The sermon on the mount is not telling people how to get saved. It is telling saved people how to live. In the first beatitude, being poor in spirit leads to God’s approval which in turn leads to happiness, satisfaction, and joy, and that progression is incredibly significant. Matthew 5:1-3

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

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

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

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

There is the path to righteousness and life, and the path to wickedness and death. Psalm 1 describes the nature of the path of righteousness and the benefits that are gained by following this path as well as the curses that will come from rejecting this path and following the...

Today’s passage teaches about one of the most important messages for the Church today – unity within the Church. It isn’t optional for us. It is at the very heart of the Christian life. Ephesians 4:1-6

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

John was the only gospel writer to include the story of Thomas refusing to believe the resurrection. Not only did he include it, but he has positioned it to function as the CLIMAX of his Gospel. John saw something powerful here. What do we learn from the story of doubting...

Today’s text says that Jesus endured the cross “FOR the joy that was set before him.” This raises an important question. What is this “joy” that was set before Jesus? Hebrews 12:1-2