Paul and Barnabas disagree on taking Mark along a second time. While the focus often is on the disagreement, the reality is that God needs and uses all of us.…
The early church faces its first real crisis as Jewish Pahrisaic backgrounded new believers struggle with gentiles becoming 'children of God' without becoming Jewish first. Thankfully with good interaction and…
The book of Ruth is about Naomi's story how God filled her emptiness. After losing her husband and 2 sons in Moab, Naomi returns home with nothing - her words.…
Paul and Barnabas continue preaching the gospel with various responses: indifference, opposition, even persecution {Paul is stoned]. But also, some respond to the grace of God. In spite of our…
In Acts 11 Peter recounts his time spent with Cornelius, the Gentile Centurion, who came to faith in Christ. As Peter explains how God led him through this, the church…
Paul calls us citizens of heaven and challenges us to show by our life that we are. Since Jesus is our King, we must demonstrate to this world that we…
In this very familiar passage we often overlook one of the most astounding things that happened at the birth of Jesus. That the glory of God returned. Where had it…
There's a good reason Herod isn't found in our Nativity sets! Yet, he is part of the birth narrative of Jesus Christ. Jesus wasn't born in a perfect world and…
Hanukkah recalls a great victory from Israel's past from a tyrannical ruler. Amazingly, God predicted this ruler would come and torment Israel in Daniel 8 and 11. Yet when Jesus…
