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…
I think we underestimate what happened on Pentecost. We read this scripture passage every year, but how often do we stop to consider just how amazing that day was?
Today we begin our series on the book of Acts. The first thing we need to establish is that the book of Acts was written by Luke. He wrote it…
Truly great teachers don’t just give their students lessons while they are living. Truly great teachers plant within us lessons we can only learn after we are no longer together.…
In our scripture lesson today, Peter hears Jesus’ prediction, that he will be carried to his death by his enemies—and right after that, Jesus says, “Follow me.”