They say half of life is just showing up. I think that might be a Woody Allen line. Showing up certainly seems to be a theme in the book of…
The apostle Paul is on a dangerous mission. He hustled to get to Jerusalem in time for Pentecost so he could share the gospel with all the Jews who would…
Kind of a strange story? Could be seen as a silly little story, right? Why did Luke include this? Sometimes when I am reading the Bible, I spend time really…
Before reading our scripture lesson for today, let’s set the scene a bit. We’re all the way back in time to the year 51. The Christian church is a little…
In our scripture lesson today, we meet up with the members of the early Church in the midst of a critical debate: does a person have to convert to Judaism…
In our scripture lesson today, we have two stories intersecting: the story of Peter and his vision of the blanket of unclean animals, which we talked about in our children’s…
We continue our study of the book of Acts. We are now in our 9th week. We started with Ascension Sunday and the beginning of the book of Acts as…
Talk about the ends of the earth! The big picture of God's work is always toward growth.
I think Luke gives us this story to illustrate how, because the church is made up of real people and lives in the real world, in addition to grace it…
John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, was famous for giving all the money in his wallet to help poor people. But when his wallet was empty, he didn’t just shrug…