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…
God behind the scenes (Esther 1:1-22) With the benefit of hindsight is it possible to see the intricate details of God’s plan in the book of Esther. So also in…
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…
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…
Paul and Barnabas Separate Acts 15:36 - 16:5 We often look back to the past with rose-coloured glasses and miss the flaws and difficulties that happened along the way. This…
The Jerusalem Council Acts 15:12-35 Church life is often more complicated than it looks. To obtain unity, orthodoxy and preserve the gospel within it is not an easy thing to…
We have seen lots of challenges met by the disciples and early church in the past chapters - both internally and externally. In Ch15, we see the greatest issue that…