Today’s reading is Act 14: 1-19 Today is one of my favorite passages in scripture. In this passage, Paul heals someone, and the people of the town believe that he and Barnabas believe that they are their gods come down to … Continue reading
Today’s reading is Act 14: 1-19 Today is one of my favorite passages in scripture. In this passage, Paul heals someone, and the people of the town believe that he and Barnabas believe that they are their gods come down to … Continue reading
Today’s reading is Acts 14: 20-28 Paul and Barnabas are moving. They are going; they are working. They have a mission, and they keep that primary. They keep going and doing what God had called them to. They were focused on … Continue reading
Today’s reading is Acts 13: 36-52 We see here something interesting. David was, in many ways, the pinnacle of the faith. He was a man after God’s own heart. He loved the Lord, followed the Lord, knew the Lord. He wrote … Continue reading
Today’s reading is Acts 13: 13-35 We see a couple of narratives within the book of Acts. Last week we saw that through the Holy Spirit God is doing something new. We see the old dietary holiness code no longer binding. … Continue reading
Today’s reading is Acts 13: 1-12 A couple of things about today’s text caught my eye. First is the notion that we see in the first section about Paul and Barnabas being sent off. They were prayed over and directed to … Continue reading
Today’s reading is Acts 12: 1-5 Well, now the church is putting its money where its mouth is. Sure has faced trouble before. But today, James is killed. James was one of Jesus’ inner most circle. It was always Peter, James, … Continue reading
Today’s reading is Acts 11: 19-30 We are starting to see that the church is still facing opposition and facing persecution. We see that this even causes the church to begin to spread out and scatter throughout the world. This sounds … Continue reading
Today’s reading is Acts 11: 1-18 Have you noticed how many times thus far we have heard some iteration of this story? Believers preaching to Gentiles and the Gentiles receiving the Holy Spirit, just like they did. We see it many, … Continue reading