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04/24/2011 08:50
Luke tells us in Acts 14 that the city of Iconium was divided. Some sided with the Jews and their insistence that their religion of circumcision, sacrifice, and Law was still what God wanted for relationship. The others sided with Paul and Barnabas and their message of the fulfillment of the Law’s...
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04/16/2011 09:30
Paul’s message in the synagogue at Antioch focuses on the death and resurrection of Christ. Paul draws on Old Testament scripture to make the tie between God’s promises of the conquering of sin and death through a Messiah who would be King forever to Jesus. Psalm 2 speaks of David’s coronation in...
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04/01/2011 15:56
Sergius Paulus, the proconsul of Cyprus, believes (13:12). And it is not just because he has seen the miracle of Paul striking Elymas with blindness; Sergius Paulus understood the miracle in conjunction with Paul’s teaching, as we learn in 13:12b. It was the teaching that astonished him. The...
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03/18/2011 11:24
That Peter told those gathered at Mary’s house in Jerusalem to give the message of his release to James first and not to the other apostles has significant implication. Some suggest that Peter is turning over the reigns of the church universal to James. This simply is not so, and I think the rest...
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03/14/2011 07:32
Title: He Loves Me!
Author: Wayne Jacobsen
Publisher: Windblown Media (Newbury Park, CA; (second edition) 2007)
ISBN: 978-0-9647292-5-4
Category: Christian Living
Review Date: 2/21/11
Overall Rating: 3.0 (0 lowest – 7.0 highest)
Category Ratings (0 lowest – 5...
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03/11/2011 08:05
As this section of Acts (chapters 7 through 13) continues to unfold, the focus continues to highlight activity in places other than the Jerusalem church. In chapter 11 verse 19, we read that the scattering from Saul’s chapter 8 persecution has served to send Christian Jews up the coast to...
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03/04/2011 11:09
Acts chapter 11 begins by telling us that news of the gospel going to the Gentiles spread throughout the area so that the Jews of Judea—even Jerusalem—had heard of it. When Peter returned from Caesarea to Jerusalem, the Christian Jews confront him about what they had heard. Notice that the text...
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02/25/2011 08:00
Acts chapter 10 tells the story of Peter bringing the gospel to the Gentiles. The narration changes a little from how Luke had been progressing. We find more detail in this story than usual. It is not surprising considering the pivotal importance of this event, but some of those details provide...
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02/18/2011 09:29
Saul has met the Lord. Not only that, but he has meditated on OT Scripture (having taken a trip to Arabia), recognizing its indication of Christ. He has spent almost three years preaching in Damascus. He has made enemies. He fled from Damascus to outpace those who wanted him dead. But after only...
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02/04/2011 11:44
After Saul meets Christ on the road to Damascus, Luke tells us that he meets Ananias who lays hands on him, allowing him to regain his sight and be filled with the Holy Ghost. Then Luke says that Paul immediately proclaims Jesus in the synagogues, confounding the Jews and proving that Jesus was the...
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