In Conclusion, Act 17:16-34 clearly shows the universal openness of the Christian faith. We are the offspring of God, not because we are part of God, but we are God's offspring because we are created in his very own image. I believe that what provoked Paul was not the anger of a prophet, but the heart of a pastor. The reason that perhaps we are not provoked as Paul is we see the idolatry, be don’t love people enough. I hope that by the grace of God we can be challenged to see and care by observing this great preacher. This was Paul’s passion and it must be ours also as we proclaim the heart and mind of God in the power of the spirit to the unbelieving world.

The trouble with both of these philosophies is that they do not allow for human significance. If you want significance, you need to know God. We are either the victims of chance or the victims of fate. We will choose to either drop out and serve ourselves or stand up under all that life throws at us, but in either case we are not personally valuable. The things that we believe, hope, dream of, and long for, the relationships we have, and the choices we make all get washed away by impersonal forces. But humans weren't created for insignificance. We are made in the image of God. There is something inside every one of us that says, "Wait a minute, this can't be true. I know that I matter. It must make a difference if I do what is right or wrong. My hopes for achievement must count for something."

To demonstrate that God “does not live in shrine made by man “Paul recalls that

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