Antioch
First place believers were called 'Christians'
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A major city in Syria that became the launching pad for Paul's missionary journeys. The church here was diverse — Jews and Gentiles worshipping together. This is where the term 'Christian' was first used.
Chapters Mentioning Antioch
2 Timothy
The Letter That Saw It Coming
Paul warns Timothy that difficult times are coming — and describes them so accurately it feels like he's reading today's headlines. Then he points Timothy back to the one anchor that never moves: Scripture itself.
Acts
The Moment the Door Swung Open
Peter gets called out for eating with outsiders — and tells a story that silences the room. Meanwhile, scattered believers accidentally launch a church plant that reshapes the whole movement, and a new name sticks: Christians.
Acts
The Mission That Changed Everything
The church at Antioch sends Barnabas and Paul on a mission that will reshape the world. Along the way there's a showdown with a sorcerer, a sermon that rewrites Israel's entire story, and a moment where the gospel breaks wide open to everyone.
Acts
Mistaken for Gods, Left for Dead
Paul and Barnabas keep pushing forward — healing a man who's never walked, getting mistaken for Greek gods, and surviving a stoning that should have killed Paul. Through it all, they plant churches, appoint leaders, and prove that the gospel doesn't stop just because the opposition gets violent.
Acts
The Debate That Changed Everything
The early church faces its first major identity crisis: do non-Jewish believers have to become Jewish first? What follows is a Christ-centered debate, a surprising verdict, and a decision that shapes the future of the faith forever.
Acts
The Tentmaker, the Trial, and the Teacher Who Almost Had It Right
Paul lands in Corinth with no team and no plan — just a sewing needle and a message. What follows is eighteen months of breakthrough, a courtroom scene that backfires on the accusers, and the introduction of one of the early church's most unexpected power couples.
Acts
The First Christ-Follower to Die for It
The early church hits its first organizational crisis — and solves it by choosing seven servant-leaders. One of them, Stephen, turns out to be so compelling that the only way to stop him is to drag him to court on false charges.
Galatians
The Day Paul Called Out Peter
Paul tells the Galatians how the original apostles endorsed his mission, then describes the time he confronted Peter to his face for caving to social pressure. It all builds to the sentence that reshapes everything: righteousness comes not from performance, but from faith in Christ.
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