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Baptism in the Spirit is Essential
2023-03-23 11:52 Acts 19:1-7. Apollos has gone to Corinth, and Paul returns to Ephesus. Speaking to about twelve disciples there, he asks if they have received the Holy Spirit and they say they have never even heard o...
God Strengthens His Bench
2023-03-22 10:43 Acts 18:22-28. Paul is retracing his steps as he begins the journey back to Jerusalem. He strengthens the believers in the cities He previously visited as he passes. Meanwhile, a believing Jew from Al...
Paul Cuts His Hair and His Visit Short
2023-03-20 09:34 Acts 18:18-21. Paul leaves Corinth with Priscilla and Aquila and sails for Syria. In Cenchreae, "he cut his hair, for he had a vow." He then goes to Ephesus, where he enters the synagogue alone to arg...
We Need College Administrators Like Gallio!
2023-03-19 10:07 Acts 18:12-17. Paul remains in Corinth preaching, having been reassured by God that he will be safe there. The Jews are still angry with him, however, and they band together to bring him before Gallio...
Fear is the Opposite of Love
2023-03-18 11:46 Acts 18:5-11. Silas and Timothy arrive in Corinth and find Paul occupied with preaching to the Jews there. When the Jews oppose him, Paul declares that his blood will be on their heads, and he will no...
The Biggest of Tents
2023-03-17 10:32 Acts 18:1-4. Paul leaves Athens for Corinth and finds a Jew named Aquila and his wife Priscilla there. Aquila and Priscilla have recently fled to Corinth from Italy because Claudius had ordered all th...
Ignorance of the Law is No Longer an Excuse
2023-03-16 12:29 Acts 17:22-34. Having been brought by skeptical and curious philosophers to the Areopagus, Paul speaks to the Athenians of God and salvation. He begins by noting that Athens seems a very religious cit...
Babbling in Athens (and Elsewhere)
2023-03-15 11:12 Acts 17:16-21. While Paul is waiting in Athens for Silas and Timothy to join him, he notices that the city is filled with idols, so he begins preaching on his own there. He argues in the synagogues wi...
We're Part of the Greatest Mystery
2023-03-14 10:27 Acts 17:10-15. Knowing that the Jews in Thessalonica are after Paul and his companions, the brethren there send them away in the night to Beroea. On arriving there, Paul and the others go to the synag...
Are We Ready to Have Our World Turned Upside Down?
2023-03-13 08:39 Acts 17:1-9. After traveling through several other cities, Paul, Silas, and the others arrive in Thessalonica. Paul, as is his custom, goes right to the synagogue and spends three weeks arguing and pr...