They Sought the Death Penalty – Acts 26:19-21

Jan 19, 2015 | Acts

I don’t know if Paul considered this meeting before Agrippa and Festus as a trial, a church service, or some- thing in between. But he might have pictured it as an hearing before an appeals court. And when he wasn’t vindicated here, he felt obligated to take it to the...

Ebenezer – Acts 26:19-23

Jan 19, 2015 | Acts

In one of the darker days of the history of Israel, the Ark of the Covenant was lost to the Philistines. That loss was due to the sin and superstition of people who should have known better. But as a result, both the Philistines and the Israelites learned some...

Christian Insanity – Acts 26:19-25

Jan 19, 2015 | Acts

Although there are pressures constantly working against it – we live in a relatively polite society. Although, there are people who seem to delight in hurting other people’s feelings, most people don’t. And even when people think badly about other people, the only...

A Seasonal Message – Acts 26:12-23

Jan 19, 2015 | Acts

As we are all very, very well aware, this is the day that the world celebrates Christmas. Millions of people who have no time for the Lord, and never think of Christ, celebrate Christmas in one fashion or another. And this is one of those days which brings out the...

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...