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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
Jan 18, 2015 | Acts
Before this morning, how many times in the past seven days did you think about angels? Do you mean to tell me that you don’t often think about those special servants of God, even though there could very well be more of them in this room than human beings? And don’t...
Jan 18, 2015 | Acts
How long had it been since the little coastal vessel of Adramyttium sailed from Caesarea? We have no way of knowing for sure, but I would say that perhaps four to six weeks had passed. It had probably taken about two weeks to reach Myra where everyone boarded the...
Jan 18, 2015 | Acts
I hope that you all remember the children’s Bible story about the Prophet Jonah. The thing about the Prophet Jonah is that he is not just the leading character in a children’s story. Four, five and six-year-olds may love the story of Jonah, because of some of its...
Jan 18, 2015 | Acts
It must be repeated over and over again – Heaven and eternal life are NOT REWARDS for faithful service. A person may work his way to Hell, but not to Heaven. Paul was a servant of God not in order to become one of the Lord’s people, but because he already was. And he...
Jan 18, 2015 | Acts
I didn’t count them, but I have more than a dozen books of wise and witty quotations. Some of those books are limited to statements from single authors like Spurgeon, Tozer or Vance Havner. Some are entirely religious, some are meant to be funny, and some come from...
Jan 18, 2015 | Acts
On the evening of October 22, 1918, the Canadian Pacific Steamship “Princess Sophia” sailed from Skagway, Alaska bound for Vancouver. She carried with her 268 passengers and a crew of 75. The White Pass and Yukon Railway company had 85 of its summer...
Jan 18, 2015 | Acts
It will be nearly impossible to call this a Bible study. Although it is Bible-related, we aren’t actually studying the verses of our text. Just for fun & for a little background behind this chapter, let’s spend a few minutes on the Island of Melita. Some of you...
Jan 18, 2015 | Acts
Ours is not a very homogenous society. We live in the United States, but those 50 states are united only in certain ways and by regions. In many ways there are states as different from other states as many foreign countries. And then scattered throughout those states...
Jan 18, 2015 | Acts
One of the saddest of all anomalies in this world is when non-Christians are more Christian than Christians. For example, what are the three greatest Christian virtues? Faith, hope and charity. Why is it that many who reject Christ and the principles of the Bible...
Jan 18, 2015 | Acts
When I was just a little guy, still living in Omaha, Nebraska, my parents enrolled me in a summer, day-camp. I don’t remember if it was through the YMCA or if it was run by the city, but every morning for a week or two a group of us kids would gather at a certain...
