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.
Back in 1961 Ricky Nelson sang a song called Travelin’ Man with the lyrics I’m a travelin’ man I’ve made a lot of stops all over the world And in every part I own the heart Of at least one lovely girl If Ricky Nelson had a girl he left behind in every place he […]
On the Apostle Paul’s 2nd missionary journey, he ends up in Athens alone. He reasons with the Jews at the synagogue and then heads to the marketplace where he meets some philosophers to whom Jesus was an unknown God. Paul speaks at the Areopagus and teaches us the difference between careful contextualization of the Gospel […]
As we grow older, our thoughts are more likely to turn to how we’ll be known long after we died. In the BBC miniseries Emma, the long-despised aunt of Frank Churchill dies and Emma exclaims, “I am so very happy at this….dreadful news.” Emma’s brother-in-law says, “No one has liked Mrs. Churchill for years and […]
