In Acts 9 we have the dramatic display of God’s saving grace in the life of Saul, one of the most religious people in all of the New Testament. Apart from Jesus’s resurrection, Saul’s Damascus road experience may be one of the most important events in...

This is another mile marker story in Acts as we see the good news of Jesus spreading beyond Jerusalem to Judea and Samaria. As it does, we see in Philip’s one-to-one conversation with the man from Ethiopia that nestled into the power of the gospel is...

Among the 30,000+ verses in the Bible, the one that was most often shared on YouVersion last year was Philippians 4:6. Is it any wonder that this verse has the theme of worry in it, given all that happened politically, economically and violently in...

In Acts 1, Jesus told His disciples, “You will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” Here in Acts 8, God is accomplishing the second phase of that plan as the scattered Church proclaims the good news...

Christmas is full of surprises, shocking ones and delightful ones. Those are even the emotions that we read about, as the events of the first Christmas are laid out for us in the Bible. The delight that fills Mary’s heart with the surprise of her...

In the events of Acts 6 and 7 we have the historical record of the first Christian martyr, Stephen. The resulting factor of his death is that the message of Christianity spreads like wildfire across the ancient world. As the early church historian...

As the early church bursts with growth it becomes increasingly evident that she isn’t going to be able to function with the twelve apostles doing the bulk of the ministry. In Acts 6 we see the picture of an adaptable church. A church in which the...

The remarkable, and at times, humorous events of Acts 5 show us that when the gospel meets opposition, God finds a way to advance his message through the courageous actions of his people. No one is able to overthrow the gospel because it is the power...

The apostles fulfilled a special role in the early church, but in many ways, the dynamics of their lives set the model for us today. As Christian disciples, we are called to imitate Jesus’ love, his mission, his humility, his servanthood, his...