About mid-book … in chapter 15 of 28 total chapters … Acts, the New Testament's little Volume on Church History, records an event that changes the course of the whole Christian Movement. In its beginning, the Church (using Jesus' Words, "My … [Continue reading]
THE BOOK OF ACTS … THE LITTLE CITY OF ICONIUM
Paul and Barnabas, two traveling preachers, have just been expelled from a Gentile city called Antioch. (This is Pisidian Antioch, not the Antioch in Syria, where the Apostles first started this journey.) "But the Jews stirred up the devout and … [Continue reading]
THE BOOK OF ACTS … PAUL, THE BIBLE STUDENT!
The Apostle Paul was preaching on the Island of Cyprus, and in his Sermon he revealed a fact that is told nowhere else in the Bible. (Best I can find, anyway.) As he reviews a bit of Jewish history (perhaps patterning his Message after the powerful … [Continue reading]
THE BOOK OF ACTS … PREACHING IN CYPRUS
Paul and his companion Barnabas have now departed from Antioch in Syria (sort of "home base" for Paul during these early years) and sailed out into the Mediterranean Sea. Heading for Barnabas' native Land, the Island of Cyprus. A "missionary" … [Continue reading]
THE BOOK OF ACTS … OUR LAST MAJOR VIEW OF SIMON PETER
You Bible students are probably already familiar with the miraculous account of Peter's deliverance from prison, just hours prior to his scheduled execution by wicked King Herod. Acts 12:1-17 tells the whole Story. Briefly, here's the … [Continue reading]
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