Acts Chapter 16 finds Paul and Silas unjustly thrown into prison, but they had a surprising reaction to their suffering. As they prayed and sang hymns to the Lord, they found strength in a remarkable miracle that created an opportunity to minister and lead many to salvation. Pastor Brett Meador highlights their example of the power of prayer and praise in Today’s Word.

In the book of Acts, we learn of not just a sudden great earthquake, but one that was clearly supernatural. Not only because of its timing and location where Paul and Silas were imprisoned, but also in the way that the doors were opened and chains were loosed. Pastor Brett Meador marvels in Today’s Word how the Holy Spirit used Paul and Silas in their terrible adversity.

In the book of Acts, we learn of not just a sudden great earthquake, but one that was clearly supernatural. Not only because of its timing and location where Paul and Silas were imprisoned, but also in the way that the doors were opened and chains were loosed. Pastor Brett Meador marvels in Today’s Word how the Holy Spirit used Paul and Silas in their terrible adversity.

The book of Acts depicts the early church growing through various missionary journeys of Paul, Barnabas, Silas, Timothy and others. But Pastor Brett Meador in his verse-by-verse study series of Acts emphasizes not just how, but why people’s hearts were opened – and that’s because the teaching of the word of God. More in Today’s Word, of how the church is established in faith.

As Paul and Silas set out on their missionary journey they found themselves re-routed from their intended course and ended up beaten and imprisoned. Yet, despite these seeming setbacks, they continue to rejoice and share the Gospel, leading to salvation for many adding to the church in Philippi in the end. More from the book of Acts in Today’s Word, with Pastor Brett Meador.

Acts Chapter 15 brings us to an important moment in the early church. Answering a question having eternal consequences: Is salvation by God's grace alone, or must people earn it by keeping the law? Coming up, Pastor Brett Meador reinforces from Today’s Word why grace, not works, is the foundation of our faith and salvation. He begins with some background for the discussion.

Immediately after teaching that sinners are saved by grace alone, Paul told the Ephesians, believers are created for good works. Simply stated, good works can’t earn salvation, rather they’re a result of salvation. Yet in Acts 15 Jewish believers confronted Paul, Peter and James about grace unto salvation through Christ. Here’s Pastor Brett Meador with more in Today’s Word.

There’s an old saying ‘The Old Testament is the New Testament concealed, and the New Testament is the Old Testament revealed.’ This view of scripture conveys how the Old Testament includes symbols and prophesies that were fulfilled by Jesus. In a fascinating study in Today’s Word, Pastor Brett Meador presents several examples of scripture’s remarkable foreshadowing of Jesus.

As many Gentiles come to faith in Christ, a dispute arose over whether they should also follow Jewish customs and laws. Pastor Brett Meador finds the compelling statements about salvation from Peter, Paul, and James key to what the new believers should do and why. And in a study of Acts 15 in Today’s Word we’ll gain important clarity for how one is truly made right with God.

How is a person truly saved? Acts Chapter 15 tells of Peter addressing the confusion spreading through the early church. And continuing with remarkable examples of the Old Testament foreshadowing the work of Jesus begun last time, Pastor Brett Meador clarifies from Today’s Word that salvation has never been earned by religious works, but received by faith in Christ alone.