Category: Acts for a 21st c. Church
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Acts of the HOLY SPIRIT
“The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know where it is coming from and where it is going; so is everyone who has been born of the Spirit.” Gospel of John 3:8 – Jesus Christ teaching on the Holy Spirit Introducing the Third Person of…
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What’s the occasion? Festival of Weeks + Pentecost
When the day of Pentecost [was being fulfilled] had come, they were all together in one place. “Observe the Festival of Weeks with the firstfruits of the wheat harvest.. Exodus 34:18a From a Festival of Weeks to Pentecost How is Pentecost the firstfruits of these last days? Have you ever thought about it? Followers of…
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Return Journey of a Church from Prison to Paradise
We began from a dream of beloved relationship in a sinless paradise. But then our security met with unexpected interruption when our eyes opened to a scene east of Eden. There we discovered dependence on prayer and seeking the Lord’s direction. What if there is no escape from this misdirected chaotic place, even from a…
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Christ IS risen, IS with us and will return
Luke-Acts, a Gentile Witness of the Christ What witness of the ascension of the risen Christ shall we share? Our witness of Christ two-thousand and some years after the resurrection and ascension is different than first century believers. Some, but not all, had had encounters with the risen Christ! Many were Jews and some Gentiles,…
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Ordinary Men -2
Acts 4:5-7 On the next day their rulers and elders and scribes gathered together in Jerusalem, with Annas the high priest and Caiaphas and John and Alexander, and all who were of the high-priestly family. And when they had set them in the midst, they inquired, “By what power or by what name did you…
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Ordinary Men – 1
… he was healed by the powerful name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, the man you crucified but whom God raised from the dead. – Acts 4:10b Suppose you were arrested and brought before a court of leaders asking how you had healed a lame man. Would you witness Christ? The Apostle Peter in effect told the very…
