THE BOOK OF ACTS Lesson 41, Chapter 18 We continue in the Book of Acts chapter 18 as we see how Paul continued the expansion of the Yeshua movement into places more and more distant from its birthplace in Judea and Galilee. In this chapter we are told about Paul being a tentmaker (and by […]

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THE BOOK OF ACTS Lesson 40, Chapters 17 and 18 We are in Acts chapter 17 and last week we ended our study with defining the belief systems of two groups that Paul encountered in Athens: the Epicureans and the Stoics. These two groups in no way passed for religions or held themselves up as […]

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THE BOOK OF ACTS Lesson 39, Chapter 17 Last week in Acts chapter 16 we saw that Paul and Sila were arrested in the town of Philippi and thrown in jail accused of inciting a riot. It took a miraculous action of God (an earthquake) to free them before any permanent harm was done to […]

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THE BOOK OF ACTS Lesson 38, Chapter 16 continued The significance of Acts chapter 16 is that it is what scholars call Paul’s 2 nd missionary journey, and in it we see Paul extending the geographic and ethnic range of his Gospel message beyond the areas where Jews had substantial colonies, and into the more […]

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THE BOOK OF ACTS Lesson 37, Chapter 16 Today we will study Acts chapter 16, which is often called Paul’s 2 nd missionary journey. Before we do, I want to take just a short time to sum up what we learned from Acts 15 as it will significantly affect the taking of the Gospel to […]

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THE BOOK OF ACTS Lesson 36, Chapter 15 continued 3 Last time we looked closely at Acts chapter 15 verse 20, where the supreme leader of The Way, Yeshua’s brother James, says this referring to the new gentile Believers living in Antioch: Acts 15:20 CJB 20 Instead, we should write them a letter telling them […]

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THE BOOK OF ACTS Lesson 35, Chapter 15 continued 2 As we continue our examination of Acts chapter 15, I’ll remind you that we are spending an inordinate amount of time here because this chapter is so crucial to a correct understanding of our faith. But this chapter is also divisive because there are perhaps […]

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THE BOOK OF ACTS Lesson 34, Chapter 15 continued As we continue in our study of Acts chapter 15 we’ll find ourselves taking a few detours much as we did when studying the Torah. This is necessary to address issues and subjects that are subtly woven into the fabric of Acts 15 so that we […]

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THE BOOK OF ACTS Lesson 33, chapter 15 In a typical English Bible translation the first 14 chapters of Acts contains about 12,400 words. Chapters 15 – 28 (the end of the book) usually contain about 12,500 words; so indeed where we sit today as we study this pivotal 15 th chapter of Acts is […]

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THE BOOK OF ACTS Lesson 32, chapters 14 and 15 Our study of Acts chapter 14 today puts us at the halfway point in our study of Acts, but it also essentially completes the contextual background for understanding what comes next in pivotal chapter 15. So we’ll look at a few things closely today to […]

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