Tag: apostles
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Sailing Home on the Aegean
And when they had come to him, he said to them,“You yourselves know, from the first day that I set foot in Asia, how I was with you the whole time, serving the Lord with all humility and with tears and with trials.. Acts of the Apostles 20:18-19a LSB – The Apostle Paul bidding farewell…
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Three Years in Ephesus with Tears
Paul has just sent for the Ephesian Elders and is about to address them as at the conclusion of his third missionary journey as the Apostle departs for Jerusalem. Serving the Lord with humility and tears The *apostles’ tearful departure from Ephesus – Let us recall so many close relationships of those brothers and sisters…
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Strategic Retreat of Paul to Troas
The Apostle’s circuitous route home Today we join Paul’s in Troas, a strategic Roman port the Apostle visited on his second missionary journey. Acts 20 Paul, led by the Holy Spirit, leads disciples and directs leaders of each church on mission. PREVIOUSLY, Luke records in Acts 20 how and why Paul left Ephesus. Corinth, as…
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Apollos and Paul – Apostles crossing paths
Apollos arrives in Ephesus Acts 18: [No mention here of Silas, Luke or Timothy also part of this 2nd mission. Email me or comment if you know where these apostles of the church might be as Paul begins his 3rd missionary journey. – Roger@TalkofJesus.com ] Notice where Ephesus fits into our A.D. 51-52 timeline as…
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Sanctification and your Walk Toward Holiness
WHAT IS SANCTIFICATION and WHY DOES IT MATTER? Walking instructions to please God more SOUNDS LIKE GOOD FATHERLY ADVICE, doesn’t it? Allow me to tell you a story about a letter. ONCE UPON A TIME there were some gentile pigs (as Jews supposed them to be) who having fled their straw and stick houses to…
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New Testament Epistles – Apostolic Letters to the Church
Epistles of the Apostles Epistles are a type of letter. Have you ever received a letter with GOOD NEWS? And consequently didn’t these epistles or letters fill you with joy upon reading from the thoughtfulness of this sender of GOOD NEWS? Just a reminder from our previous post about the HOT Topics of AD 50…
