Jan 19, 2015 | Acts
It seems that every few months there arises a new phrase or term that begins to permeate our speech. For example, a year or so ago, I started hearing people talk about so-and-so’s “world view.” It took me a while to figure out what exactly that means, and...
Jan 19, 2015 | Acts
One of the most troublesome aspects of current “War on Terror,” as far as I see, is the detaining of suspects. I don’t profess to have inside information, or even very good information at all, but it appears to me that there are multitudes of people being...
Jan 19, 2015 | Acts
Have you ever asked yourself why it is that God has told us so much about the ministry of the Apostle Paul? Yes, he was the Apostle to the Gentiles; and yes he was key to the evangelism of the ancient world. But what if the Book of Acts was never included in the canon...
Jan 19, 2015 | Acts
A month or six-weeks ago, we had a Wednesday-night lesson on Felix and Drusilla. When we were done I was afraid that I had confused you more than I helped anyone in understanding the interwoven family of Herod. When we started I said that would be our last lesson on...
Jan 19, 2015 | Acts
Luke, the writer of the Book of Acts, has been relatively thorough in describing the life of the Apostle Paul. There are probably several reasons for this: For example, he may have been particularly fond of Paul, and this history was a labor of love. Or he may have...
Jan 19, 2015 | Acts
I surprised myself the other when I called up all the references to the word “Pharisee” in the Bible. I expected to find at least ten times as many as I did, but it is found only twelve times. Ah, but then I thought to also check the plural form. The word...
Jan 19, 2015 | Acts
Paul bridged the testimony of his past sinful life to the testimony of his present ministry with a question. Between his comments on his youth and Pharisaism, and how the Lord saved him and commissioned him, he built a bridge with the rhetorical question: “Why...
Jan 19, 2015 | Acts
Please turn to Matthew 13:1 – “The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side. And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore. And he spake many things...
Jan 19, 2015 | Acts
Back at the end of August, in looking at Acts 22, we had a message that I entitled: “It’s All about Jesus.” There is probably a rule somewhere in John Broadus’ book on preaching, or perhaps in Spurgeon’s “Lectures to my Students,” which says...
Jan 19, 2015 | Acts
The other day I watched some of the PBS television show: “Nova.” “Nova” is usually about something related to science or discovery. This one was about a group of mountain climbers who were scaling the highest mountain in Antarctica. The...
