>

00:37:58.280 --> 00:38:04.880
I<00:37:58.280><c> came</c><00:37:58.719><c> to</c><00:37:59.000><c> you</c><00:37:59.340><c> in</c><00:37:59.659><c> weakness</c><00:38:00.219><c> and</c><00:38:01.440><c> fear</c><00:38:02.099><c> and</c><00:38:03.440><c> much</c><00:38:03.820><c> trembling.</c>

00:38:05.860 --> 00:38:08.260
Have<00:38:06.019><c> you</c><00:38:06.099><c> ever</c><00:38:06.360><c> been</c><00:38:06.579><c> there,</c><00:38:06.820><c> brothers</c><00:38:07.059><c> and</c><00:38:07.360><c> sisters?</c>

00:38:09.139 --> 00:38:12.519
When<00:38:09.380><c> Brother</c><00:38:09.659><c> Ron</c><00:38:09.980><c> spoke</c><00:38:10.340><c> to</c><00:38:10.539><c> us</c><00:38:10.739><c> about</c><00:38:11.039><c> his</c><00:38:11.460><c> preaching</c><00:38:12.119><c> activities,</c>

00:38:12.519 --> 00:38:17.519
I<00:38:13.480><c> think</c><00:38:14.260><c> to</c><00:38:14.480><c> myself,</c><00:38:16.000><c> where</c><00:38:16.219><c> would</c><00:38:16.420><c> I</c><00:38:16.659><c> be</c><00:38:16.820><c> in</c><00:38:17.039><c> the</c><00:38:17.119><c> middle</c><00:38:17.280><c> of</c>

00:38:17.519 --> 00:38:19.420
a<00:38:17.719><c> city</c><00:38:17.900><c> like</c><00:38:18.179><c> Bangladesh?</c>

00:38:19.920 --> 00:38:21.519
I<00:38:20.079><c> would</c><00:38:20.260><c> be</c><00:38:20.539><c> fearful.</c>

00:38:22.420 --> 00:38:25.500
And<00:38:22.780><c> when</c><00:38:22.980><c> we</c><00:38:23.579><c> read</c><00:38:23.840><c> your</c><00:38:24.079><c> account,</c><00:38:24.539><c> Brother</c><00:38:24.699><c> Ron,</c><00:38:25.039><c> we</c><00:38:25.260><c> draw</c>

00:38:25.500 --> 00:38:27.980
strength<00:38:25.980><c> from</c><00:38:26.199><c> the</c><00:38:26.420><c> example</c><00:38:26.760><c> that</c><00:38:26.960><c> you</c><00:38:27.179><c> provide</c><00:38:27.500><c> us.</c>

00:38:28.119 --> 00:38:32.340
When<00:38:28.300><c> we</c><00:38:28.519><c> read</c><00:38:28.760><c> about</c><00:38:29.239><c> the</c><00:38:29.519><c> Apostle</c><00:38:30.000><c> Paul</c><00:38:30.320><c> admitting</c><00:38:31.199><c> that</c><00:38:32.079><c> he</c>

00:38:32.340 --> 00:38:33.880
went<00:38:32.559><c> with</c><00:38:32.860><c> fear</c><00:38:33.219><c> and</c><00:38:33.519><c> trembling,</c>

00:38:34.380 --> 00:38:39.960
brothers<00:38:34.619><c> and</c><00:38:34.920><c> sisters,</c><00:38:35.300><c> I</c><00:38:35.460><c> think</c><00:38:35.659><c> there</c><00:38:35.820><c> is</c><00:38:36.059><c> a</c><00:38:36.260><c> terrific</c><00:38:36.920><c> lesson</c><00:38:37.400><c> there</c><00:38:38.119><c> for</c><00:38:38.719><c> us.</c>

00:38:41.239 --> 00:38:47.300
How<00:38:41.800><c> many</c><00:38:42.039><c> times</c><00:38:42.440><c> as</c><00:38:42.679><c> a</c><00:38:42.880><c> young</c><00:38:43.139><c> parent,</c><00:38:43.940><c> Sandy,</c><00:38:44.380><c> did</c><00:38:44.539><c> we</c><00:38:46.800><c> come</c>

00:38:47.300 --> 00:38:48.579
to<00:38:47.539><c> a</c><00:38:47.679><c> Bible</c><00:38:48.000><c> school</c>

00:38:48.579 --> 00:38:53.860
and<00:38:49.539><c> in</c><00:38:49.860><c> the</c><00:38:50.059><c> back</c><00:38:50.239><c> of</c><00:38:50.460><c> our</c><00:38:50.699><c> minds</c><00:38:51.500><c> worry</c><00:38:52.280><c> that,</c><00:38:53.239><c> oh,</c><00:38:53.559><c> boy,</c><00:38:53.719><c> I</c>

00:38:53.860 --> 00:38:55.800
hope<00:38:54.039><c> our</c><00:38:54.340><c> children</c><00:38:54.980><c> match</c><00:38:55.559><c> up</c>

00:38:55.800 --> 00:38:58.079
to<00:38:55.900><c> the</c><00:38:56.139><c> children</c><00:38:56.380><c> of</c><00:38:56.579><c> the</c><00:38:56.739><c> other</c><00:38:57.119><c> righteous</c><00:38:57.519><c> brothers</c><00:38:57.840><c> and</c>

00:38:58.079 --> 00:39:00.099
sisters<00:38:58.340><c> at</c><00:38:58.559><c> this</c><00:38:58.840><c> Bible</c><00:38:59.159><c> school?</c>

00:39:00.900 --> 00:39:05.059
How<00:39:01.460><c> many</c><00:39:01.699><c> times</c><00:39:02.079><c> do</c><00:39:02.260><c> we</c><00:39:02.400><c> come</c><00:39:02.699><c> to</c><00:39:02.940><c> a</c><00:39:03.219><c> meeting</c><00:39:03.219><c> and</c><00:39:03.500><c> think,</c><00:39:03.900><c> oh,</c><00:39:04.780><c> boy,</c>

