The cultural and spiritual divide facing the early Christians was profound. As seen in ACTS chapter 14, there was confusion and even violence. Given human nature, this is actually not altogether surprising. ◊ I heard George Barna, the renowned cultural… Read More ›
If you want to know what Christianity is really all about, simply read ACTS chapter 13. Paul, the first great global missionary, makes a strikingly clear presentation of the gospel message. For anybody. ◊ If asked, what would you say… Read More ›
Many do not connect ACTS with the Book of REVELATION. They should. The entire Book of ACTS leads right up to the great judgment described in Revelation and which occurred in AD 70. ◊ What most people know about the… Read More ›
There’s a controversial prophetic timeline in the Book of DANIEL (ch. 9) specifying 70 “weeks” (seventy sevens) or 490 years. I believe these years are consecutive and end early in the Book of ACTS with the decreed desolation of Israel…. Read More ›
ACTS 11 reiterates a very significant turning point in the Christian church that occurred in ACTS 10. This turning point cannot be underestimated. It’s what changed everything. ◊ The first 10 chapters of the Book of Acts read like an… Read More ›
That things happen that are not good, hurtful, or even disastrous is a given. Are people still wrestling with that age-old question of why God allows bad things to happen to good people? Absolutely. ◊ While there’s a growing secularization of… Read More ›
My wife is recovering from a frightening event last week. People ask about fear, doubt, denial, depression, and if I blame God. No, I am thankful to God. ◊ After 7 days in the hospital my wife is back home… Read More ›
We have our little lives lived so nicely and then comes the great disruption. Or so it appears. But it is very real, and so hard and painful. And where is God? ◊ I took my beautiful wife of 42… Read More ›
‘Great’ is a word bandied about and set as a worldly standard. Is it about accomplishment and personal triumph? If so, then what about great personal loss? What, in fact, is truly greater? ◊ I was intrigued this week with… Read More ›
In ACTS 10 God intercedes directly in the minds of 2 men with unique visions that forever changes the meaning and makeup of the Christian church. What does this mean for us? ◊ What does a soldier have in common… Read More ›
Ever talk about Christianity with someone who can’t believe in something they can’t see? They want real proof. ACTS 9 tells the story of the ultimate non-believer who came to see things differently. ◊ A man once told me he’d… Read More ›
Do you need a personal reset or even transformation? Actually, we all do. There is no one too smart, educated, good, powerful, or gifted that is spared. Not even a well-known saint. ◊ We all know that there are no… Read More ›
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