PARAGRAPH 1 The distance between God and the creature is so great, that although reasonable creatures do owe obedience to Him as their creator, yet they could never have attained…
Paul's Example: The Way of Peace Acts 18:18-23 • This is the beginning of Paul's third missionary journey - which is centered on the city of Ephesus. • What we…
PAUL IN CORINTH (Acts 18:1-17) While skills and opportunities are important, you need motivation to succeed. You can grow in motivation, using the means God has provided. Discouragement destroys motivation…
Paul in Athens Acts 17:22-34 When we come to Christ, we can't simply have some portion of our lives renovated, we need the old torn down and a new one…
A CITY OF IDOLS (Acts 17:16 - 31) As Paul gets further away geographically from Jerusalem, he also is further away theologically. In Athens people were polytheists; their gods had…
TURNING THE WORLD UPSIDE DOWN Acts 17:1-15 In this book, it is apparent that the gospel has been turning the world upside down - from Jerusalem to a number of…
FREEDOM AND OPPRESSION Acts 16:11-34 There's a lot of talk nowadays about freedom and oppression. So what does it mean to be oppressed or free? Interestingly, the world's way of…
PARAGRAPH 1 Although God created man upright and perfect, and gave him a righteous law, which had been unto life had he kept it, and threatened death upon the breach…
The Conversion of Lydia (Acts 16:6-15) The Marsden Cross memorial in Kerikeri was erected to mark the first time the gospel was preached in New Zealand on Christmas day in…
Chapter 5 — PARAGRAPH 1 God the good Creator of all things, in His infinite power and wisdom does uphold, direct, dispose, and govern all creatures and things,1 from the…