00:39:05.059 --> 00:39:08.000
I<00:39:05.159><c> hope</c><00:39:05.500><c> that</c><00:39:05.739><c> my</c><00:39:05.940><c> brothers</c><00:39:06.139><c> and</c><00:39:06.400><c> sisters</c><00:39:06.699><c> don't</c><00:39:07.340><c> discover</c>

00:39:08.000 --> 00:39:11.719
that<00:39:08.960><c> I've</c><00:39:10.019><c> fallen</c><00:39:10.260><c> down</c><00:39:10.639><c> this</c><00:39:10.960><c> week,</c>

00:39:12.059 --> 00:39:15.880
that<00:39:12.320><c> I'm</c><00:39:13.079><c> struggling</c><00:39:13.599><c> with</c><00:39:13.860><c> this</c><00:39:14.059><c> particular</c><00:39:14.659><c> issue</c><00:39:15.179><c> or</c>

00:39:15.880 --> 00:39:17.699
this<00:39:16.139><c> particular</c><00:39:16.739><c> sin?</c>

00:39:18.360 --> 00:39:21.079
And<00:39:18.599><c> the</c><00:39:18.760><c> danger,</c><00:39:19.139><c> brothers</c><00:39:19.420><c> and</c><00:39:19.719><c> sisters,</c><00:39:20.019><c> is</c><00:39:20.239><c> that</c><00:39:20.420><c> we</c><00:39:20.659><c> build</c><00:39:20.840><c> up</c>

00:39:21.079 --> 00:39:22.920
these<00:39:21.480><c> facades,</c>

00:39:23.019 --> 00:39:26.800
that<00:39:23.139><c> we</c><00:39:23.380><c> appear</c><00:39:23.820><c> at</c><00:39:24.039><c> Bible</c><00:39:24.440><c> schools</c><00:39:24.840><c> and</c><00:39:25.260><c> we</c><00:39:25.500><c> appear</c><00:39:25.840><c> at</c><00:39:26.039><c> our</c><00:39:26.280><c> ecclesias</c>

00:39:26.800 --> 00:39:30.719
like<00:39:27.059><c> we</c><00:39:27.239><c> are</c><00:39:27.440><c> these</c><00:39:27.960><c> perfectly</c><00:39:28.639><c> righteous</c><00:39:29.599><c> individuals</c><00:39:30.260><c> when</c><00:39:30.539><c> the</c>

00:39:30.719 --> 00:39:31.880
reality<00:39:31.280><c> is,</c>

00:39:31.880 --> 00:39:34.340
it's<00:39:32.639><c> not</c><00:39:32.820><c> always</c><00:39:33.159><c> true.</c>

00:39:35.199 --> 00:39:38.340
And<00:39:35.300><c> if</c><00:39:35.460><c> we</c><00:39:35.739><c> can</c><00:39:36.500><c> heed</c><00:39:36.760><c> the</c><00:39:37.059><c> advice</c><00:39:37.340><c> of</c><00:39:37.539><c> the</c><00:39:37.739><c> Scriptures</c><00:39:38.039><c> and</c>

00:39:38.340 --> 00:39:40.260
confess<00:39:38.820><c> our</c><00:39:39.179><c> faults</c><00:39:39.559><c> to</c><00:39:39.800><c> one</c><00:39:40.019><c> another</c>

00:39:40.260 --> 00:39:42.739
as<00:39:40.500><c> the</c><00:39:40.699><c> Apostle</c><00:39:41.099><c> Paul</c><00:39:41.340><c> did</c><00:39:41.500><c> when</c><00:39:41.679><c> he</c><00:39:41.820><c> said,</c><00:39:42.099><c> I</c><00:39:42.099><c> came</c><00:39:42.440><c> to</c><00:39:42.579><c> you</c>

00:39:42.739 --> 00:39:44.599
in<00:39:42.940><c> weakness</c><00:39:43.280><c> and</c><00:39:43.519><c> in</c><00:39:43.760><c> trembling,</c>

00:39:44.940 --> 00:39:46.840
we<00:39:45.119><c> can</c><00:39:45.360><c> learn</c><00:39:45.639><c> from</c><00:39:45.940><c> that.</c>

00:39:47.159 --> 00:39:51.199
We<00:39:47.199><c> can</c><00:39:48.219><c> admit</c><00:39:48.840><c> our</c><00:39:49.159><c> faults,</c><00:39:49.500><c> our</c><00:39:49.739><c> struggles</c><00:39:50.079><c> to</c><00:39:50.340><c> others,</c>

00:39:51.280 --> 00:39:55.199
and<00:39:51.480><c> they</c><00:39:51.659><c> might</c><00:39:51.860><c> be</c><00:39:52.059><c> able</c><00:39:52.260><c> to</c><00:39:52.500><c> say,</c><00:39:52.780><c> Brother</c><00:39:52.980><c> Steve,</c><00:39:54.500><c> I,</c><00:39:55.199><c> too,</c>

00:39:55.219 --> 00:39:58.139
struggled<00:39:55.719><c> in</c><00:39:56.559><c> situations</c><00:39:57.179><c> similar.</c>

00:39:58.280 --> 00:39:59.400
Let<00:39:58.500><c> me</c><00:39:58.699><c> help</c><00:39:58.980><c> you.</c>

00:39:59.400 --> 00:40:02.559
Here's<00:40:00.239><c> an</c><00:40:00.460><c> issue</c><00:40:00.679><c> that</c><00:40:00.900><c> I</c><00:40:01.159><c> struggled</c><00:40:01.500><c> with,</c><00:40:01.780><c> and</c><00:40:02.000><c> here's</c><00:40:02.360><c> how</c>

00:40:02.559 --> 00:40:04.079
I<00:40:02.860><c> overcame</c><00:40:03.219><c> it,</c>

00:40:04.099 --> 00:40:08.719
thanks<00:40:04.360><c> to</c><00:40:04.539><c> God's</c><00:40:05.139><c> loving</c><00:40:05.400><c> mercy,</c><00:40:06.840><c> His</c><00:40:07.079><c> merciful</c><00:40:07.480><c> kindness.</c>

