The “Almost” Christian – Acts 26:24-29

Jan 19, 2015 | Acts

On the day of his death, as Stephen was preaching to Saul of Tarsus and his cronies, he really provoked them by saying, “Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye. Which of the prophets...

Jurisprudence – Acts 26:28-32

Jan 19, 2015 | Acts

Let’s begin this morning with 2 almost opposing thoughts: “Everything is related & everything is relative.” One of the strange, interesting, and potentially difficult parts of our visit with our grandson, was that one of his mother’s sisters was there,...

Ostentatious Profanity – Matthew 23:16-22

Jan 18, 2015 | Matthew, Sunday Evening

This is a complicated paragraph. I don’t think that I understand it very well, partially because of my limited knowledge of those customs. The subject is further complicated by the mixed definitions of some of the related words. Take the word “swear” for...

Fools as well as Hypocrites – Matthew 23:13-15

Jan 18, 2015 | Matthew, Sunday Morning

I haven’t mentioned it recently, but you should know that “hypocrite” is a transliteration, not a translation. In the Greek Bible, Matthew 23 is filled with the word “hupokrites” (hoop-ok-ree-tace’). For whatever reason, our translators just...

I Would to God – Acts 26:24-32

Jan 18, 2015 | Acts

What sort of attitude, or state of mind, would you have if you were well into your second year of prison? What if you knew that you weren’t guilty of any sort of crime? What if, not only were you innocent, but after several trials which proved your innocence, you were...

Personalities and Geography – Acts 27

Jan 18, 2015 | Acts

It seems to me that the older I get the quicker that time flies by. Many young people think that time moves too slowly. And I’m sure that for the more elderly, especially those who can’t get out and about, they would agree with the kids. For people in hospitals and...

The Journey of Life – Acts 27:1-44

Jan 18, 2015 | Acts

By the time we finish, you will have more instruction in the Book of Acts than the average seminary graduate. Three hundred and fifty messages are more than would be possible in two semesters of seminary. But before either you or I begin to boast, thinking that we...

Julius: Name, Rank and Serial Number – Acts 27

Jan 18, 2015 | Acts

I think that 27 is one of the most exciting chapters in the Book of Acts and in all the Word of God. It’s not because of the doctrine or the way that it directly touches us who are here this afternoon. The name of “Jesus” is not mentioned here and neither...

The Warnings of the God-Fearing Man – Acts 27:9-11

Jan 18, 2015 | Acts

Paul was a landlubber. He was no more a sailor because of his many trips back and forth across the Eastern Mediterranean than I am an aircraft pilot because I have flown to South Carolina a couple of times. But – just because he hadn’t been a cabin boy, cadet at...

Comfort in the Midst of the Storm – Acts 27:44

Jan 18, 2015 | Acts

It may have been William Shakespear who popularized the phrase: “All’s well that end’s well.” Depending on how we use those words, I don’t necessarily have any problem with them. Unfortunately there could be several things wrong with the idea behind them....