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Focus on The Convincible
2023-05-17 06:42 Acts 28:23-24. The Jews in Rome appoint a day when they will come to Paul and hear all he has to say on this new sect, as they call Christianity. On that day, they come in great numbers, "[a]nd he exp...
Know When to Leave the Party
2023-05-15 08:23 Acts 28:17-22. After three days in Rome, Paul calls together the Jewish leaders there. He tells them he has been delivered to Rome as a prisoner because the Jews in Jerusalem wanted him dead, even tho...
Paul Gets By With a Little Help From His Friends
2023-05-14 10:17 Acts 27:11-16. Paul and the others who have been shipwrecked on their way to Rome finally set sail from the island of Malta after wintering there for three months. The ship they board is from Alexandr...
Love and Supplies
2023-05-12 16:21 Acts 28:7-10. Publius, the chief man of the island where Paul and the others have been shipwrecked, receives the survivors hospitably, and they stay with him for three days. Publius' father is sic...
Out of the Shipwreck and Into the Fire (with a snake!)
2023-05-11 10:24 Acts 28:1-6. The ship bringing Paul and other prisoners to Rome has run aground and been destroyed. As Paul predicted, though, the passengers and crew have all survived and now find themselves on an i...
Paul Goes from Prophet, to Priest, to King
2023-05-10 10:18 Acts 27:39-44. The ship carrying Paul and other prisoners to Rome has weathered a terrible storm and come to what the crew hopes is a place to land. At daybreak, they see land they do not recognize, b...
Gift of Finest Wheat
2023-05-09 10:30 Acts 27:33-38. After surviving a lengthy storm, the ship carrying Paul as a prisoner to Rome has dropped anchor, hoping to see land in the morning. Before dawn, Paul urges all to eat, as they have not...
There is No Safety Outside the Church
2023-05-07 20:32 Acts 27:27-32. On the fourteenth night of their fateful journey, having thrown almost all supplies overboard in the midst of a terrible storm, the crew of the ship bringing Paul to Rome suspects they ...
Prayer Saves Lives!
2023-05-06 11:04 Acts 27:21-26. The ship transporting Paul to Italy is caught in a terrible storm. All supplies have been thrown overboard, and hope of being saved has been abandoned. All on board have gone a long tim...
Never Abandon Hope
2023-05-05 10:39 Acts 27:13-20. The ship bearing Paul and other prisoners to Italy is having a difficult journey. The captain and ship owner have just decided, against Paul's advice, to try to reach a harbor in Cr...