00:40:08.880 --> 00:40:11.760
And,<00:40:09.179><c> brothers</c><00:40:09.199><c> and</c><00:40:09.480><c> sisters,</c><00:40:10.099><c> it's</c><00:40:10.380><c> so</c><00:40:10.760><c> important</c><00:40:11.179><c> for</c><00:40:11.400><c> us</c>

00:40:11.760 --> 00:40:14.980
to<00:40:12.199><c> do</c><00:40:12.639><c> those</c><00:40:12.980><c> same</c><00:40:13.340><c> sorts</c><00:40:13.739><c> of</c><00:40:14.000><c> things,</c>

00:40:15.360 --> 00:40:18.960
to<00:40:15.739><c> provide</c><00:40:16.639><c> hope</c><00:40:17.179><c> and</c><00:40:17.480><c> encouragement</c><00:40:18.079><c> to</c><00:40:18.360><c> one</c><00:40:18.559><c> another,</c>

00:40:19.360 --> 00:40:24.400
to<00:40:19.599><c> allow</c><00:40:19.920><c> others</c><00:40:20.219><c> to</c><00:40:20.539><c> recognize</c><00:40:21.079><c> that</c><00:40:21.980><c> our</c><00:40:22.519><c> family's</c><00:40:23.099><c> not</c><00:40:23.340><c> perfect,</c>

00:40:24.800 --> 00:40:27.260
my<00:40:25.179><c> meeting</c><00:40:25.619><c> isn't</c><00:40:26.059><c> perfect.</c>

00:40:28.239 --> 00:40:33.940
It's<00:40:28.820><c> okay,</c><00:40:30.300><c> because</c><00:40:30.679><c> if</c><00:40:31.340><c> we</c><00:40:31.699><c> give</c><00:40:31.880><c> that</c><00:40:32.260><c> false</c><00:40:32.699><c> facade,</c>

00:40:33.960 --> 00:40:37.639
the<00:40:34.219><c> danger</c><00:40:34.840><c> is</c><00:40:35.579><c> that</c><00:40:35.699><c> our</c><00:40:35.900><c> young</c><00:40:36.119><c> people</c><00:40:36.440><c> will</c><00:40:36.699><c> say,</c>

00:40:37.960 --> 00:40:40.199
I<00:40:38.000><c> can</c><00:40:38.300><c> never</c><00:40:38.579><c> measure</c><00:40:38.900><c> up</c><00:40:39.119><c> to</c><00:40:39.360><c> that.</c>

00:40:41.000 --> 00:40:43.239
I<00:40:41.380><c> don't</c><00:40:41.579><c> deserve</c><00:40:42.119><c> to</c><00:40:42.360><c> be</c><00:40:42.619><c> baptized.</c>

00:40:43.500 --> 00:40:45.579
That's<00:40:43.760><c> what</c><00:40:43.940><c> the</c><00:40:44.079><c> young</c><00:40:44.239><c> people</c><00:40:44.500><c> sometimes</c><00:40:45.019><c> say,</c><00:40:45.360><c> and</c><00:40:45.480><c> yet</c>

00:40:45.579 --> 00:40:48.860
the<00:40:45.739><c> reality</c><00:40:46.239><c> is</c><00:40:46.840><c> that</c><00:40:47.119><c> none</c><00:40:47.340><c> of</c><00:40:47.500><c> us</c><00:40:47.719><c> are</c><00:40:47.980><c> worthy.</c>

00:40:48.880 --> 00:40:51.820
And<00:40:49.059><c> if</c><00:40:49.139><c> we</c><00:40:49.280><c> can</c><00:40:49.599><c> share</c><00:40:49.900><c> that</c><00:40:50.219><c> experience</c><00:40:50.820><c> with</c><00:40:51.059><c> them</c>

00:40:51.820 --> 00:40:55.199
and<00:40:52.340><c> let</c><00:40:52.539><c> them</c><00:40:52.820><c> know</c><00:40:53.179><c> that</c><00:40:53.500><c> neither</c><00:40:53.760><c> are</c><00:40:54.079><c> we</c><00:40:54.300><c> and</c><00:40:54.420><c> that</c><00:40:54.599><c> we</c><00:40:54.840><c> struggle,</c>

00:40:55.199 --> 00:41:00.139
then<00:40:56.440><c> perhaps</c><00:40:57.059><c> they'll</c><00:40:57.420><c> be</c><00:40:58.000><c> able</c><00:40:58.360><c> to</c><00:40:58.780><c> connect</c><00:40:59.119><c> the</c><00:40:59.800><c> way</c><00:40:59.940><c> the</c>

00:41:00.139 --> 00:41:00.760
Apostle<00:41:00.519><c> Paul</c>

00:41:00.760 --> 00:41:04.800
is<00:41:00.940><c> able</c><00:41:01.099><c> to</c><00:41:01.500><c> connect</c><00:41:01.920><c> with</c><00:41:02.639><c> the</c><00:41:02.820><c> brothers</c><00:41:03.019><c> and</c><00:41:03.300><c> sisters</c><00:41:03.659><c> in</c><00:41:04.000><c> Corinth.</c>

00:41:05.900 --> 00:41:10.780
In<00:41:06.159><c> Paul's</c><00:41:06.659><c> day,</c><00:41:07.980><c> Aphrodite's</c><00:41:08.679><c> temple</c><00:41:08.960><c> was</c><00:41:09.260><c> in</c><00:41:09.539><c> ruins,</c><00:41:10.659><c> but</c>

00:41:10.780 --> 00:41:12.920
its<00:41:11.059><c> legacy</c><00:41:11.519><c> lived</c><00:41:11.860><c> on.</c>

00:41:13.099 --> 00:41:15.480
Brothers<00:41:13.219><c> and</c><00:41:13.460><c> sisters,</c><00:41:13.760><c> turn</c><00:41:14.019><c> with</c><00:41:14.199><c> me</c><00:41:14.380><c> to</c><00:41:14.559><c> 1</c><00:41:14.800><c> Corinthians</c>

