JCSLK #56 Jesus On the Road To Jerusalem 1 Prayer Parables - Luke 18
JCSLK #56 Jesus On the Road To Jerusalem 1 Prayer Parables Luke 18 Introduction Marcus Aurelius Antoninus was Roman emperor from 161 to 180 and a Stoic philosopher. He was the last of the rulers known as the Five Good Emperors and the last emperor of the Pax Romana, the Peace of Roma, an age of relative peace, calm, and stability for the Roman Empire lasting from 27 BC to 180 AD. He was called the Stoic Emperor and wrote a series of meditations about how to live a good life. I watched a movie sometime last year in which a teacher gave a copy of The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius to a student with the words, “I read it every day. I find it better than the Bible.” And I thought what a typical “Hollywood” thing to say. Only a person with no understanding, no knowledge and no soul would say that the writings of a Roman emperor trying to conquer the world by force, war and violence would make such a ludicrous statement. I’ve read some of Meditations, they are as far a...
