July 5, 2022
Acts 15 – One Gospel for All
After Paul and Barnabas’ first fruitful mission to the Gentiles, they returned to their home base in Antioch where there were numerous Gentile believers. But some men, presumably Jewish believers,...
June 28, 2022
Psalm 33 – Prayer for Independence Day
A prayer for the coming Independence Day from Psalm 33:12-22: Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people whom He has chosen for His own inheritance. The...
June 21, 2022
Acts 14 – Men of Integrity
Whatever else you may say about the apostles Paul and Barnabas, you cannot deny that they were men of integrity. At least two of their statements in Acts 14 bear...
June 14, 2022
Acts 13-14: Proclaiming and Persecution
Jesus’ teachings were often opposed by the Jews, especially the Jewish leaders. Such opposition would also be encountered by His apostles. After Paul and Barnabas spoke one Sabbath in the...
June 7, 2022
Teaching Scripture
Paul wrote to Timothy in 2 Timothy 3:14-17: You, however, continue in the things you have learned and become convinced of, knowing from whom you have learned them; And that...
May 31, 2022
Acts 13 – Ready to Speak
In the middle of Acts 13, we read that Paul and his companions came to the city of Pisidian Antioch in central Asia Minor, different from their sending church in...
May 24, 2022
Acts 13 – Holy Spirit at Work
After being commissioned by the church at Antioch (Acts 13), Barnabas and Saul went first to Cyprus, the birthplace of Barnabas. There they began their ministry with a practice that...
May 17, 2022
Acts 13 – Leaders in Church of Antioch
One of the Acts of the Holy Spirit recorded in the book of Acts was the first formal commissioning of missionaries from a local church. It was the church in...
May 10, 2022
Acts 12 – Who is Sovereign?
Who is truly sovereign? That is one of the themes of Acts 12. King Herod Agrippa of Judea was part Jewish, and curried the favor of the Jewish religious leaders...
May 3, 2022
Acts 12 – Prayer
In Acts 12, the apostle Peter was arrested under orders by Herod (v. 3) who then placed Peter in prison under maximum security (v. 4), likely to be executed after...