What’s the difference between fatalism and an honest expression of “The Lord’s will be done”? What is the difference between a sad state of resignation and a confident trust in Christ? Where does one gain wisdom and discernment to sort through the mixed ideas of well-meaning Christians and develop the obedience for one’s walk with […]
There are a few things in life guaranteed to make me cry. One of them is a good good-bye. In the movie, The Wizard of Oz, the wizard is in a hot-air balloon floating off to Kansas without Dorothy and Toto. He cries out that he can’t come back because he doesn’t know how it […]
People will often remember the manner and disposition of your leaving even more than the fact of it. Lasting impressions are created with a good-bye. Make sure yours is a good good-bye. In his farewell address to the Ephesian elders (Acts 20:13-38) , the Apostle Paul shows us the fine art of the good good-bye.
Meghan Trainor has a song that says “It’s all ‘bout the bass, ‘bout the bass, no treble” which really isn’t about music at all…but for Paul, it wasn’t all about his body or what was music to his ears. It was all about encouragement. Today’s passage, Acts 20:1-12 is all about encouragement. Some of you […]
We could all use a little encouragement and for the Apostle Paul, it was all about encouragement–of the Gospel kind. In Acts 20:1-12, we see the Apostle Paul in action.
Today’s passage of Scripture is all of chapter 19 and there’s a lot of interesting stuff going on here. Last week in the adventures of the early disciples known as the Book of Acts, the Apostle Paul had just finished up his second missionary journey and checked back in at Antioch which was kind of […]
Ephesus was a special place for the Apostle Paul. In several vignettes from Acts 19, we see some reasons why it was such a special place and we’ll learn some applications for us today.
Oftentimes when someone possesses a truly brilliant intellect, pride inevitably follows. Perhaps the person is a braggart making sure everyone knows how smart he is. Perhaps the person feigns humility to be seen in a positive public light when behind closed doors, the sneer of condescension reigns supreme. Perhaps the person adopts the view of […]
What a church! Divided, partisan, immoral ingrates selfish, greedy, lawsuit-happy swindlers idolaters drunks slanderers sexually immoral, married but cheating adulterers judgmental, undisciplined, and arrogant immature sensationalists acting in every way with impropriety And of course, I’m talking about the church at Corinth. Today we’re in Acts 18:1-17 as Paul continues on his second missionary journey—a […]
In Acts 18:1-17, Paul was a broken man and Corinth was a broken place. We see God offering hope for the broken in 5 different ways. Do you need an injection of hope? There’s a good word in Acts 18:1-17 for you.
