Jan 20, 2015 | Acts
I am sure that there are some books of the Bible that you know better than other books. I would hope that you know the Book of John better than you do Hosea or Obadiah. And I would expect that you understand the Book of Acts better than you do Job. But it is still my...
Jan 20, 2015 | Acts
What do you think when I mention: Erastus, Gaius and Quartus? How about Stephanus and Tertius? These are all names They are all names of some of the early Christians in the city of Corinth. This evening, I’d like to tie an handful of scriptures to what we have here in...
Jan 20, 2015 | Acts
Most of you are either parents or children, so I think that you can relate to this: Can’t you picture a couple of childish Christians talking about the privileges of the Apostle Paul? “Paul is so LUCKY. God gives him EVERYTHING. He gets to be an apostle, and I’m...
Jan 20, 2015 | Acts
In what two books does Paul talk about the Judgment Seat of Christ? First, Romans, which was written while Paul was at Corinth. Romans 14:10 – “But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the...
Jan 20, 2015 | Acts
I tease my wife periodically about the many superficial differences that there are between us. I tell her that it’s amazing that we’ve been so happily married for 35 years. (If she tells you that it’s NOT periodic, don’t believe her.) Let me give you an example, Judy...
Jan 20, 2015 | Acts
I always enjoy reading what Matthew Henry says about the scriptures, but I don’t do it as much as I should. I have so many commentaries that I often times don’t read all of them. And Matthew Henry does not get into the details of the scripture text, defining words and...
Jan 20, 2015 | Acts
I am planning on Wednesday to look at the person of Apollos. He is one of those incidental Bible characters with an intriguing story to tell. Unfortunately there is not a lot that we know about him. But one thing that we do know is that he was able to MIGHTILY...
Jan 20, 2015 | Acts
Last week Judy and I spent a few moments with a 30-year-old lady whom we first knew when she was barely able to walk. We recognized her immediately, after not seeing each other for 14 years or more. She is as beautiful and recognizable a young lady as she was when she...
Jan 20, 2015 | Acts
I would like to pick up a couple of Biblical themes from Acts 18 before we move on. I thought seriously about a message on “the way of God” – verse 26, but I preached on that theme a year ago, when we first came to it in Acts 9, so we’ll skip it this time....
Jan 20, 2015 | Acts
Baptist churches have, for about 2,000 years, made use of the “church letter.” I have two little books here: “A Baptist Church Manual” by J. M. Pendleton, And “The New Directory for Baptist Churches” by Edward Hiscox. Pendleton was...
Jan 20, 2015 | Acts
In these two verses, we begin to see Paul’s Third Missionary Journey. So I thought that it might be a good time to review his first two evangelistic trips. And then we’ll close with a dozen or so general observations. Ideally, you should be able to anticipate just...
Jan 20, 2015 | Acts
There was a little, three-year-old boy who had been sick for a week with a cold and a cough. The cough was persistent and little guy was getting obviously weaker, so his mother took him to the doctor. The little fella was brought into a strange examining room, filled...
Jan 20, 2015 | Acts
We’ve used a number of different teaching and preaching styles thus far in our studies in Acts. We’ve had three-point gospel sermons and five-point sermons on various aspects on Christian living We’ve had Biblical expositions. We’ve had historical and geographical...
Jan 20, 2015 | Acts
If we can use the length of time that Paul spent in various cities as a judge of the importance the mission work there, then Ephesus was one of the most important places of his entire ministry. At least as far as what took place in his three missionary journeys, Paul...
Jan 20, 2015 | Acts
Years ago, while I was still in Calgary, I had a pastor-friend who I was trying to encourage in Baptist doctrine. We heard about a Baptist church over British Columbia’s Okanagan valley which was having a fellowship meeting, and my friend said that he would like to...
