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The backroom deals can make things happen at times that leave you scratching your head. Just when you thought you knew the rules, you find out that the rules have been changed. That is what the Jewish leaders try to do with Paul. As Festus, the new puppet king ruling over the area from Caesarea, […]
As I noted yesterday, Jesus had told Paul that he would go on to testify for him in Rome. Paul wouldn’t stay there in Jerusalem. His story wouldn’t end there, but instead he would continue on and take the story of Jesus into the heart of the Gentile world of that time. The commander Claudius […]
You know, those that walk in God’s way, He will protect them. We are blessed. God is watching over me and will protect me. Those that obey God will be protected by God. I hear these types of statements made pretty routinely amongst Christians. Sometimes I speak up, sometimes I don’t. Sometimes it comes up […]
Our concerns are most frequently on this life. Our thoughts are frequently here, in this place and in this time. Our prayers are most frequently focused on the problems of today. But I’ve been struck recently by how different this is from the perspective that we see in the Scriptures, from the narrative that we […]
This morning, we were reading Matthew 10 as part of our team’s regular Bible study. Jesus sends out his disciples to the Israelite towns, but spends most of his time giving them a warning that persecution, beatings, and even death await them because they are his disciples and because of what he is sending them […]
At the end of our previous meeting, our friend who believed that the Bible promises us riches if we become a Christian said that blessings in the Old Testament and the New Testament must be different. Surely we are intended to be rich based on the promises of the New Testament because he said that […]
I was recently reading Matthew 10 with some others here in Catania. Jesus selected the 12 disciples and immediately sent them out to tell others about the Kingdom of God. There are some interesting things that I see here in this chapter, specifically related to suffering and persecution as he sent them out. Here are […]
I think it is safe to say that the most prolific church planter that we can read about in the scriptures was the Apostle Paul. He started many churches where there were no churches before and taught new disciples to do the same. As a result, as we think about a Biblical Roadmap for Starting […]
As a church, we take the Lord’s Supper each week. It isn’t because we believe that you must take it each week. It is simply a regular reminder of what Jesus has done for us as well as a way that we can reinforce with the people in our church of how to take the […]
Paul continues to tell the Corinthians that his goal, while he was there in Corinth, was to stay away from preaching and arguments that would be considered wise to the world, and instead speak with the wisdom of God. It would only be considered wisdom to those whom the Spirit had revealed the truth. But […]