Who are Theophilus?

"In my former book, Theophilus..." - Acts 1:1

So who is this mysterious guy who merits having two books of the Bible (Acts and it's prequel The Gospel of Luke) written for him?

What did he do, Where was he from, What did he look like, was he even a follower of Jesus?

But what if the question you really need to ask is:

What am I doing, Where am I going, How do I appear, am I a disciple of Jesus?

Why is that the important question?

Theophilus is greek word, it might not even be a name, it means 'He who loves God.' So perhaps there never was a Theophilus, maybe it's everyone who considers themselves a 'lover of God'. Not so much a real person, but every real person.

Maybe the question isn't 'Did Theophilus exist', but 'Do Theophilus Exist?'

Maybe it's you?

Roots gets a blog - eventually

Welcome to the Roots blog.

It's been too long in coming really, for which only I can apologise. The idea here is that every week in the lead up to and after our Roots sessions we can continue the conversation here. There will also be the weekly discussions posted for listening, so even if you didn't make it in person you can listen and then comment.

Please feel free to leave your comments about the blog posts - as in Roots so it is online, all comments are welcome. I'd really like it if you'd take part in the discussion and leave some thoughts for us all to ponder.

Thanks and let's see where this journey takes us.