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ACTS on Mission Paul and other Apostles
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Luke has been journaling Paul’s mission into all the Greek and Roman world. We include a summary of Acts of the Apostles 1-20 . UPDATE: March 12, 2024 C.E. The APOSTLE Paul is getting under way once more returning toward home from his FIVE-YEAR 3rd Missionary Journey. ~A.D. 47 – A.D. 55 NOW that we…
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Damascus Road: Witness into all the World
Witness from Jerusalem to Damascus Of all places the Apostles would not have ever thought the risen Christ would anoint yet another Apostle, a road to Damascus likely would have been the last place to come to mind. Jesus had led them to places beyond Galilee (now formally a part of Syria under the administration…
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Acts 8:1 Syria – Strategic Map into all of the world
Our cover photo may look like an intelligence map for a modern military operation in Syria. That’s right. War in Syria is hardly anything new under the sun. So you ask, what does this have to do with a first century Syria of the Roman Empire and Jesus’ great commission? Some text on Talk of…
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Philip: Evangelizing Christ’s Sheep Beyond Gaza
How important is Gaza to Philip’s Evangelizing Mission? What does Gaza have to do with, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.” and evangelizing Christ Jesus? Quote of Jesus from the Gospel of Mark 16:15 We’ll talk of JESUS’ evangelism model begun in the Apostles and now a command to…
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Stephen: Witness and Martyr
Many of us remain fascinated with the testimony of a witness impacting the outcome of a trial. μάρτυς – martys – a witness WE are simply spectators at a trial, not a familiar rerun of a fictional courtroom scene by Erle Stanley Gardner six decades ago, but an actual ancient trial of an accused defendant,…
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Stephen: Brothers, Who made you a ruler and a judge over us?
Simon Peter had already preached in the Temple what Stephen would say once again about Moses. “And now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance, just as your rulers also did… “Moses said, ‘THE LORD GOD WILL RAISE UP FOR YOU A PROPHET LIKE ME FROM YOUR COUNTRYMEN; TO HIM YOU SHALL LISTEN regarding…
