Introduction The situation in the Roman Empire grew more tense with each passing month. Taxes were rising as the need to supply the expansion of the army became a growing strain. The once great “land owner” armies of the Republic had slowly given way to …

Paul taught the Ephesians how to walk as a believer by references to the changing room (apodyterium) of a Roman bath?

The slave market of ancient Rome and cities like Ephesus were as common a sight to first century Roman citizens as the “golden arches” are to modern Americans!