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Our Newly Converted Magician Makes a Misstep
2023-01-27 08:33 Acts 8:14-24. When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had converted, they sent Peter and John there to pray with and for the people, that they might receive the Holy Spirit, for they had onl...
A Magician Sees the Light!
2023-01-26 10:45 Acts 8:4-13. The believers who scattered from Jerusalem went about preaching the Gospel. Philip went to a town in Samaria "and the multitudes with one accord gave heed to what was said by Philip, when...
How is Jesus Christ the Word? (A special bonus edition of my daily blog! )
2023-01-25 16:14 A friend recently asked "How is Jesus the Word?" and I have been thinking about how to answer him. I have a lot of thoughts on this, and what feels like an understanding of it, but how do I put it int...
Saul Goes All In
2023-01-25 10:10 Acts 8:1-3. Stephen has just been stoned to death, with Saul consenting to his death. "And on that day, a great persecution arose against the church in Jerusalem". The new believers scattered through ...
When Cognitive Dissonance Wakes Up
2023-01-23 17:29 Acts 7:54-60. When Stephen finishes his lengthy testimony tying Christ to the promises of the Old Testament and reminding the council that the Jewish leaders have often persecuted prophets, the counci...
Stephen's Testimony Concludes - We're All on the Same Journey
2023-01-21 11:08 Acts 7:44-53. Stephen concludes his testimony before the council by reminding them that Moses made the tent of meeting according to God's instructions as a place where God would commune with Moses...
Stephen's Testimony Part VI - Making Connections
2023-01-20 08:41 Acts 7:35-43. Stephen continues: So the same Moses who the Jews asked "Who made you a ruler and a judge?" was sent back to Egypt by God to be the Jews' ruler and deliverer. He performed many wonde...
Stephen's Testimony Part V - The Fullness of Time
2023-01-19 12:16 Acts 7:30-34. Stephen continues: After Moses was in Midian for forty years, God spoke to him from burning bush, saying "I am the God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob." God told Moses to take off h...
Stephen's Testimony Part IV - Moses is Misunderstood
2023-01-18 12:15 Acts 7:23-29. Stephen continues with Moses' story: When Moses was forty years old, after learning of his ancestry, he decided to visit the Jewish people. When he saw a Jew being mistreated by an E...
Stephen's Testimony Part III - Moses, the Ultimate Inside Man
2023-01-16 08:05 Acts 7:17-22. In his testimony before the council, Stephen moves on to the story of Moses. The patriarchs had moved to Egypt during the famine at the urging of their brother, Joseph. Their families, t...