READ Acts 14 COMMENTARY: : 2        But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles, and made their minds evil affected against the brethren. (2559 “evil affected” [kakow] means oppress, afflict, harm, embittered, poisoned, cause to dislike, vex or maltreat.) DEVOTION:  People who didn’t like the message of Paul weren’t tolerant of it. The liberals in Paul’s days wanted people to listen to their message but they didn’t want to let them hear the message of Christ. Religious people can be tolerant of someone else’s beliefs at times but that is not true even today. Many liberal “Christian” churches want to let society continue to move on a downward slide because they think that it being progressive. The Bible isn’t progressive. It states what the LORD wants us to do in any given situation and that hasn’t changed for thousands of years…