Jan 21, 2015 | Acts
Peter was enjoying a restful night’s sleep when he was suddenly awakened by an angelic boot in the ribs. “Arise up quickly.” The chains fell from his wrists, but his guards didn’t move – either paralyzed or in a deep, deep sleep. They were not dead – yet....
Jan 21, 2015 | Acts
Most people are not aware that there is a city ordinance in Post Falls which says that children under 18 cannot be out at night between mid-night and 6 a.m. Post Falls has a curfew law, and there is probably a similar one in the city where you live. And I wonder if...
Jan 21, 2015 | Acts
I read in many of the journals which I receive that we are living in a pluralistic society. I don’t know that they use that word in the news reports that you hear, but it will come up from time to time. And it is true. But “pluralistic” is one those words...
Jan 21, 2015 | Acts
Even as Christians, we have to remind ourselves that the Bible was written by the Lord and not by men. “Holy men of God spake [and wrote] bas they were moved by the Holy Ghost.” And that means that the Lord had a purpose in recording the death of King...
Jan 21, 2015 | Acts
I’m sure that you have all noticed that most of the hymns we sing have several verses and a chorus. Usually, we sing the first verse and then before we sing the second there is that chorus or “refrain.” The chorus us usually repeated between each verse....
Jan 21, 2015 | Acts
Theologians like to use big words. Sometimes they are necessary because of the subject under consideration, And sometimes they are used simply to make the theologian look smarter than the rest of us. Once in a while when you are studying the comments of the theologian...
Jan 21, 2015 | Acts
Just because this verse says that there were prophets and teachers in the church in Antioch, That doesn’t mean that the ministry is confined to prophecy and teaching. And it’s a good thing, especially for this evening, since this message cannot be described as either...
Jan 21, 2015 | Acts
I thought about looking at this passage through a mere study of Barjesus or Sergius Paulus, But as I meditated on it, I realized that this is a actually a synopsis of the world in general. Here we are reading about Cyprus in the 1st century AD, but this could be...
Jan 21, 2015 | Acts
The English language contains some really funny quirks. One of the strangest is the way that one word may have some really different meanings. You’d think that we’d be able to think of a different word for every different thing and action in the world, but no, the...
Jan 21, 2015 | Acts
I receive three religious periodicals. I have subscribed to two of them and one is sent free. One comes every month and the other two are published four times a year. I read about half the articles, totally rejecting about a third of them, and being blessed by 10...
