Christine McGraw. Things are about to take a dramatic turn as Saul, the man we will come to know as Paul, begins his first missionary journey and the career of the most renowned evangelist in the Christian faith will be launched.

Pastor Karen Merkel. Only those with a strong missionary calling are able to withstand persecution, isolation, loneliness, separation from family, serious illnesses, etc. Which have YOU experienced in your walk?

How are divisions in the Body of Christ to be resolved peacefully and effectively? Can they always be? What is essential? What holds us together as the Church?

The fellowship of Paul and Barnabas is broken. A great missionary team splits off into two different directions. Every so often the vision God gives us doesn’t completely line up with the reality that God calls us into.

Scripture often speaks and we often reference the power of the Gospel, but what exactly is the nature of its power? Is such power just about “signs and wonders?” Or are such external displays of God’s power meant to be signposts to its deeper potency?

Paul is sent forward to the city of Athens. He gives a speech at the Areopagus. We can learn a great deal from Paul’s technique in reaching those who are curious but keeping their options open.

Paul visits Corinth, the capital of immorality at the time. He preaches and the majority reject the message. Jesus speaks to Paul in a vision to "not be silent for I am with you."

How much faith does one need to be used by God? How much does one need to know, need to have experienced, to be considered a valid witness of Jesus Christ? What is the difference between having enough faith and a mature faith?

Nothing quite reveals the controversial nature of Gospel message like the economy. Together we will remember that there is an important reason why Jesus talked about money and possessions, mammon—to use the lingo of his day—more than any other expression.

Paul is journeying from Asia to Jerusalem, but along the way back, Paul is repeatedly warned by others “through the Holy Spirit,” not to proceed. What are we to make of this? What exactly is the will of God when a door is open but a window is closed?