Phrygia FRIH-dzhih-uh , Phylacteries fih-LAK-ter-eez , Pi-Hahiroth pai-huh-HAI-rahth , Pisgah PIHZ-guh , Pisidia pih-SIH-dih-uh , Pithom PAI-thahm , Pleiades PLEE-uh-deez , Polycarp PAH-lee-kahrp , Pomegranates PAHM-gran-ihts , Pontian PAHN-shuhn , Pontius Pilate PAHN-shus...
The Attis cult began around 1200 BCE in Phrygia—now the Asian portion of Turkey. Attis’ mother, Nana, was a virgin who conceived by putting a ripe almond or a pomegranate in her bosom. In some stories, Cybele, the “Mother of the Gods” and a great Asiatic goddess of fertility, is...
Mounting obstacles on our life’s race have the potential to discourage us from running our race at all. I imagine the apostle Paul felt this way on his third missionary journey. Paul began his trip by traveling through Phrygia and Galatia on his way to Ephesus in Acts 18:23 (NIV). Wh...
Did Cyrus the Great defeat Croesus of Phrygia? Did Cyrus the Great free the Jews? Did Cyrus the Great free any slaves? Did Cyrus the Great conquer Ethiopia? Did Cyrus defeat Ephialtes? Did Cyrus the Great marry his sister? Did Cyrus the Great find the Achaemenid dynasty of Persia? Did Cy...
2:1Laodicea: chief city in Phrygia, northwest of Colossae; cf.Col 4:13,16;Rev 3:14–22. 2:4–23In face of the threat posed by false teachers (Col 2:4), the Colossians are admonished to adhere to the gospel as it was first preached to them (Col 2:6), steeping themselves in ...
Chapter 2 - For I want you to know how great a struggle I am having for you and for those in Laodicea and all who have not seen me face to face, that