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]
THE BOOK OF ACTS … “AND THEY WERE CALLED CHRISTIANS.”
As more and more souls were saved by the Grace of God … they naturally became known as a certain type people. In Jerusalem it seems the Pharisees and Elders (including the High Priest) called them "Nazarenes." For example, in Acts 24:5 they called … [Continue reading]
THE BOOK OF ACTS … PETER AND THE GENTILES
Acts chapter 10 records the story of how God "touched the heart" of Simon Peter, the archetypical Jew, and "turned" it toward the Gentiles. This chapter also delineates the conversion of the archetypical Gentile (a Roman soldier named Cornelius) … [Continue reading]
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