University Baptist Church-Houston

Athens might no longer have been the center of the world like it was during the heyday of the Greek empire, but it was still a large, influential, and forward thinking city when Paul arrived mid-way through the first century. The philosophically...

Thessalonica and Berea were the next two stops on missionary journey #2. In both cities Paul attempted to reason with his audiences from the Old Testament scriptures, with contrasting results. In Thessalonica, jealousy prevented the Jewish leaders...

Thessalonica and Berea were the next two stops on missionary journey #2. In both cities Paul attempted to reason with his audiences from the Old Testament scriptures, with contrasting results. In Thessalonica, jealousy prevented the Jewish leaders...

The stage is set for Paul’s second journey, this time with Silas and Timothy as his ministry partners. The text seems to indicate a plan to work in Asia that was trumped by the Holy Spirit directing the missionaries to Macedonia instead. This would...

The stage is set for Paul’s second journey, this time with Silas and Timothy as his ministry partners. The text seems to indicate a plan to work in Asia that was trumped by the Holy Spirit directing the missionaries to Macedonia instead. This would...

The meeting of the Jerusalem Council lies at the center of Acts, both structurally and theologically. Now that Gentiles are being brought into the church, how should the church think about the merging of traditional Jewish thought and new Hellenistic...

The meeting of the Jerusalem Council lies at the center of Acts, both structurally and theologically. Now that Gentiles are being brought into the church, how should the church think about the merging of traditional Jewish thought and new Hellenistic...

All throughout Phrygia and Galatia Paul and Barnabas preached the gospel, displaying signs of God’s power. And just about every place they preached, there were counter-preachers encouraging people not to listen or believe them. The central event in...

All throughout Phrygia and Galatia Paul and Barnabas preached the gospel, displaying signs of God’s power. And just about every place they preached, there were counter-preachers encouraging people not to listen or believe them. The central event in...

After leaving Cyprus, Paul and Barnabas make their way to Pisidian Antioch, where Paul delivers a Gospel sermon at the Jewish synagogue. Much like sermons given by Peter and Stephen in the early half of Acts, Paul points back to the history of the...