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,...
The Ephesians’ New Way of Life vs. Their New Life in the Spirit
19:1 And it happened that while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the inland country and came to Ephesus. There he found some...
Jesus Was Confirmed Dead and Buried in a Tomb
32 So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first, and of the other who had been crucified with him. 33 But when they came...
Good Friday – Jesus was So Good to His Prosecutors and Judges
34 Jesus answered, “Do you say this of your own accord, or did others say it to you about me?” 35 Pilate answered,...