Jan 20, 2015 | Acts
As I said last week, I think that this passage of scripture is the most mysterious and controversial in Acts. There is very intriguing material for the Christian to study, but then there isn’t enough information to enable us to be really dogmatic. HOWEVER, dogmatism...
Jan 20, 2015 | Acts
When Judy and I first moved to Calgary, it was to work with Missionary Ken Johnson and his wife. A mission had already been started in the city, and it was then meeting in its second location. Both Brother Johnson and I received criticism from people who didn’t...
Jan 20, 2015 | Acts
The other day, Judy told me that she had been looking at our church web-site, and she spotted a mis-spelling. On the opening page, which has been floating around cyberspace for several years; In the left column, where people can click to other pages, I had mis-spelled...
Jan 20, 2015 | Acts
When two powerful armies, of equal strength, face each other, generally speaking, victory is achieved through the skill of the soldiers or the genius of the generals. The satellite images may reveal something in the geography of the enemy position, or the...
Jan 20, 2015 | Acts
Sunday evening I asked: “Why did the Holy Spirit tell us about Paul’s miracles in Ephesus?” My two suggested answers were: This was a special case, and the Lord granted miracles here where He didn’t in other communities, Or we are told about this case...
Jan 20, 2015 | Acts
This morning, I’d like to build upon the foundation what we laid last Wednesday. In that message, I tried to explain some of the background behind these eight verses. We looked at the power and nature of demonism and sorcery, but we also noticed that even these things...
Jan 20, 2015 | Acts
In verse 12 we read that Paul exorcized demons during his Ephesian evangelistic campaign. Verse 13 suggests that Paul carried on that work through the authority of the Lord Jesus Christ. Paul may have been smart, eloquent, bold, and any number of other wonderful...
Jan 20, 2015 | Acts
The title to last Wednesday’s lesson was: “Wandering Jew.” I tried to explain that that was the meaning of the Biblical statement: “vagabond Jews.” That message was primarily about what the sons of Sceva were trying to do when they said,...
Jan 20, 2015 | Acts
One of the saddest things about modern religion is its general lack of serious seriousness. To many people, religion is a just a waste of time – the ruin of a perfectly good Sunday. They dread the two Sundays out of the year when they are expected to be in church....
Jan 20, 2015 | Acts
Has the vacation or travel bug ever bitten your heart? Sure it has. Have you ever had the opportunity to plan a truly marvelous trip to some exotic place? Maybe it was Yellowstone or Glacier; maybe it was Calgary or Washington DC; maybe it was Europe. Well then, have...
Jan 20, 2015 | Acts
I have told you before that one of my more dangerous habits is giving people the benefit of the doubt. When someone tells me something, I am more apt to accept it as true than to reject it outright. It’s similar to being gullible, but little girls are gullible; I am...
Jan 20, 2015 | Acts
One of the reasons that I am enjoying our study in the Book of Acts is that it is so practical. We are looking at the work of the Lord in ways that our eyes can see, our hands can handle and our minds can grasp. Much of theology is abstract. That is not necessarily...
Jan 20, 2015 | Acts
Don’t you think that Luke makes an interesting comment in verse 29? Gaius and Aristarchus were called “Paul’s companions in travel.” So many things might have been said to describe these two: To use Paul’s own language, they were perhaps fellow-soldiers....
Jan 20, 2015 | Acts
I have told you several times that I don’t go to public movie theaters. That doesn’t make me a better person than those who do; it’s just that I don’t. Also over the last several years, I don’t think that I’ve rented more than 2 or 3 movies in any given year. But...
Jan 20, 2015 | Acts
The Mather family exerted a great deal of influence on what eventually became the United States of America. Not only did they love unusual Christian names, they were somewhat unusual Christians – Puritans. INCREASE Mather was the father of the family, born in...