00:41:15.480 --> 00:41:17.760
chapter<00:41:16.539><c> 13.</c>

00:41:18.760 --> 00:41:22.940
This,<00:41:19.260><c> of</c><00:41:19.360><c> course,</c><00:41:19.639><c> is</c><00:41:19.860><c> that</c><00:41:20.219><c> very</c><00:41:20.760><c> well</c><00:41:21.179><c>-known</c><00:41:22.059><c> chapter</c>

00:41:22.940 --> 00:41:24.480
about<00:41:23.380><c> love.</c>

00:41:25.400 --> 00:41:31.099
But<00:41:25.960><c> at</c><00:41:26.179><c> the</c><00:41:26.280><c> beginning</c><00:41:26.579><c> of</c><00:41:26.800><c> this</c><00:41:27.079><c> chapter,</c><00:41:28.059><c> Paul</c><00:41:28.360><c> is</c><00:41:29.159><c> contrasting</c>

00:41:31.239 --> 00:41:34.880
the<00:41:31.800><c> spiritual</c><00:41:32.300><c> gifts</c><00:41:32.599><c> of</c><00:41:32.800><c> the</c><00:41:32.960><c> Holy</c><00:41:33.199><c> Spirit</c><00:41:34.079><c> with</c><00:41:34.559><c> something</c>

00:41:34.880 --> 00:41:36.079
that's<00:41:35.239><c> better.</c>

00:41:37.500 --> 00:41:40.739
And<00:41:37.739><c> so</c><00:41:37.820><c> I</c><00:41:37.880><c> want</c><00:41:38.000><c> to</c><00:41:38.219><c> carefully</c><00:41:38.579><c> read</c><00:41:38.880><c> the</c><00:41:39.079><c> first</c><00:41:39.280><c> three</c><00:41:39.559><c> verses.</c>

00:41:42.880 --> 00:41:45.760
Paul<00:41:43.079><c> says,</c><00:41:43.480><c> If</c><00:41:43.480><c> I</c><00:41:43.800><c> speak</c><00:41:44.059><c> in</c><00:41:44.300><c> the</c><00:41:44.559><c> tongues</c><00:41:44.880><c> of</c><00:41:45.119><c> men</c><00:41:45.400><c> and</c><00:41:45.539><c> of</c>

00:41:45.760 --> 00:41:48.900
angels,<00:41:47.099><c> but</c><00:41:47.280><c> have</c><00:41:47.460><c> not</c><00:41:47.780><c> love,</c>

00:41:49.679 --> 00:41:58.699
I<00:41:50.360><c> am</c><00:41:51.039><c> only</c><00:41:51.500><c> a</c><00:41:51.780><c> resounding</c><00:41:52.599><c> gong</c><00:41:53.940><c> or</c><00:41:55.840><c> a</c><00:41:56.099><c> clanging</c><00:41:56.480><c> cymbal.</c>

00:41:59.300 --> 00:42:03.000
See,<00:41:59.539><c> brothers</c><00:41:59.619><c> and</c><00:41:59.860><c> sisters,</c><00:42:00.539><c> we</c><00:42:00.760><c> might</c><00:42:01.079><c> not</c><00:42:01.500><c> initially</c><00:42:02.019><c> connect</c><00:42:02.780><c> and</c>

00:42:03.000 --> 00:42:04.679
recognize<00:42:03.679><c> the</c><00:42:04.099><c> illusion</c>

00:42:04.679 --> 00:42:09.199
that<00:42:05.639><c> Paul</c><00:42:05.900><c> is</c><00:42:06.199><c> drawing</c><00:42:06.460><c> here</c><00:42:07.099><c> to</c><00:42:07.780><c> the</c><00:42:08.019><c> temple</c><00:42:08.260><c> of</c><00:42:08.559><c> Aphrodite</c>

00:42:09.199 --> 00:42:12.679
and<00:42:09.639><c> those</c><00:42:09.940><c> Corinthian</c><00:42:10.480><c> girls</c><00:42:10.820><c> that</c><00:42:10.980><c> would</c><00:42:11.159><c> come</c><00:42:11.340><c> off</c><00:42:11.559><c> the</c><00:42:11.800><c> mountain,</c>

00:42:12.940 --> 00:42:15.300
but<00:42:13.219><c> certainly</c><00:42:13.579><c> the</c><00:42:13.760><c> brothers</c><00:42:14.019><c> and</c><00:42:14.300><c> sisters</c><00:42:14.639><c> to</c><00:42:14.880><c> whom</c><00:42:15.019><c> he</c>

00:42:15.300 --> 00:42:17.760
wrote<00:42:15.739><c> would</c><00:42:16.179><c> have</c><00:42:16.440><c> recognized</c><00:42:17.000><c> that.</c>

00:42:17.760 --> 00:42:22.739
And<00:42:18.400><c> so</c><00:42:18.639><c> Paul</c><00:42:18.920><c> is</c><00:42:19.219><c> telling</c><00:42:19.440><c> us</c><00:42:19.699><c> that</c><00:42:19.960><c> we</c><00:42:20.360><c> need</c><00:42:20.760><c> to</c><00:42:21.260><c> develop</c><00:42:21.599><c> not</c>

00:42:22.739 --> 00:42:24.380
a<00:42:23.059><c> superficial</c><00:42:23.739><c> love</c>

00:42:24.380 --> 00:42:29.079
like<00:42:25.539><c> those</c><00:42:25.960><c> that</c><00:42:26.420><c> came</c><00:42:26.599><c> down</c><00:42:26.900><c> from</c><00:42:27.079><c> the</c><00:42:27.280><c> mountains</c><00:42:27.659><c> we're</c><00:42:28.039><c> espousing.</c>

00:42:29.800 --> 00:42:38.639
We<00:42:30.139><c> need</c><00:42:30.559><c> to</c><00:42:31.019><c> develop</c><00:42:31.719><c> heartfelt,</c><00:42:33.800><c> meaningful,</c><00:42:35.079><c> deep,</c><00:42:36.579><c> true</c><00:42:37.159><c> love,</c>

