Jan 19, 2015 | Acts
In the course of my message this morning I said, “Let’s say for the sake of argument, that this Governor had a sincere desire to be best leader of Judea since Solomon. Let’s interpret his almost immediate departure from Caesarea to Jerusalem as an illustration...
Jan 19, 2015 | Acts
What so often happens when a wealthy man loses a court case? Doesn’t he usually appeal to a higher court? Sometimes that means a new trial, and sometimes it means that a new court reviews the initial decision. Good or bad, that is one of the characteristics of...
Jan 19, 2015 | Acts
I am going to take three words out of this scripture but give you a message which is almost totally unrelated to this scripture. That doesn’t mean that it will not be Biblical; it will just not be directly related to Paul and Festus. I have mentioned a couple of times...
Jan 19, 2015 | Acts
Think about some of the people to whom Paul had been privileged to preach the Gospel: There were the learned elders of Athens – the pseudo-intellectuals of Greece. There were one or two of Israel’s High Priests and the Sanhedrins which hung on to their coat-tails....
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...
