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Acts 12 – Peter

In Acts 12 we find that Peter was arrested – again! Herod Agrippa, who was part Jewish and wanted to please the Jews (v. 3), arrested Peter…during the Passover feast....

Acts 10 and 11 – Cornelius

Acts Chapters 10 and 11 tell the story of Cornelius, a Roman centurion in the city of Caesarea which was about halfway between the modern-day Israeli cities of Haifa and...

Easter

Paul the apostle wrote to the Corinthian church in 1 Corinthians 15:3-4: For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our...

Acts 9 – Ananias and Barnabas

Saul was formerly the number one enemy of the growing Christian community as a result of his efforts to persecute and imprison any and every Christ-follower he could find. However,...

Acts 9 – Difficult Obedience

Saul’s immediate obedience to the word of Jesus Christ when the Lord appeared to him on the road to Damascus (Acts 9:3-8) was remarkable given Saul’s intense opposition to Jesus...

Acts 9 – Saul Sees the Light

When Saul of Tarsus concluded that the Lord God was the source of the sudden flashing light that put him on the ground, and that the Lord was Jesus whose...

Acts 9

Saul was first introduced at the stoning of Stephen by the Jewish religious leaders at the end of Acts 7. According to Acts 8:1-3, he was among the most zealous...

Acts 8:26-40

Philip’s encounter with the Ethiopian eunuch along a desert road south of Jerusalem is one of the great examples of personal evangelism in Scripture – one from which we can...

Acts 8 – Philip Available

After the ministry of Peter and John in Samaria in the middle of Acts 8, the narrative returns to Philip who was used of the Holy Spirit to begin the ministry...

February 22, 2022

Acts 8 – Simon

Philip’s ministry in Samaria in Acts 8included the belief and baptism of a man named Simon, who formerly attracted a large following by performing Satanic magic arts in which he...