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When and Why to Wait for an Apology
2023-03-11 11:10 Acts 16:35-40. The day after Paul and Silas spent the night converting and dining with their jailer, the magistrates of the city send word that they are to be released. The jailer tells them to go in ...
Was That Earthquake for Me?
2023-03-10 14:21 Acts 16:25-34. Paul and Silas are in prison, shackled, and are praying and singing as all the other prisoners listen to them. In the night there is a great earthquake that shakes the prison, opening t...
Evangelization Threatens Power Structures
2023-03-09 10:10 Acts 16:16-24. A slave girl possessed by a spirit of divination begins following Paul and his companions around Philippi crying "These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to you the wa...
Where to Go to Meet Women
2023-03-08 10:09 Acts 16:11-15. Paul and his companions (now including Luke!) set sail from Troas, making stops in various cities until they reach Philippi, the leading city in that district of Macedonia, and a Roman ...
Hearing God's Voice and Being Moved by the Spirit
2023-03-06 08:19 Acts 16:6-10. Paul and Timothy are on their evangelical travels, but have been "forbidden by the Holy Spirit to spread the word in Asia." They attempt to go into Bithynia "but the Spirit of Jesus did ...
Paul Meets Timothy (and Shows Some Flexibility)
2023-03-05 10:43 Acts 16:1-5. After his break with Barnabas, Paul is visiting the churches in the places he and Barnabas had originally preached. At Lystra, he meets a young disciple named Timothy, son of a Jewish mot...
Paul and Barnabas Break Up!
2023-03-04 10:35 Acts 15:36-41. After spending some time in Antioch, Paul suggests to Barnabas that they revisit all the places where they have preached to see how the churches there are getting along. Barnabas agrees...
The Apostles and Elders Model Authority
2023-03-03 10:48 Acts 15:22-35. Having discussed the circumcision question and come to agreeement, the apostles and elders send Paul, Barnabas, Judas called Barsabbas, and Silas back to Antioch with a letter to the Ge...
God's Words from the Past Help Us Figure Out Our Future
2023-03-02 11:33 Acts 15:12-21. After Peter speaks to the assembled apostles and elders, arguing that they should not impose circumcision on the Gentiles, Barnabas and Paul next address the assembly, which is listenin...
God Let's Us Know When He's Changing the Rules
2023-03-01 12:23 Acts 15:6-11. As the apostles and elders are considering the circumcision question, Peter rises and speaks. He says they know that God chose him to bring the Gospel to the Gentiles, and they know that...