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What if a Miracle's Knocking at the Gate?
2023-02-15 09:41 Acts 12:12-17. When he realizes he has been freed by the angel, Peter goes to the house of Mary, mother of John (also known as Mark), where many disciples are gathered and praying. He knocks on the do...
Freedom and the Willingness to Act
2023-02-14 10:49 Acts 12:6-11. The very night Herod intends to bring Peter out of prison to face the Jews, as Peter is sleeping, bound in chains between two guards, an angel comes to him in prison. The angel strikes P...
Time to Pray Earnestly!!
2023-02-13 08:54 Acts 12:1-5. Herod has begun to treat the new church with violence. He has the apostle James killed by the sword, and when he sees that is pleasing to the Jewish leaders, he has Peter arrested as well...
There Will Always Be Prophets (and Sometimes They Are Us!)
2023-02-11 10:41 Acts 11:27-30. In those days, prophets came to Antioch from Jerusalem and one, named Agabus, "stood up and foretold by the Spirit that there would be a great famine over all the world," and this came ...
Cutting Teeth in Tarsus
2023-02-10 09:14 Acts 11:19-26. The disciples who had been scattered due to the persecution begun with Stephen's death found their way to many other places, such as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, and they preache...
Accepting Being Wrong (and Others) Graciously
2023-02-09 11:10 Acts 11:1-18. The apostles and disciples in Judea have received word of Peter's visits to Cornelius and that the Gentiles have received the Word of God. When Peter returns to Jerusalem, the circumcisi...
Baptizing with The Holy Spirit and with Water
2023-02-08 10:10 Acts 10:34-48. Speaking to the many Gentiles gathered at Cornelius' house, Peter says he perceives "that God shows no partiality, but in every nation anyone who fears him and does what is right is...
The Proper Authority Structure
2023-02-07 07:01 Acts 10:24-33. Peter arrives at Cornelius' house in Cesarea. Cornelius is expecting him, and has gathered his family and friends to await Peter. Meeting Peter, Cornelius falls to Peter's feet,...
There Are No Coincidences (and God is Economical)
2023-02-06 09:29 Acts 10:17-23. While Peter is perplexed and pondering the strange vision he had, the men sent by Cornelius arrive at his door. The Spirit speaks to Peter and says "Behold, three men are looking for yo...
No Bugs on Peter's Menu!
2023-02-05 13:43 Acts 10:9-16. The day after Cornelius has his vision, Peter has a vision in Joppa. While awaiting a meal, Peter goes onto the rooftop to pray, and there he falls into a trance where he sees something ...