January 4, 2015
In this overview of the prophecy of Isaiah, we examine chapters 1–8 and 40–48.
January 4, 2015
Throughout Acts Luke wants us to see the work of the risen Lord through his church. The church is not a building…or a program either. It’s a body, a bride, a living voice testifying to the glory and power of God.
December 7, 2014
Luke never lets us lose sight of his real purpose—to show that the risen Christ kept the gospel message going farther and farther out. Paul was in Rome because his mission was to be a witness to Jews, Gentiles, and Kings… “to the end of the earth” (1:8).
November 30, 2014
God wants us to glorify him (publicly and privately) for his grace and goodness. Giving thanks can be part of a powerful testimony to Jesus Christ.
November 16, 2014
Nothing would make Paul keep the message of Christ to himself. Our faith should be open and presented to the lost.
November 9, 2014
Paul was appointed to be a “servant and witness” (v. 16). As disciples, we have no higher calling or greater privilege than to be servant-witnesses for Jesus Christ.
November 2, 2014
The Jews were up to their same plots, the officials were up to their same tricks, Paul was committed to the same gospel, and Christ is still advancing his Word through his servants.
October 26, 2014
While Paul exposes their charges as false, he shows that his love for God is true. What Paul did “confess” to is what we should all be “guilty” of.
October 12, 2014
Behind all these plots to kill and attempts to save, God is working out his purpose in and through Paul as he does through us today.
October 5, 2014
Paul could say, “I am ready…to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus” (21:13). Can we say with the same resolve that we are ready to live for him? Part 1