Source: https://ift.tt/2M2inFv Today: [Acts 17:] Determining Truth and Declaring the Unknown God: In Acts 16 Paul and Silas travel from Thessalonica to Berea and on to Athens. In each city, they take specific strategies to reach to the population for Christ. Each time they impacted not just a few people but the entire city. In […]
READ MORE Source: https://ift.tt/2vusYia Today: [Acts 16:] Detonation at Philippi. In Acts 16 Paul takes a young traveling companion by the name of Timothy after rejecting John Mark. Together with Silas, they travel to Philippi being led by a dream of a man in Macedonia asking for help. They don’t find the man, but they do encounter […]
READ MORE Today: [Acts 15:] Contention, Disputation and Destiny: In Acts 15 a controversy arises after Jewish believers demand that Gentile believers become Jewish converts as well. The work of spreading the gospel ceases for some time while this is decided upon. In the aftermath of the decisions that get made, we see that Paul and Barnabas […]
READ MORE Today: [Acts 14:] Pressing into the Kingdom: In Acts 14 Barnabas and Paul experience great success in Iconium and Lystra. At Lystra, because of a notable healing, the people attempt to sacrifice to them as though they were gods. At the same time, the persecution was fierce. What can we learn from this? The lesson […]
READ MORE Source: https://ift.tt/2vAhokR Today: [Acts 13:] The Ecclesia Manifests! In Acts 13 we see the rise of the Ecclesia that Jesus prophesied about in Matt. 16:18. The Ecclesia of Jesus day is an entirely different thing than the church as we know it. In Antioch when the believers conducted themselves as an Ecclesia, the history and […]
READ MORE Source: https://ift.tt/2AzDKJ3 Today: [Acts 12:]How to Loose a Man of God: Do you pray for your pastor or spiritual leader? When your prayers are absent, your leader will be like Peter, bound and in prison. When you pray unceasingly for your leadership, angels get involved to see them get free and be set at liberty […]
READ MORE Source: https://ift.tt/2O2caG5 Today: [Acts 11:] A Tale of Two Cities: In Acts 11 we are introduced to the community of believers in the city of Antioch. Up to now, Jerusalem dominates the Acts narrative. Now we will see how Antioch figures prominently in Christian history. The apostle Paul began his ministry there. They were first […]
READ MORE Source: https://ift.tt/2M6kB2H Today: [Acts 10:] How Sensitive are you to God’s Spirit? In Acts 10 we find two men have visions that they choose to act on. One is Peter, and the other is Cornelius a Jewish convert. These are two men willing to act upon very subjective leadings and because they did a massive […]
READ MORE Source: https://ift.tt/2OrZXvj Today: [Acts 9:] From Damascus to Joppa: In Acts 9 we witness the conversion of Saul and the resurrection of Tabitha in Joppa by Peter. Was Saul’s experience on the road to Damascus an extraterrestrial encounter? Was Tabitha really dead or just in an unconscious state? Does God still intervene in our lives […]
READ MORE Source: https://ift.tt/2Ojen0C Today: [Acts 8:] Philip Does a Disappearing Act! In Acts 8 we find Saul of Tarsus committing himself to breathing out slaughter against the church and Philip, a lowly deacon being used to bring the gospel to an entire city. Philip is not an apostle. He is a member of the rank and […]
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