In Acts 20:8 Luke describes the place where the Christians in Troas gathered. "And there were MANY LIGHTS in the upper chamber, where they were gathered together." It was simply labeled "an upper chamber." The highest part of a house, sometimes … [Continue reading]
THE BOOK OF ACTS … PAUL AT “TROAS”
This city (Troas) Paul visited is synonymous with ancient Troy, made famous in Homer's Epic "Iliad." Located on the Aegean Sea, it was easily accessible as Paul is currently determined to go to Jerusalem, an inexplicable desire on his part. … [Continue reading]
THE BOOK OF ACTS … LUKE’S ACCOUNT OF PAUL’S LIFE … THE NUMEROUS “NONSPECIFICS!”
I am not sure Luke really every meant to give us a biography of the great Apostle Paul. Certainly not a full one! Rather, Luke's history volume in the New Testament (the Acts of the Apostles, most often called) is a history of the spread of the … [Continue reading]
THE BOOK OF ACTS … THE GAINS OF THE GOSPEL!
Paul in Ephesus … his longest (in time) local Church ministry of all! Luke's pen tells us the most: "He himself (the Apostle) stayed in Asia for a season. And the same time there arose no small stir about that way. For a certain man named Demetrius, … [Continue reading]
THE BOOK OF ACTS … AN EPHESIAN (GENTILE) PENTECOST?
Let me begin by declaring that I believe there was only ONE Pentecost, as far as the holy Spirit coming down to inhabit the Church, its members, truly born-again people. And yet again let me assert I DO BELIEVE there have been many Holy Ghost … [Continue reading]
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