Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “Acts”
1 Corinthians 15:1-11, Luke 24:19-27, Acts 8:26-40, Acts 17:1-3 ‘What Does Athens have to do with Jerusalem?’ The above quote is found in the works of Tertullian, an early Church Father from Carthage in Africa.1 He had seen a trend in Christian theology to try and marry together the ideas of Greek philosophy with those contained in scripture and he …
Written for the Methodist Churches Online Bible study, A Word in Time. The original post appears here http://www.methodist.org.uk/prayer-and-worship/a-word-in-time/2015/3-9-may-2015/saturday Acts 12:1-17 “They said to her, ‘You are out of your mind!’ But she insisted that it was so. They said, ‘It is his angel.’” (v. 15) Psalm: Psalm 5:1-8 Background This passage begins with the news of the second martyrdom in the book …
Written for the Methodist Churches Online Bible study, A Word in Time. The original post appears here http://www.methodist.org.uk/prayer-and-worship/a-word-in-time/2015/3-9-may-2015/friday Acts 11:1-18 “Why did you go to uncircumcised men and eat with them?” (v. 3) Psalm: Psalm 4 Background Peter returns to Jerusalem after his journey through Lydda, Joppa and Caesarea. He had stories to share of God’s working in the world beyond Jerusalem. …
Written for the Methodist Churches Online Bible study, A Word in Time. The original post appears here http://www.methodist.org.uk/prayer-and-worship/a-word-in-time/2015/3-9-may-2015/Thursday Acts 10:44-48 “Can anyone withhold the water for baptizing these people who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have?” (v. 47) Psalm: Psalm 3 Background As Peter continues to preach to Cornelius and his family holy chaos descends upon proceedings. The passage …
Written for the Methodist Churches Online Bible study, A Word in Time. The original post appears here http://www.methodist.org.uk/prayer-and-worship/a-word-in-time/2015/3-9-may-2015/Wednesday Acts 10:34-43 “…but in every nation anyone who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him.” (v. 35) Psalm: Psalm 2 Background Here we join Peter as he begins to speak to an unusual group of people. Cornelius and his family …
Written for the Methodist Churches Online Bible study, A Word in Time. The original post appears here http://www.methodist.org.uk/prayer-and-worship/a-word-in-time/2015/3-9-may-2015/tuesday Acts 9:36-43 “Now in Joppa there was a disciple whose name was Tabitha, which in Greek is Dorcas. She was devoted to good works and acts of charity.” (v. 36) Psalm: Psalm 1 Background In this story we are told of a disciple called …
Written for the Methodist Churches Online Bible study, A Word in Time. The original post appears here http://www.methodist.org.uk/prayer-and-worship/a-word-in-time/2015/3-9-may-2015/monday Acts 9:1-20 “And immediately he began to proclaim Jesus in the synagogues, saying, ‘He is the Son of God.’” (v. 20) Psalm: Psalm 149:1-5 Background At the end of Acts 7 and beginning of chapter 8 we are told of a young man named Saul who …
Acts 3:1-10 Whenever I read this passage, I ask myself the same question, “Why hadn’t Jesus healed this man?” We are told that the man was laid at the beautiful gate at the temple every day and he had probably begged there for the majority of his life. We know Jesus went to the temple often and so we may …
Acts 2:42-47 The book of Acts sees the explosion of faith in Jesus from a small sect based in Jerusalem to the ends of the earth. It is the book where the church is born and we are given an insight into the life of the early church community. We are given lots of insight to what the believers did, …
