The Gospel Preached in Iconium, Lystra, and Derbe
In Acts Chapter 14, Paul and Barnabas continue their missionary journey and travel to three more cities: Iconium, Lystra, and Derbe. (more…)
August 27, 2008
August 14, 2008
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August 6, 2008
Acts 10
Breaking Down Prejudices
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. (more…)
July 30, 2008
Acts 9 – Part b
From Christian Murderer to Christian Preacher
In the second half of Acts Chapter 9 we read about Saul’s (aka Paul) extreme behavior change resulting from his conversion to Christianity. (more…)
July 26, 2008
Ruth Center and Noi
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.
July 20, 2008
Acts 9 – Part a
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. (more…)
July 19, 2008
Acts 8 – Part b
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. (more…)