July 9, 2026
“The next day we put in at Sidon. And Julius treated Paul kindly and gave him leave to go to his friends and be cared for” (Acts 27:3 ESV). Luke wrote Acts to give an orderly account of the spread of the gospel after Christ’s ascension and Pentecost. There are four times that Dr. Luke
June 30, 2026
“Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God, which he obtained with his own blood” (Acts 20:28 ESV). As Paul concluded his farewell address to the Ephesian elders, he first urged them to pay careful attention to
June 26, 2026
“Because he has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed; and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him from the dead” (Acts 17:31 ESV). Luke recorded Paul’s message to the philosophers and citizens of Athens as he proclaimed the
June 25, 2026
“As we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl who had a spirit of divination …” (Acts 16:16 ESV). Luke wrote the book of Acts to provide an orderly account of the spread of the gospel through the power of the Holy Spirit. Throughout most of Acts, he
June 23, 2026
“Now, therefore, why are you putting God to the test by placing a yoke on the neck of the disciples that neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear?” (Acts 15:10 ESV). At the Jerusalem Council, Peter addressed those who were insisting that Gentile converts must be circumcised and obey the Law of
June 22, 2026
“We bring you good news, that you should turn from these vain things to a living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them. In past generations he allowed all the nations to walk in their own ways. Yet he did not leave himself without witness,
June 20, 2026
“Let it be known to you therefore, brothers, that through this man forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you, and by him everyone who believes is freed from everything from which you could not be freed by the law of Moses” (Acts 13:38-39 ESV). Luke recorded these words as the climax of Paul’s sermon in
June 19, 2026
“But the word of God increased and multiplied.” (Acts 12:24 ESV) Luke wrote the book of Acts to show how the risen Christ continued His work through the Holy Spirit and the church. Acts 12:24 served as one of Luke’s important summary statements. It marked the conclusion of the persecution-centered events in Jerusalem and prepared
June 15, 2026
“About the ninth hour of the day he saw clearly in a vision an angel of God come in and say to him, ‘Cornelius.’” (Acts 10:3 ESV). Luke described a pivotal moment in the spread of the gospel. Cornelius was a Roman centurion stationed in Caesarea. Though he was a Gentile, he was known as
June 7, 2026
“And every day, in the temple and from house to house, they did not cease teaching and preaching that the Christ is Jesus” (Acts 5:42 ESV). Luke recorded this summary statement after the apostles had been arrested, flogged, and ordered by the Sanhedrin to stop speaking in the name of Jesus. Rather than yielding to