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Acts - Whom Shall I Fear? Paul has seen a vision of Jesus… Why are you persecuting me? and after taking some food, he regained his strength. For several days he was with the disciples in Damascus, and immediately he began to proclaim Jesus in the synagogues, saying, “He is the Son of God.” All who heard…

Acts - Saul to Paul Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch Meanwhile Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest and asked him for letters to the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any who belonged to the Way, men or women, he might bring them…

Acts - Baptism Then an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Get up and go toward the south to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” (This is a wilderness road.) So he got up and went. Now there was an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official of the Candace, the queen of the Ethiopians, in charge of…

Acts - Magic Man We have this character named Saul who is dragging people out of their houses and imprisoning them because they are following Jesus Philip went to Samaria proclaiming Messiah to them He is healing Unclean spirits are being cast out There is great joy in the city! Now a certain man named…

Acts - Persecution Begins “You stiff-necked people, uncircumcised in heart and ears, you are forever opposing the Holy Spirit, just as your ancestors used to do. Which of the prophets did your ancestors not persecute? They killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, and now you have become…

Acts - A Message to Die For Then the high priest asked him, “Are these things so?” And Stephen replied: “Brothers and fathers, listen to me. The God of glory appeared to our ancestor Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran, and said to him, ‘Leave your country and your relatives…

Acts - Seized Therefore, brothers and sisters, select from among yourselves seven men of good standing, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may appoint to this task, while we, for our part, will devote ourselves to prayer and to serving the word.” What they said pleased the whole community, and…

Acts - Healing and Persecution Now many signs and wonders were done among the people through the apostles. And they were all together in Solomon’s Portico. None of the rest dared to join them, but the people held them in high esteem. Yet more than ever believers were added to the Lord, great numbers…

Acts - To Share or Not to Share: Part 2 Last week we saw the character Barnabas, a man from Cyprus, who sold some land and gave it to the movement, specifically for… There was not a needy person among them, for as many as owned lands or houses sold them and brought the proceeds of what was sold. The…

Acts - To Share or Not to Share: Part 1 Mother’s Day… I think moms would love this passage in Acts… It is about sharing… Now the whole group of those who believed were of one heart and soul, and no one claimed private ownership of any possessions, but everything they owned was held in common. With great…