That does not mean that you need to prepare for a long, dry history lesson. We have both read more than our fair share of academic books, including very tedious ones. Instead, the following chapters offer readers enough information to understand what Paul is doing in his speech in Athens so that they can follow his example in learning about what non-believers in today’s world think in order to shape, not compromise, their presentation of the gospel. We can no longer rely (if we ever could rely) upon