Talking Someone to Death or to Life
7 On the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul talked with them, intending to depart on the next day,...
The Group You Hang Out With is Part of the Gospel Message
1 After the uproar ceased, Paul sent for the disciples, and after encouraging them, he said farewell and departed for Macedonia....
A Fight We Don’t have to Fight: Jesus vs. Artemis
“And when the town clerk had quieted the crowd, he said, ”Men of Ephesus, who is there who does not know that the city of the...
Avoiding Change with your Mouth and not your Mind
When they heard this, they were furious and began shouting: “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!” Soon the whole city was in an...
Spreading the Gospel Affects the Culture and the Economy
At that time a great disturbance took place concerning the Way. For a man named Demetrius, a silversmith who made silver shrines of...
Happily Giving up Things as the Word of the Lord Grows
18 Many of those who believed now came and openly confessed what they had done. A number who had practiced sorcery brought their scrolls...
The Power in the Name of Jesus is in the Man Behind the Name
God did extraordinary miracles through Paul, so that even handkerchiefs and aprons that had touched him were taken to the sick, and their...
Paul Obeyed His Calling Through Opposition in Asia
8 Paul entered the synagogue and continued speaking out boldly for three months, reasoning and persuading them about the kingdom of God....
The Acts of God are in and with People like You and Me
4 And Paul said, “John baptized with the baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in the one who was to come after him,...