Jesus uses the analogy of a vine and a branches to describe His closeness to His followers. But He also chose that to help them understand that without 'remaining' in…
A study of Judas can help us understand other passages in the Bible, especially those that seem to suggest we could lose our salvation. If someone like Judas who, ministered…
The church in Antioch senses the Spirit's leading and sends out Barnabas and Paul to reach Gentiles for Jesus. The sail for Barnabas' home (Cyprus) where Paul leads the governor…
As Peter calls us aliens and strangers in 2:11-12, he explains what that looks like in the main areas of our life in 2:13-4:11 (government, work, family and church family)…
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…
The growing young church continues to have growing pains as a sharp division becomes apparent when the Greek speaking Jewish widows are overlooked in the daily distribution of food. Yet…
Barnabas and Ananias and Sapphira, display two approaches to serving God. The former for God, the latter for themselves. What do we lose when we want to serve God only…
What happened as the result of Peter's Pentecost sermon? 3000 souls were added to the church and they grew. How? How did they now what to do? Listen to what…