Tag: ephesus
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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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a brief Epistle from Paul to Ephesus
ACTS 20 – a farewell meeting We have recently been reading some of Paul’s early letters to churches. Now the Apostle sends a brief Epistle to Ephesus to set up a parting embrace with the leaders of the Ephesian Church before the apostles sail toward home. Previously we learned that an epistle is not simply…
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RIOTING TODAY! – Testimony from many stakeholders
RIOT TODAY IN EPHESUS! – READ all about it. The NEWS headline could have been from TODAY! But first we return to this riot mentioned in our last edition and Luke’s account of Acts 19. The city was filled with the uproar, and the crowd rushed to the theater together, dragging with them Gaius and…
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Lectures in the School of the Master
Acts 19: Paul Teaching in Ephesus Two Schools of Thought in Ephesus The School of Our Master the Lord Jesus Christ is led by the lecturer Paul; known as the Apostle to the Gentiles and formerly known as Saul of Tarsus. Picture this setting & scene in either the 1st century A.D. where it took…
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Powerful Preaching to powerless Christians
Preaching the Lord Jesus What was the difference in the preaching of Apollos and Paul? In Acts of the Apostles 19 Luke gives it to us straight. Paul discovers some disciples who have already heard the powerful preaching of Apollos. Let’s take a look at Luke’s account translated authoritatively in the King James Version: And…
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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…