00:42:38.860 --> 00:42:43.059
Christ<00:42:39.239><c>-like</c><00:42:39.579><c> love</c><00:42:40.139><c> for</c><00:42:40.519><c> one</c><00:42:40.760><c> another,</c><00:42:41.880><c> not</c><00:42:42.159><c> the</c><00:42:42.420><c> love</c><00:42:42.659><c> that's</c>

00:42:43.059 --> 00:42:43.969
represented<00:42:43.559><c> by</c>

00:42:43.969 --> 00:42:49.869
tinkling<00:42:44.989><c> cymbals</c><00:42:45.590><c> and</c><00:42:45.989><c> the</c><00:42:46.210><c> sounding</c><00:42:46.590><c> gongs</c><00:42:47.170><c> of</c><00:42:47.449><c> the</c><00:42:47.650><c> Corinthian</c><00:42:48.110><c> girls.</c>

00:42:50.909 --> 00:42:54.389
Paul<00:42:51.050><c> says</c><00:42:51.329><c> in</c><00:42:51.510><c> verse</c><00:42:51.769><c> 2,</c><00:42:52.690><c> If</c><00:42:52.750><c> I</c><00:42:52.909><c> have</c><00:42:53.070><c> the</c><00:42:53.349><c> gift</c><00:42:53.610><c> of</c><00:42:54.050><c> prophecy</c>

00:42:54.389 --> 00:42:57.570
and<00:42:54.630><c> can</c><00:42:54.929><c> fathom</c><00:42:55.210><c> all</c><00:42:55.610><c> mysteries</c><00:42:56.130><c> and</c><00:42:56.429><c> knowledge,</c>

00:42:57.590 --> 00:43:00.570
and<00:42:57.730><c> if</c><00:42:57.849><c> I</c><00:42:57.969><c> have</c><00:42:58.130><c> a</c><00:42:58.409><c> faith</c><00:42:58.590><c> that</c><00:42:58.769><c> can</c><00:42:58.929><c> move</c><00:42:59.210><c> mountains,</c><00:43:00.429><c> but</c>

00:43:00.570 --> 00:43:04.429
have<00:43:00.829><c> not</c><00:43:01.090><c> love,</c><00:43:03.369><c> I'm</c><00:43:03.610><c> nothing.</c>

00:43:05.429 --> 00:43:08.449
Can<00:43:05.690><c> you</c><00:43:05.849><c> imagine</c><00:43:06.110><c> having</c><00:43:06.389><c> the</c><00:43:06.650><c> faith</c><00:43:06.889><c> to</c><00:43:07.110><c> move</c><00:43:07.349><c> mountains?</c>

00:43:09.090 --> 00:43:12.730
And<00:43:09.690><c> Paul</c><00:43:09.949><c> says,</c><00:43:10.349><c> but</c><00:43:10.349><c> if</c><00:43:10.489><c> you</c><00:43:10.650><c> have</c><00:43:10.829><c> not</c><00:43:11.130><c> love,</c><00:43:11.630><c> you're</c><00:43:11.969><c> nothing.</c>

00:43:14.190 --> 00:43:17.309
This<00:43:14.449><c> is</c><00:43:14.769><c> the</c><00:43:15.369><c> importance</c><00:43:15.809><c> of</c><00:43:16.090><c> the</c><00:43:16.309><c> subject.</c>

00:43:18.429 --> 00:43:22.190
This<00:43:18.630><c> is</c><00:43:18.929><c> the</c><00:43:19.329><c> critical</c><00:43:19.949><c> reason</c><00:43:20.769><c> why</c><00:43:21.030><c> we</c><00:43:21.210><c> need</c><00:43:21.389><c> to</c><00:43:21.889><c> develop</c>

00:43:22.190 --> 00:43:24.989
that<00:43:22.769><c> love</c><00:43:23.309><c> for</c><00:43:23.829><c> one</c><00:43:24.070><c> another.</c>

00:43:25.909 --> 00:43:31.269
Verse<00:43:26.150><c> 3,</c><00:43:27.150><c> If</c><00:43:27.449><c> I</c><00:43:27.869><c> give</c><00:43:28.170><c> all</c><00:43:28.969><c> that</c><00:43:29.190><c> I</c><00:43:29.469><c> possess</c><00:43:29.889><c> to</c><00:43:30.110><c> the</c><00:43:30.389><c> poor</c>

00:43:31.409 --> 00:43:36.610
and<00:43:32.010><c> surrender</c><00:43:32.409><c> my</c><00:43:32.650><c> body</c><00:43:32.949><c> to</c><00:43:33.150><c> the</c><00:43:33.429><c> flames,</c><00:43:34.989><c> but</c><00:43:35.170><c> have</c><00:43:35.349><c> not</c><00:43:35.610><c> love,</c>

00:43:36.989 --> 00:43:39.070
I<00:43:37.590><c> gain</c><00:43:38.030><c> nothing.</c>

00:43:40.309 --> 00:43:44.150
Jesus<00:43:40.590><c> says,</c><00:43:41.650><c> sell</c><00:43:41.769><c> all</c><00:43:42.030><c> that</c><00:43:42.130><c> you</c><00:43:42.349><c> have,</c><00:43:43.429><c> and</c><00:43:43.570><c> the</c><00:43:43.690><c> rich</c><00:43:43.909><c> man</c>

00:43:44.150 --> 00:43:45.610
went<00:43:44.309><c> away</c><00:43:44.710><c> sad.</c>

00:43:46.929 --> 00:43:51.510
And<00:43:47.250><c> here</c><00:43:47.690><c> the</c><00:43:48.110><c> apostle</c><00:43:48.489><c> says,</c><00:43:49.349><c> if</c><00:43:49.610><c> I</c><00:43:50.110><c> sell</c><00:43:50.349><c> all</c><00:43:50.829><c> that</c><00:43:51.010><c> I</c><00:43:51.309><c> have</c>

00:43:51.510 --> 00:43:52.530
and<00:43:51.690><c> give</c><00:43:51.869><c> to</c><00:43:52.070><c> the</c><00:43:52.329><c> poor,</c>

