Even though you are armed with the teachings of Christ, do you feel deficient or ill-equipped in your witness for Christ in this world? Perhaps you might be tempted to think that you are in charge of carefully strategizing how to make the gospel relevant to someone. ...
Let’s summarize how Luke describes the process of Barnabas and Saul leaving the church of Antioch at the beginning of Acts 13. The Spirit sets them apart, v.2, then the church releases them, v.3, and finally the Spirit is said to have sent them out, v.4. The church...
In light all that we have learned today in the Antioch church’s love towards the church in Judea from Acts 11:29, it’s helpful to ask: At what point does our love for others cease; in other words what are the barriers that we refuse to cross in order to...
The same phrase, “being together” is used in Acts 2:47 as was found at the beginning of v.44. This means that the Lord wasn’t adding people to some church directory in heaven, but he was adding them to the “togetherness” of the body of Christ. Those...