SalvationIsJesus.com is a growing resource which, among other things, walks through the Bible focusing on scripture that teaches salvation is through faith in Jesus Christ alone. The most recent entries are below. You can use the sidebar to browse entries by category, books of the Bible, date of post, or subject tags.
In Acts Chapter 14, Paul and Barnabas continue their missionary journey and travel to three more cities: Iconium, Lystra, and Derbe. Read the rest of this entry »
In the last half of Acts 13 Paul and company continue on their missionary journey to the city of Psidian Antioch. They go to the synagogue on the Sabbath and listen to the readings of the Law and the Prophets. then the synagogue leaders ask their guests if there is anything they would like to speak about. Read the rest of this entry »
In the 13th Chapter of Acts, we begin to follow Barnabus and Saul on their first missionary journey. As you know from Chapter 11, Barnabas and Saul had spent the last year in Antioch leading the mostly Gentile group of believers. From the very beginning of Chapter 13 we see God directing the spread of the Gospel of Jesus Christ through the world. Read the rest of this entry »
In Acts Chapter 12 we see the continuing persecution of Christians, driven largely by the jealousy and self-righteousness of the Jews. Read the rest of this entry »
In Acts Chapter 11, Peter goes back to Jerusalem and explains what happened in Caesarea at the house of Cornelius. Peter retells the entire story and concludes with the following… Read the rest of this entry »
The wonderful story of God breaking down prejudices is told in Acts Chapter 10. God directly communicates with a Roman Centurion named Cornelius, and with the Apostle Peter arranging for Peter to go and meet Cornelius. Read the rest of this entry »
In the second half of Acts Chapter 9 we read about Saul’s (aka Paul) extreme behavior change resulting from his conversion to Christianity. Read the rest of this entry »
Noi Suphanee is a missionary that my wife Casey met a few years ago when they were both doing mission work through YWAM in Africa. Noi is Thai and has been working with in a YWAM Thailand children’s sponsorship program for the past few years. This year though, she felt the Lord leading her to start a ministry to the elderly in Bangkok. This new ministry is called Ruth Center. Noi’s life is dedicated to directly fulfilling “pure religion” as defined by scripture in James 1:27…
Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.
In Acts Chapter 9 we meet up again with the story of Saul (aka the Apostle Paul). We see in this chapter how Saul is converted by Jesus himself, becoming a devoted follower. When we were last told about Saul, he was standing by, giving his approval of the men who stoned the first Christian martyr, Stephen. Now he still was “breathing out murderous threats against the Lord’s disciples. He had asked for permission from the high priest to go to Damascus in order to search out and arrest any Christians he found there.
On his way to Damascus, a great light surrounded Saul and Jesus spoke to him. Read the rest of this entry »
The second half of Acts Chapter 8 continues to follow the missionary work of the Apostle Philip. An angel appears to Philip and tells him to go to a certain road that goes from Jerusalem to Gaza. Philip obeys and on the road meats an Ethiopian official traveling back home after worshiping in Jerusalem. Read the rest of this entry »