00:43:52.650 --> 00:43:56.849
but<00:43:52.989><c> I</c><00:43:53.449><c> don't</c><00:43:53.690><c> have</c><00:43:53.989><c> love,</c><00:43:55.349><c> I've</c><00:43:55.650><c> gained</c><00:43:55.909><c> nothing.</c>

00:43:56.929 --> 00:43:58.769
And<00:43:57.190><c> so</c><00:43:57.289><c> this</c><00:43:57.469><c> speaks</c><00:43:57.730><c> to</c><00:43:57.929><c> our</c><00:43:58.190><c> motivation.</c>

00:43:58.769 --> 00:44:07.190
Our<00:43:59.590><c> motivation</c><00:44:00.369><c> has</c><00:44:00.969><c> to</c><00:44:01.190><c> be</c><00:44:01.369><c> driven</c><00:44:01.690><c> by</c><00:44:02.090><c> love</c><00:44:02.429><c> for</c><00:44:02.710><c> one</c><00:44:02.969><c> another</c><00:44:03.369><c> in</c><00:44:04.070><c> everything</c><00:44:04.809><c> that</c><00:44:05.989><c> we</c><00:44:06.250><c> do.</c>

00:44:07.710 --> 00:44:09.409
We<00:44:07.929><c> need</c><00:44:08.230><c> to</c><00:44:08.550><c> love.</c>

00:44:09.929 --> 00:44:17.170
So<00:44:10.210><c> how</c><00:44:10.630><c> do</c><00:44:10.869><c> we</c><00:44:12.030><c> understand</c><00:44:13.750><c> whether</c><00:44:14.630><c> we're</c><00:44:14.989><c> loving</c><00:44:15.250><c> well</c><00:44:15.849><c> or</c><00:44:16.329><c> not?</c>

00:44:17.210 --> 00:44:20.130
How<00:44:17.369><c> do</c><00:44:17.530><c> we</c><00:44:17.690><c> understand</c><00:44:18.329><c> whether</c><00:44:18.690><c> the</c><00:44:18.929><c> love</c><00:44:19.170><c> that</c><00:44:19.369><c> we</c><00:44:19.630><c> seem</c><00:44:19.869><c> to</c>

00:44:20.130 --> 00:44:22.590
purport<00:44:20.449><c> is</c><00:44:20.710><c> just</c><00:44:21.250><c> a</c><00:44:21.449><c> facade,</c>

00:44:23.030 --> 00:44:27.090
or<00:44:23.289><c> whether</c><00:44:23.590><c> it</c><00:44:23.829><c> is</c><00:44:24.130><c> real</c><00:44:24.710><c> and</c><00:44:25.250><c> deep</c><00:44:25.630><c> and</c><00:44:26.110><c> meaningful?</c>

00:44:27.269 --> 00:44:32.070
And<00:44:27.829><c> I'd</c><00:44:28.170><c> suggest</c><00:44:28.429><c> to</c><00:44:28.630><c> you</c><00:44:28.829><c> this</c><00:44:30.289><c> trick,</c><00:44:30.769><c> if</c><00:44:30.989><c> you</c><00:44:31.190><c> will.</c>

00:44:35.250 --> 00:44:41.969
In<00:44:35.369><c> verse</c><00:44:35.630><c> 4,</c><00:44:37.670><c> it</c><00:44:37.789><c> says</c><00:44:37.989><c> love</c><00:44:38.250><c> is</c><00:44:38.550><c> patient,</c><00:44:40.269><c> love</c><00:44:40.530><c> is</c><00:44:40.849><c> kind,</c>

00:44:42.789 --> 00:44:44.369
love<00:44:43.050><c> does</c><00:44:43.309><c> not</c><00:44:43.590><c> envy.</c>

00:44:44.969 --> 00:44:47.869
I<00:44:45.349><c> would</c><00:44:45.550><c> suggest</c><00:44:45.789><c> that</c><00:44:45.969><c> you</c><00:44:46.130><c> read</c><00:44:46.349><c> that</c><00:44:46.610><c> to</c><00:44:46.869><c> yourself.</c>

00:44:48.670 --> 00:44:53.349
But<00:44:48.889><c> every</c><00:44:49.170><c> time</c><00:44:49.409><c> you</c><00:44:49.610><c> see</c><00:44:49.869><c> the</c><00:44:50.030><c> word</c><00:44:50.309><c> love,</c><00:44:52.309><c> replace</c><00:44:52.670><c> it</c><00:44:53.150><c> with</c>

00:44:53.349 --> 00:44:54.590
your<00:44:53.610><c> name.</c>

00:44:55.030 --> 00:45:00.650
And<00:44:55.670><c> ask</c><00:44:56.110><c> yourself</c><00:44:56.630><c> whether</c><00:44:57.489><c> that</c><00:44:57.789><c> is</c><00:44:58.110><c> true</c><00:44:58.670><c> in</c><00:44:59.210><c> your</c><00:44:59.469><c> case.</c>

00:45:02.110 --> 00:45:04.389
Steve<00:45:02.750><c> is</c><00:45:03.389><c> patient.</c>

00:45:06.070 --> 00:45:09.750
There<00:45:06.289><c> are</c><00:45:06.530><c> times,</c><00:45:07.030><c> brothers</c><00:45:07.170><c> and</c><00:45:07.449><c> sisters,</c><00:45:08.550><c> when</c><00:45:08.690><c> I'm</c><00:45:08.969><c> not.</c>

00:45:10.530 --> 00:45:12.170
Steve<00:45:10.929><c> is</c><00:45:11.250><c> kind.</c>

00:45:12.590 --> 00:45:14.989
Yes,<00:45:12.929><c> there</c><00:45:13.110><c> are</c><00:45:13.309><c> times</c><00:45:13.530><c> when</c><00:45:13.690><c> I'm</c><00:45:13.889><c> kind.</c>

00:45:15.030 --> 00:45:16.409
There<00:45:15.250><c> are</c><00:45:15.429><c> times</c><00:45:15.630><c> when</c><00:45:15.829><c> I'm</c><00:45:16.090><c> not.</c>

