Daily Devotion

SCRIPTURE : ACTS 10:17-33 T he most surprising things are happening in this chapter. Once again, remember that the Jews believed that other nations were outside the mercy of God. The really strict Jew would have no contact with a Gentile or even...

SCRIPTURE: ACTS 10:9-16 T his verse begins a sequence which brings us to an important turning point in the Book of Acts. Though Jesus commissioned the apostles to teach (make disciples of all nations, Matthew 28:19), they were not anxious to do...

SCRIPTURE: ACTS 9:23-25 T his is a vivid example of how much a few words in the biblical narrative may imply. Luke says that after some time in Damascus these things happened. The period in that passing phrase was no less than three years (...

SCRIPTURE: ACTS 8:5-13 W hen the Christians were scattered abroad, Philip, who had emerged into prominence as one of the Seven, arrived in Samaria, and there he preached. This incident of the work in Samaria is an astonishing thing because it was...

SCRIPTURE: ACTS 7:17-36 N ext upon the scene comes the figure of Moses. For the Jews, Moses was above all the men who answered God's command to go out. He was quite literally the man who gave up a kingdom to answer God's summons to be the leader of...

SCRIPTURE: ACTS 7:8-16 The Picture of Abraham is succeeded by the picture of Joseph. The key to Joseph's life is summed up in his own saying in Genesis 50:20. At that time, his brothers were afraid that after the death of Jacob, Joseph would take...