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]
THE BOOK OF ACTS … THE EPHESIANS, BOTH THE PEOPLE AND THE EPISTLE
Here's Luke's report on Paul first visit to the city Ephesus, a chief Roman city. "And he came to Ephesus." Acts 18:19 … pretty brief, isn't it? Yet, once settled in, the Apostle preached three full years there! According to Acts 20:31. Then … [Continue reading]
THE BOOK OF ACTS … PAUL AT EPHESUS
Chronologically, it was his longest ministry. His longest "pastorate," one might accurately say. I mean Paul's time in the city of Ephesus. Generally … Paul and his team (which often varied in both numbers and membership) stayed in a place only a … [Continue reading]
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