February 15, 2022
Love is from God
Yesterday at our Good News Club – February 14th – we spoke of the origin of Valentine’s day. It is named after a third century A.D. Christian named Valentine who...
February 8, 2022
Acts 8 – Philip and Simon the Magician
Philip’s ministry in Samaria in Acts 8 included an encounter with a man named Simon. According to verse 9, Simon practiced magic or sorcery in the city. In fact, the...
February 1, 2022
Acts 8 – The Gospel Goes to Samaria
In Acts 8:4 we read that the Christians who were scattered as a result of persecution of the church in Jerusalem “went about preaching the word.” This is especially true...
January 25, 2022
Acts 8 – Introducing Philip
An unexpected windfall of Stephen’s death (end of Acts 7) was the spread of the gospel beyond Jerusalem as a result of the increased persecution of the Christians by Jews...
January 18, 2022
Acts 8
The narrative of Acts 8 reveals a number of results of the martyrdom of Stephen in Jerusalem (end of Acts 7). Acts 8:1 includes: “And on that day” – i.e.,...
January 11, 2022
Acts 7:51-60
As explained in Acts 7:51-60, Stephen faithfully testified of the person and work of Jesus Christ even when it meant his death at the hands of the Jewish leaders. As...
January 4, 2022
Acts 7 – Stephen’s Death, God’s Glory
When Stephen finished his defense before the Sanhedrin in Acts 7, including how they had rejected Jesus, God’s Messiah; the whole Council turned on him. But we see in verses...
December 28, 2021
Psalm 90 – New Year
As many of you already know, one of the passages I read every year as the New Year approaches is Psalm 90, a prayer of Moses. Probably the most widely-known...
December 21, 2021
Good News from Luke
And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High; for you will go on before the LORD to prepare His ways; to give to His people the knowledge...
December 14, 2021
Acts 7 – Stephen’s Defense
Acts 7 is Stephen’s personal defense before the Jewish council (Sanhedrin). The end of Chapter 6 told us that he was being (falsely) accused of speaking against Moses, the Law,...