Acts 18:27-28 — Apollos vigorously refutes Jewish opponents using Scripture to show Jesus is the Christ
New Testament example of evidence-based persuasion in the early church.
Apollos 'vigorously refuted' Jewish opponents 'publicly, showing from the scriptures that Jesus is the Christ.' Mike notes Apollos never said 'you should believe without reason' — he argued from the text. This points to messianic typology and literary foreshadowing in the Old Testament as evidential categories beyond simple predictive prophecy. Mike references his own video series 'Jesus in the Old Testament.'
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