Tag: antioch
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Acts 13.2 – Sailing from Antioch
ON OUR JOURNEY AHEAD from Antioch I’ll show you a 21st century view of Paul’s missionary journey from GOOGLE EARTH guided by brief scripture for each part of Paul’s first missionary journey. What do you know about Antioch? In my introduction to the first missionary journey of Paul we introduced you to some representative faces…
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Who shall we send? Barnabas and Saul
+ a Brief Summary of Acts [ABOVE] covers 10+ years. First Missionary Journey of Paul & Barnabas In this introduction to what Christians typically refer to as the THREE Missionary Journeys of Paul, I would prefer to get us thinking about the chronology, context and characters (yes, plural) leading these missions into all the world…
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Predictions of Prophets and missions of gods
Cover photo: statue of Emperor Claudius as the Greek god Jupiter. Some Prophets from Jerusalem Now in those days, some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch. ACTS 11:27 Legacy Standard Bible A believer in Christ, follower of a false prophet, worshiper of an ancient god or iconic contemporary might easily miss the significance of…
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An Antioch Blueprint of Church Evangelism
Antioch – a Crossroads Church of the Gospel And in Antioch the disciples were first called Christians. Acts of the Apostles 11:26 ESV – [CLICK HERE for other versions] ‘Christians’ – an all-too-familiar label ‘christians‘ don’t understand Hundreds of disciples of Jesus Christ were first mocked in Antioch as ‘Christians.’ The Church now claims this…
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You are my Son
Acts 13: “‘You are my Son, today I have begotten you.’ 34 And as for the fact that he raised him from the dead, no more to return to corruption, he has spoken in this way, “‘I will give you the holy and sure blessings of David.’ 35 Therefore he says also in another psalm, “‘You will…
