Rash vows and hungry conspirators
Paul appeals to the Jews, starting a riot, appeals to his Roman citizenship to avoid a flogging, then the Roman …
Category Archives: Acts
Paul: bound by the Spirit to go
Paul goes to Jerusalem and gets arrested when the Jews riot: Acts 20:13–21:36 Paul knew this would be his last …
Paul’s weakness
Paul’s second letter to the believers in Corinth (Part 4); after a riot, Paul leaves Ephesus and goes to Macedonia, Greece …
Be encouraged: You weren’t left behind
Paul’s second letter to the believers in Thessaloníca; Paul leaves Corinth for Antioch, Apollos then Paul teach at Ephesus: 2 Thessalonians 1–3; …
Saved by undeserved grace
The circumcision question is resolved in a meeting in Jerusalem; Barnabas goes to Cyprus, and Paul goes to Syria and …
Left for dead, left the next day
James is killed, but an angel leads Peter out of gaol before Herod can kill him too; Herod dies after …
Two visions bring salvation to everyone
God shows Peter in a vision that he can eat anything, clean and unclean, then sends him to the house …
From violent enforcer to missionary of grace
Most of the believers, other than the Apostles, leave Jerusalem from fear of Saul and other authorities, nut this just spreads the …
Stoned for a vision
Administration needs grow with the number of believers; Stephen is arrested, gives the High Council a history lesson before telling …
It won’t last if it’s not God
Judas is replaced; the believers wait in Jerusalem, get filled with the Holy Spirit, start preaching and healing people, which …
Jesus ascends without a restored Israel
The resurrected Jesus goes to heaven (the Ascension): Mark 16:19–20; Luke 24:50–53; Acts 1:1-11 So Jesus was alive. Did that …
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