Jan 19, 2015 | Acts
One of the key ingredients in winning the European campaign of World War II, was the allied ability to break the German “enigma” code. Early in the war the Nazis devised a code which enabled their ships and submarines to communicate with Berlin without the...
Jan 19, 2015 | Acts
I can’t tell you what the numbers are, but every Sunday there are ministers of the gospel who are preaching the last sermon in that pulpit. Many of those men are guests in that particular church, and their meetings are coming to a close. Some of them will never be...
Jan 19, 2015 | Acts
I suppose that as far as spouses go, husbands are not as faithful as wives in telling the other about their love. I usually tell Judy that I love her several times a day, but I confess that 95% of the time it comes after she has first told me that she loves me. On the...
Jan 19, 2015 | Acts
I discovered something on Friday which I had never noticed before. The three words “the church of ….” are found fourteen times in the text of the New Testament. There are another two occasions when we find those words in the postscript of Paul’s...
Jan 19, 2015 | Acts
I expect that we’ll wind-down our study of this chapter on the weekend. When we started, I really didn’t expect this to develop into 20 messages. But the fact is, it seems that every chapter produces more messages than the previous chapter. And now I don’t know if...
Jan 19, 2015 | Acts
Last Sunday morning I tried to make two specific points: I wanted to prove to you that laying behind the words of Acts 28 is Paul’s faith in the DEITY OF CHRIST. “Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made...
Jan 19, 2015 | Acts
The noun “commendation” is heard from time to time in newscasts. A commendation is the act of commending someone. It is to praise someone for something outstanding that he has done. When policemen or firemen have risked their lives in special situations...
Jan 19, 2015 | Acts
If I was to try to make this into a regular sermon, the points might be: People, Places and Pleasantries. But I think that forcing our scripture into those three little boxes might damage the merchandise. So we have more of a Bible study than a sermon this evening....
Jan 19, 2015 | Acts
A couple years ago I arrived here at the building about 30 minutes before the service, and as I usually do, I checked our telephone answering machine. On this occasion there was a message from a trucker who had stopped for the night, staying at one of the motels over...
Jan 19, 2015 | Acts
Perhaps you have all heard various versions of the “human life / tapestry” illustration. One of them goes something like this: A man was visiting a museum or a shop of some kind and his eyes fell on a large piece of fabric, which apparently was being...
