Acts 12 begins a new section in the Book of Acts showing the persecution which would be committed against the early church. Nowadays, our usual response to persecution is avoidance…
The reason why we spend so much time going through this portion of Scripture—the Gentile inclusion in the salvation story—is not just because scripture itself talks about it a number…
PETER'S MESSAGE TO THE GENTILES from Acts 10:36-43 We have been to many meetings in our lives, most of them life-shaping. We see one important meeting that took place between…
GOD SHOWS NO PARTIALITY (Acts 10:17-35) Every moment in the Bible is historic. This is one of those moments that shaped our history as the Gospel went beyond Israel and…
PETER AND CORNELIUS (Acts 10:1-8) The Jewish (including the Apostles'!) mindset had always been opposed to the Gentile inclusion. However, this mindset was set to change, as Christian Jews were…
SIGNS (MIRACLES) OF A TRUE APOSTLE (Acts 9:32-43) Salvation had been for the Jews, now it was becoming a global phenomenon. We are seeing here a build up of miracles.…
SAUL PROCLAIMS CHRIST (Acts 9:19-31) We have said in the past that one of the reasons that the devil hates us is because we have abandoned him. The war that…
THE MINISTRY OF ANANIAS Acts 9:1-19 When we read this passage, we think to ourselves, "God can do this evangelism by Himself. Why did He decide to use you and…
THE CONVERSION OF SAUL OF TARSUS (Acts 9:1-9) Who would we consider as the most influential person in the history of Christianity, excluding Christ? Many of us consider it to…
THE ETHIOPIAN EUNUCH—Marks of A True Conversion: Acts 8:26-40 Up until this point the church is growing relatively slowly. This is the first time that someone outside Jerusalem finds salvation…