Acts 22:21 — Paul's Commission to the GentilesEnding his Third Missionary Journey on the shore of Miletus, the Apostle Paul exhorted the Ephesian elders to watch over the flock giving his example of f...  Read More

Acts 21 — A Demonstration of Paul's EnduranceIn Acts 20, the Apostle Paul gave the Ephesians elders a sermon that demonstrated essential aspects of what it means to be a minister of the Gospel: the mi...  Read More

Acts 20:17-38 — Paul's Exhortation to the Ephesian EldersIn the second half of Acts 20, Luke records the Apostle Paul’s only speech made exclusively to believers. This scene in Luke's narrative turns ...  Read More

One of the false teachings that the Church had to deal with from the beginning is that we must obey the Law. It is as if some believers never read Galatians, Hebrews, or Romans. The Apostle Paul calle...  Read More

Acts 19:21-41 — The Gospel's Victory Over IdolatrySeveral themes run through the Book of Acts. Acts shows why and how the Church which started with Jewish believers broke away from the fold of Judaism...  Read More

This Sunday, we celebrate the resurrection of our Lord Jesus from the dead. It is hard to exaggerate the significance of that single event in history. If He rose from the dead, then His righteousness ...  Read More

This coming week, we, and all believers in Christ, will remember the Lord's death, burial, and resurrection. So, this Sunday, I will be teaching on "Why the Cross?", and next Sunday, on "Why the Resur...  Read More

Acts 18:24–28 — The Ministry of Apollos A church visitor argued with me after a Sunday service because I had said something that disagreed with one of her favorite online preachers. When I explained t...  Read More

Acts 18:1–23 — No Fear!During the Apostle Paul's first missionary journey, he had to escape Iconium for fear of being stoned, was stoned in Lystra and had to escape to Derbe, faced hostility even from...  Read More

Acts 17:16-34 — The Unknown GodAfter running away from Berea because the unbelieving Jews from Thessalonica had chased him there, Paul went to Athens, the Greek city that 500 years earlier was the pol...  Read More

Acts 16:35-17:15 — The Noble BereanAs the Apostle Paul and his missionary team (Silas, Timothy, and then Luke) were prevented from preaching the Gospel in Minor Asia, they were directed by the Holy Sp...  Read More

Acts 15:1-35 — The Second Missionary JourneyA major theme in the Book of Acts is how the Holy Spirit directed the spread of the Gospel. So far, He came down on the Apostles at Pentecost when three tho...  Read More