The tent-making ministry of Aquila and Priscilla
This article examines the biblical example of Aquila and Priscilla, focusing on how their tent-making trade served as a platform for gospel ministry and missionary work alongside the apostle Paul. Bruinooge argues that their story illustrates the Protestant Reformation's recovery of vocational calling, demonstrating how ordinary work can be consecrated to God's purposes and how partnership in both marriage and ministry strengthens the spread of the gospel.
And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla; (because that Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome:) and came unto them. Acts 18:2 Vocation -- resurrected and restored during the time of the Protestant Reformation -- was long ago used in the spread of the gospel. A simple trade -- tent making -- brought together a devout Jewish couple with the apostle Paul. Their names were Aquila and Priscilla -- used by God to encourage...
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