Category: Acts for a 21st c. Church
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Roman Oversight of Jerusalem’s god
There’s been some trouble in town. Now controversary and crowds are nothing out of the ordinary here but I have been trying to determine how best to present an equitable view of recent events. Oh, I might mention that today’s look back at history incites reaction in some no different than the acts concerning religion…
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Jerusalem – a City Stirred Up
Then the whole city was provoked… Acts of the Apostles 21:30 NASB20 CROWD REACTIONS with violence, retribution and vengeance, WAR between two opposing forces where some claim PEACE while others besiege it with competing claims of war and tolerance… Nothing is new under the sun, most especially in Israel ! Jerusalem, Jerusalem! ~ In the…
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What God Hath Wrought 2
Paul’s Mission – 2 REPORTS A.D. 57Previously: TO James and the Church: And when he had saluted them, he rehearsed one by one the things which God had wrought among the Gentiles through his ministry. Acts of the Apostles 21:19 – ASV – Paul’s account of his third mission to th James and the leaders…
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What God Hath Wrought
Jerusalem, Jerusalem ! And when we were come to Jerusalem, the brethren received us gladly. – Acts of the Apostles 21:17 ASV That’s it, really – the end of a THIRD MISSIONARY JOURNEY OF PAUL (and many other apostles and disciples of the risen Jesus Christ). Acts of the Apostles 21: NOTE: Due to the…
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Prophesying the unseen future
Acts of the Apostles 21: Dr. Luke continues his account of their return to Jerusalem and Paul’s stay with Philip the Evangelist in Caesarea. Now this man had four virgin daughters who prophesied. And as we were staying there for some days, a prophet named Agabus came down from Judea. And coming to us, he took Paul’s belt and…
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Returning to seven servants in the Spirit
Acts of the Apostles 21: 7 We continued our voyage from Tyre and landed at Ptolemais, where we greeted the brothers and sisters and stayed with them for a day. 8 Leaving the next day, we reached Caesarea and stayed at the house of Philip the evangelist, one of the Seven. Returning to the Church…
