Paul In Rome

Luke ends his book here with Paul preaching the gospel to the Jewish leaders in Rome with this most important fact: It is ALL ABOUT JESUS. Acts 28:11-31

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Paul In Malta

In today’s passage, God demonstrates Paul’s credentials as his spokesperson. He does that through the consistent pattern of the Bible, through signs and wonders, and he also does it through drawing a clear connection from Paul to Christ. Acts 28:1-10

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Providence

God’s providence is the way he uses his sovereign power to govern all creation throughout all time to accomplish his good purposes.  That is what we are seeing demonstrated in Acts 27. We are seeing God’s wise and purposeful sovereignty; we are seeing his providence on full display. Acts 27

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Paul’s Climactic Defense

In today’s passage,  we are looking at Paul’s final defense before the Roman authorities. Paul’s speech in Acts 26 is his climactic defense of the Christian faith in the book of Acts. Acts 25:1–26:32

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Paul Before Felix

In today’s passage, Paul is in prison, and he is caught up in a legal battle. A lawyer is going to put forward a case against him, Paul is going to respond, and then he’s going to sit in a cell for two years. Acts 24:1-27

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The Lord Stood By Him

In today’s passage, the Apostle Paul is standing before the Roman tribune and the Jewish council.   Paul starts this hearing by claiming that he is more concerned about how God would judge him than the Jewish council or even the Romans would, and in doing so, he says that his conscience is clean. The question […]

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Paul’s Address To Jerusalem

To prevent the crowds from murdering the Apostle Paul, the Roman tribute carried him away. But as they reach the top of the steps, Paul made a strange request. He wanted to speak to the crowd. Even in this broken state, Paul saw an opportunity to share the hope that he had with the very […]

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Rumours In Jerusalem

Paul was doing his very best to overcome this division in the church, and he had every hope that this Jerusalem offering would finally bind the church together but the greeting he received when he arrived was not what he was expecting. Acts 21:15-36

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The Gift Of Prophecy

Prophecy is a gift that God has given to His church so it would be unwise of us to refuse one of the tools that our Father has given to us for our good. Acts 21:1-14

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A Charge To The Elders

In our passage today, Paul is just about to set sail for Jerusalem, But before he departs, he needs to make sure that the elders in Ephesus understand that he is passing on the baton of leadership and that they understand what it will look like to shepherd the church in the days to come. […]

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