00:45:16.869 --> 00:45:20.829
But<00:45:17.130><c> isn't</c><00:45:17.409><c> this</c><00:45:17.690><c> a</c><00:45:17.949><c> wonderful</c><00:45:18.349><c> benchmark</c><00:45:18.909><c> for</c><00:45:19.469><c> us</c><00:45:19.849><c> to</c><00:45:20.469><c> hold</c>

00:45:20.829 --> 00:45:23.050
ourselves<00:45:21.349><c> accountable</c>

00:45:23.369 --> 00:45:28.230
and<00:45:24.130><c> to</c><00:45:24.309><c> ask</c><00:45:24.590><c> what</c><00:45:24.789><c> is</c><00:45:24.989><c> our</c><00:45:25.210><c> motivation</c><00:45:25.769><c> in</c><00:45:26.070><c> dealing</c><00:45:26.369><c> with</c><00:45:26.789><c> difficulties</c><00:45:27.449><c> and</c><00:45:27.849><c> struggles</c>

00:45:28.230 --> 00:45:32.730
and<00:45:28.570><c> tensions</c><00:45:29.050><c> within</c><00:45:29.610><c> our</c><00:45:29.949><c> families</c><00:45:30.449><c> or</c><00:45:31.010><c> within</c><00:45:31.250><c> our</c><00:45:31.610><c> ecclesias</c><00:45:32.210><c> and</c>

00:45:32.730 --> 00:45:34.769
within<00:45:32.969><c> our</c><00:45:33.250><c> worldwide</c><00:45:33.630><c> community?</c>

00:45:34.949 --> 00:45:36.070
What<00:45:35.110><c> is</c><00:45:35.369><c> my</c><00:45:35.550><c> motivation?</c>

00:45:36.190 --> 00:45:41.309
Is<00:45:36.409><c> it</c><00:45:36.710><c> being</c><00:45:37.030><c> driven</c><00:45:37.510><c> by</c><00:45:38.070><c> true</c><00:45:38.570><c> and</c><00:45:39.110><c> deep</c><00:45:39.550><c> and</c><00:45:39.869><c> meaningful</c><00:45:40.329><c> love?</c>

00:45:41.889 --> 00:45:45.590
Love<00:45:42.650><c> never</c><00:45:43.210><c> fails,</c><00:45:44.030><c> it</c><00:45:44.289><c> says</c><00:45:44.489><c> in</c><00:45:44.710><c> verse</c><00:45:44.909><c> 8.</c>

00:45:45.590 --> 00:45:50.510
Verse<00:45:46.170><c> 13,</c><00:45:47.309><c> and</c><00:45:47.989><c> now</c><00:45:48.250><c> these</c><00:45:48.610><c> three</c><00:45:48.969><c> things</c><00:45:49.329><c> remain,</c><00:45:50.050><c> faith,</c>

00:45:50.949 --> 00:45:52.969
hope,<00:45:51.789><c> and</c><00:45:52.010><c> love.</c>

00:45:54.489 --> 00:45:56.650
But<00:45:54.670><c> the</c><00:45:54.889><c> greatest</c><00:45:55.150><c> of</c><00:45:55.329><c> these</c><00:45:55.550><c> is</c><00:45:55.789><c> love.</c>

00:45:57.550 --> 00:45:59.989
So<00:45:57.730><c> what</c><00:45:57.869><c> we've</c><00:45:58.070><c> done</c><00:45:58.269><c> today,</c><00:45:58.889><c> brothers</c><00:45:58.989><c> and</c><00:45:59.250><c> sisters,</c><00:45:59.610><c> is</c><00:45:59.849><c> we</c>

00:45:59.989 --> 00:46:02.429
have<00:46:00.250><c> focused</c><00:46:00.769><c> on</c><00:46:01.329><c> the</c><00:46:01.829><c> problems</c>

00:46:02.429 --> 00:46:06.369
that<00:46:03.090><c> we</c><00:46:03.389><c> all</c><00:46:03.750><c> experience</c><00:46:04.630><c> in</c><00:46:05.110><c> our</c><00:46:05.369><c> lives.</c>

00:46:06.409 --> 00:46:12.150
And<00:46:06.710><c> I've</c><00:46:06.929><c> tried</c><00:46:07.210><c> to</c><00:46:07.750><c> emphasize</c><00:46:08.429><c> the</c><00:46:08.849><c> fact</c><00:46:09.349><c> that</c><00:46:11.070><c> we</c><00:46:11.349><c> ought</c><00:46:11.510><c> not</c><00:46:11.789><c> be</c>

00:46:12.150 --> 00:46:14.269
disillusioned<00:46:12.829><c> by</c><00:46:13.170><c> these</c><00:46:13.590><c> things</c>

00:46:14.269 --> 00:46:18.429
because<00:46:15.130><c> ecclesias</c><00:46:15.949><c> from</c><00:46:16.530><c> the</c><00:46:16.750><c> very</c><00:46:17.090><c> beginning</c><00:46:17.650><c> till</c><00:46:17.929><c> now</c>

00:46:18.429 --> 00:46:20.670
have<00:46:18.849><c> experienced</c><00:46:19.429><c> difficulty.</c>

00:46:20.829 --> 00:46:24.070
Families<00:46:21.389><c> from</c><00:46:21.710><c> the</c><00:46:21.849><c> very</c><00:46:22.110><c> beginning</c><00:46:22.730><c> till</c><00:46:23.090><c> now</c><00:46:23.710><c> have</c>

00:46:24.070 --> 00:46:25.349
experienced<00:46:24.610><c> difficulty.</c>

00:46:25.750 --> 00:46:28.349
And<00:46:25.909><c> it's</c><00:46:26.090><c> my</c><00:46:26.250><c> hope</c><00:46:26.469><c> this</c><00:46:26.730><c> week</c><00:46:26.949><c> that</c><00:46:27.110><c> we</c><00:46:27.250><c> can</c><00:46:27.489><c> explore</c><00:46:27.969><c> that.</c>

00:46:28.710 --> 00:46:31.030
What<00:46:28.869><c> we've</c><00:46:29.070><c> done</c><00:46:29.230><c> today</c><00:46:29.610><c> is</c><00:46:29.829><c> we've</c><00:46:30.130><c> looked</c><00:46:30.269><c> at</c><00:46:30.429><c> the</c><00:46:30.710><c> history</c>

