June 25, 2024
‘Then he brought them out and said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” And they said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.”’ (Acts 16:30-31 ESV). The magistrate of the city of Philippi had Paul and Silas publicly beaten and thrown into prison. Around midnight as
June 22, 2024
“And when they had appointed elders for them in every church, with prayer and fasting they committed them to the Lord in whom they had believed” (Acts 14:23 ESV). After Paul and Barnabas preached the gospel and made many disciples in city after city, they returned to each city to appoint elders in every church.
June 16, 2024
“And on the following day they entered Caesarea. Cornelius was expecting them and had called together his relatives and close friends” (Acts 10:24 ESV). The Roman centurion, Cornelius, had sent for the apostle Peter and upon hearing that he was on the way, he “called together his relatives and close friends” to meet and hear
June 15, 2024
‘And the voice came to him again a second time, “What God has made clean, do not call common.” This happened three times, and the thing was taken up at once to heaven’ (Acts 10:15-16 ESV). While praying on the rooftop of Simon the Tanner, Peter saw a vision of “unclean” animals lowered down from
June 14, 2024
“Now as Peter went here and there among them all, he came down also to the saints who lived at Lydda” (Acts 9:32 ESV). After Paul’s conversion there was a season of peace for the church. During this time, the apostle Peter traveled throughout Judea, Samaria and Galilee visiting the new believers and strengthening them
June 11, 2024
‘Then they cast him out of the city and stoned him. And the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul. And as they were stoning Stephen, he called out, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”’ (Acts 7:58-59 ESV). I wonder how often Saul thought of Stephen. Certainly, Saul, who
June 9, 2024
“He supposed that his brothers would understand that God was giving them salvation by his hand, but they did not understand” (Acts 7:25 ESV). Stephen’s defense before the Jewish council was amazing in its breadth and understanding of Jewish history. He offered a condensed version of the Old Testament story starting with Abraham and steadily
June 7, 2024
‘But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men”‘ (Acts 5:29 ESV). When the Jewish council again brought the apostles before them for preaching in Jesus’ name, ordering them to stop, Peter replied that their ultimate obedience was to God. In other words, the ruling that the council gave went contrary
June 6, 2024
“So they called them and charged them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus” (Acts 4:18 ESV). Peter and John healed a crippled man in the name of Jesus and began to preach in the Temple. A great crowd gathered to see the cripple now walking and to hear the
June 5, 2024
“Repent therefore, and turn back, that your sins may be blotted out, that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that he may send the Christ appointed for you, Jesus, whom heaven must receive until the time for restoring all the things” (Acts 3:19-21 ESV). A crowd gathered in the