Tag: acts
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Jude -3- Apostates
Why did Jude write to the churches about apostasy? What is apostasy and how do we recognize apostates? As we learned previously in the study of Jude’s reason for exhortation, certain intruders have joined the churches to which he writes. Jude describes them as ungodly people who pervert God’s grace. He accuses these apostates of…
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James – Count It All Joy -2
Count it all joy, my brethren, when you meet various trials… James 1:2 RSV πειρασμός Trials & Temptations Messengers from Jerusalem arrive with a letter from the leader of the church. (Can’t wait to hear their good news.) So what is the first thing James has to say to all of us? Consider all of…
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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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That you may have Certainty – 2
That you may have Certainty in these Uncertain Times In our introduction to this post-resurrection day series, I suggested that we live in uncertain time. I also inquired into the nature of the news we digest. And I might ask you today if this week’s news brings any more certainty? Our series will examine the…
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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…
