Shipwrecked Pursuits

Message: In the last chapter of Acts Paul and the shipwrecked crew washed up on the beach of the unknown island where they ran their ship aground. The people were good and hospitable to them but they didn’t know them...

Uncharted Waters

Message: In Acts 27 Paul was being taken to Rome as a prisoner to face Caesar but he was treated kindly and respectfully by the centurion taking him. Paul warned them that their voyage was headed for disaster and they...

Observations

Observations: Today I’m not writing about any particular lesson applications. I picked up some interesting observations and I’m just going to share them. In Leviticus 25 Moses wass giving the law pertaining to the properties they owned, the fields they...

The Cost of Grace

Message: In Leviticus 24 two men got in a fight and one cursed God. God told Moses to take the man outside the camp and have everyone who heard him curse come out, lay hands on his head and then...

Hidden Motives Obstruct Our View

Message: In Acts 24 Paul finally saw his day in court as promised. The high priest came in with his lawyer and began his suck-up statements to Felix and presented fabricated accusations that Paul was disturbing the peace that the...

Rationalizing With Irrational People

Message: In Acts 24 Paul was under the protection of the Roman government because the Jews had made accusations and were plotting to kill him. You can clearly see the working relationship between the Jewish council and the Roman government...

Determined to Suffer

Message: In Acts 22 Paul had been accused by an angry mob, turned over to the government and beaten until he told them he was a Roman citizen. He stood before them and tried his hardest to relate to them...

Determined Direction

Message: In Acts 20 Paul was stopping at different places on his way to Jerusalem and saying goodbye to them all. There were several who heard warnings from the Holy Spirit about the sufferings Paul would go through. They begged...

Live in Preparation, Not In Fear

Message: In Acts 20 Paul was saying is final goodbyes to some of the churches because he knew the Holy spirit was warning him about some tough times ahead. The Jews were constantly plotting against him and he seemed to...

Let It Go & Surrender

Message: In Acts 19 there is an interesting mix of events that completely disrupted Ephesus. The itinerate Jewish exorcists saw the miraculous things going on when Paul ministered in the name of Jesus. They weren’t believers, but they saw it...

Beauty in Diversity

Message: In Acts 18 Paul had been trying to win over the Jews for quite some time and being a Jew himself who had previously persecuted the church, he was now being viciously attacked by the Jews. When he realized...

Philosophers & Social Media Distracters

Message: Acts 17 shows a few different ways people hear and receive truth because everyone processes differently. The people in Thessalonica responded well at first, and several were persuaded, but the Jews became jealous, found some “scoundrels” to form a...

Timing & Listening

Message: In Acts 16Paul was carrying on the task of delivering letters to the churches. He had Timothy with him and it seems ironic, but he was delivering letters letting the churches know that they do not have to be...

Religion vs Surrender

Message: In Acts 15 some men came from Judea and started teaching the new gentile believers that they had to be circumcised and follow the law or they couldn’t really be saved. This caused some sharp debate so the apostles...

Mining For Souls

Message: In Acts chapter 14 Paul and Barnabas preached in Lystra and when God healed a man through them the town thought they were gods and began trying to make sacrifices to them. Paul and Barnabas tried to tell them...

Did God Set Me Up?

Message: In Acts 13 the church is fasting and praying and the Holy Spirit tells them to send out Paul & Barnabas on mission. They go exactly where the Holy Spirit leads them and are invited to speak in a...

Approval Junkies

Message: In Acts 12 persecution of the church continued as King Herod sought the praise and approval of the Jews. He had James killed and when he saw that this pleased them he had Peter thrown in prison. He was...

A Matter of Time

Message: InChapter 11 of Acts Peter finds himself having to explain himself to the other believers when they all found out that he went inside the home of a gentile and also ate the forbidden foods. It’s interesting to read...

Blinded By My Rightness

Message: In Acts 9 Saul is at war against all those who call on the name of Jesus. He is on a personal mission to arrest and throw into prison any of them that he can find because he fully...
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