00:46:31.030 --> 00:46:32.110
of<00:46:31.289><c> the</c><00:46:31.349><c> city</c><00:46:31.590><c> of</c><00:46:31.909><c> Corinth</c>

00:46:32.110 --> 00:46:34.969
and<00:46:32.610><c> we've</c><00:46:32.909><c> tried</c><00:46:33.030><c> to</c><00:46:33.369><c> understand</c><00:46:33.750><c> how</c><00:46:34.010><c> it</c><00:46:34.170><c> was</c><00:46:34.369><c> the</c><00:46:34.710><c> center</c>

00:46:34.969 --> 00:46:37.449
of<00:46:36.130><c> the</c><00:46:36.389><c> Mediterranean</c><00:46:36.949><c> world</c>

00:46:37.449 --> 00:46:40.329
from<00:46:37.690><c> the</c><00:46:37.929><c> standpoint</c><00:46:38.289><c> of</c><00:46:38.670><c> finance,</c><00:46:39.610><c> from</c><00:46:39.730><c> the</c><00:46:39.989><c> standpoint</c>

00:46:40.329 --> 00:46:41.289
of<00:46:40.769><c> sports,</c>

00:46:41.289 --> 00:46:44.110
even<00:46:42.090><c> from</c><00:46:42.389><c> the</c><00:46:42.630><c> standpoint</c><00:46:43.050><c> of</c><00:46:43.409><c> immorality.</c>

00:46:44.429 --> 00:46:49.429
And<00:46:44.650><c> we've</c><00:46:44.949><c> done</c><00:46:45.170><c> that</c><00:46:45.570><c> so</c><00:46:45.809><c> that</c><00:46:45.989><c> we</c><00:46:46.210><c> can</c><00:46:47.309><c> see</c><00:46:48.130><c> that</c><00:46:48.710><c> there</c><00:46:49.050><c> are</c>

00:46:49.429 --> 00:46:51.289
comparative<00:46:50.309><c> examples</c>

00:46:51.289 --> 00:46:54.349
for<00:46:51.550><c> us</c><00:46:51.769><c> to</c><00:46:52.070><c> draw</c><00:46:52.469><c> in</c><00:46:52.909><c> our</c><00:46:53.150><c> own</c><00:46:53.389><c> lives.</c>

00:46:55.510 --> 00:46:58.630
And<00:46:55.630><c> when</c><00:46:55.730><c> we</c><00:46:55.889><c> think</c><00:46:56.050><c> about</c><00:46:56.289><c> these</c><00:46:56.590><c> things,</c><00:46:57.010><c> brothers</c><00:46:57.110><c> and</c><00:46:57.409><c> sisters,</c><00:46:58.329><c> let</c><00:46:58.469><c> us</c>

00:46:58.630 --> 00:47:00.909
be<00:46:58.869><c> motivated</c><00:46:59.510><c> by</c><00:47:00.050><c> love.</c>

00:47:01.349 --> 00:47:04.809
Tomorrow,<00:47:01.769><c> God</c><00:47:02.130><c> willing,</c><00:47:03.010><c> we're</c><00:47:03.190><c> going</c><00:47:03.349><c> to</c><00:47:03.590><c> look</c><00:47:03.789><c> at</c><00:47:04.090><c> the</c><00:47:04.369><c> birth</c><00:47:04.630><c> of</c>

00:47:04.809 --> 00:47:05.690
an<00:47:05.030><c> ecclesian</c>

00:47:05.690 --> 00:47:08.309
and<00:47:06.210><c> we're</c><00:47:06.369><c> going</c><00:47:06.550><c> to</c><00:47:06.750><c> go</c><00:47:06.989><c> into</c><00:47:07.269><c> Acts</c><00:47:07.610><c> and</c><00:47:07.769><c> we're</c><00:47:07.849><c> going</c><00:47:07.969><c> to</c>

00:47:08.309 --> 00:47:10.190
see<00:47:08.789><c> how</c><00:47:09.210><c> Paul</c><00:47:09.570><c> came</c>

00:47:10.190 --> 00:47:13.429
to<00:47:10.650><c> preach</c><00:47:10.949><c> to</c><00:47:11.269><c> those</c><00:47:11.650><c> that</c><00:47:12.170><c> lived</c><00:47:12.349><c> in</c><00:47:12.550><c> this</c><00:47:12.809><c> environment.</c>

00:47:13.929 --> 00:47:16.050
We'll<00:47:13.929><c> see</c><00:47:14.269><c> what</c><00:47:14.610><c> was</c><00:47:14.849><c> going</c><00:47:15.090><c> on</c><00:47:15.230><c> in</c><00:47:15.389><c> his</c><00:47:15.650><c> mind.</c>

00:47:16.409 --> 00:47:19.969
We'll<00:47:16.590><c> understand</c><00:47:17.130><c> and</c><00:47:17.429><c> explore</c><00:47:17.929><c> the</c><00:47:18.349><c> fears</c><00:47:18.809><c> that</c><00:47:19.349><c> he</c><00:47:19.630><c> had</c>

00:47:19.969 --> 00:47:24.309
and<00:47:20.510><c> we'll</c><00:47:20.909><c> see</c><00:47:21.409><c> how</c><00:47:21.809><c> those</c><00:47:22.130><c> fears</c><00:47:22.789><c> were</c><00:47:23.489><c> helped.</c>

00:47:24.909 --> 00:47:28.329
And<00:47:25.030><c> so</c><00:47:25.210><c> thank</c><00:47:25.429><c> you</c><00:47:25.550><c> for</c><00:47:25.670><c> your</c><00:47:25.829><c> attention</c><00:47:26.230><c> and</c><00:47:26.869><c> I</c><00:47:26.929><c> look</c><00:47:27.170><c> forward</c><00:47:27.409><c> to</c><00:47:27.849><c> speaking</c><00:47:28.170><c> to</c>

00:47:28.329 --> 00:47:29.150
you<00:47:28.349><c> tomorrow.</c>