Daily Devotion
Compromise in Jerusalem
ACTS 21:17-26 W hen Paul arrived in Jerusalem, he presented the church with a problem. The leaders accepted him and saw God's hand in his work, but rumors had been spread that he had encouraged Jews to forsake their ancestral faith. This, Paul, had...
No Retreat
ACTS 21:1-16 T he narrative is speeding up, and there is an atmosphere of approaching storm as Paul comes nearer Jerusalem. Two things stand out here; (1 st ) there is the sheer determination of Paul to go on no matter what lay ahead. Nothing could...
The Reactions of the Athenians
ACTS 1:32-34 I t would appear on the whole that Paul had less success in Athens than anywhere else. It was typical of the Athenians that all they wanted was to talk. They did not want action; they did not even particularly want conclusions. They...
A Son in the Faith
SCRIPTURE: ACTS 16:1-5 INTRODUCTION TO PAUL'S SECOND MISSIONARY JOURNEY T he narrative of Paul's second missionary journey that lasted for about three years is recorded in Acts 15:36 to 18:23. It began from Antioch. Paul first made a tour of the...
Peter on His Defense
SCRIPTURE: ACTS 11:1-18 T he importance that Luke attached to this incident is shown by the amount of space he devoted to it. His writing was on a roll of papyrus that was about 35 feet long. Luke had almost endless material to fit into that space....
The Heart of the Gospel
SCRIPTURE: ACTS 10:34- 43 I t is clear that we have here the barest summary of what Peter said to Cornelius, which makes it all the more important because it gives us the very essence of the first preaching about Jesus. (1 st ) Jesus was sent by...