A Merchant Called Lydia

Lydia was a successful merchant who sold her goods to the wealthy and elite of her day. What need did she have of a Savior? She was a Gentile who had grown up in the midst of a pantheon of gods. Why would she care to hear about the God of the Jews?

Why should a Roman citizen from Thyatira living in Philippi be drawn to a Jewish carpenter crucified on a cross in Jerusalem?

The Book of Acts recounts the stories of numerous men and a few women God chose to use to plant His church in the first century. This is the story of one of those – a merchant called Lydia.

Explore her story and the story of the times in which she lived — the portion you may already know … and the rest of the story that could have been.

1. Opening Credits
2. Preface
3. Chapter 1: A Roman City
4. Chapter 2: My Macedonian Heritage
5. Chapter 3: My Roman Heritage
6. Chapter 4: Growing Up in Thyatira
7. Chapter 5: My Roman Education Begins
8. Chapter 6: A Grand Welcome in Our Honor
9. Chapter 7: Busy Days and an Unexpected Overture
10. Chapter 8: The Years Pass Quickly
11. Chapter 9: The Day Arrives
12. Chapter 10: The Surprise That Awaited Me
13. Chapter 11: A Life Is Given, and a Life Is Taken
14. Chapter 12: Searching for the Unknown
15. Chapter 13: My Arrival in Philippi
16. Chapter 14: Gathering for Prayer
17. Chapter 15: An Unexpected Visitor at the River
18. Chapter 16: Come and Stay at my Home
19. Chapter 17: Wrongfully Punished
20. Chapter 18: A Church Is Born
21. Chapter 19: The Church Grows
22. Chapter 20: My Return to Thyatira
23. Chapter 21: Resistance From the Guilds
24. Chapter 22: Returning to Rome
25. Chapter 23: Arrested!
26. Chapter 24: News from Philippi
27. Chapter 25: My Return to Philippi
28. Chapter 26: A City in Flames
29. Chapter 27: Finishing My Race
30. Closing Credits