Last week, we saw how Paul’s vision of the “man from Macedonia” redirected his travel plans, and as a result, he encountered a Gentile by the name of Luke who would join the trio (Paul, Silas, and Timothy) as they entered Macedonia. I also asked all of us to remember

When Paul and Barnabas returned to Antioch after the first Church Council in Jerusalem, they read the judgment of the Council to the church and they rejoiced over the decision to accept Gentiles as equal members of the body of Christ, but recommending a few social restrictions so as not

Last week, we saw Paul and Barnabas completing their First Missionary Journey into Asia Minor. After returning to their “home church” in Antioch, they soon discovered that some of the Jewish believers from the church in Jerusalem had come to Antioch and began teaching the brethren: “Unless you are circumcised according

Last week, we saw Paul and Barnabas returning to the synagogue in Pisidian Antioch only to find that the Jews had:   …incited the devout women of prominence and the leading men of the city, and instigated a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them out of their district (Acts 13:50). 

Last week, we saw Paul and Barnabas entering the city of Pisidian Antioch (in modern-day Turkey) where they visited the synagogue on the Sabbath. After being asked to share with those present, Paul provided them with a “history lesson” of the Jewish people, and then introduced them to Jesus, focusing

Last week, we saw that God’s ultimate plan for the Church was to take the Gospel throughout the Roman Empire, beginning with Jews in local synagogues and later reaching out specifically to Gentiles. But before Saul (Paul) could go to the Gentiles, three things needed to happen: 1) The Church

Before the holidays, we saw that for the first time the Gospel had finally come to the Gentiles. We saw two men (Peter a Jew and Cornelius a Gentile) each experiencing a vision that occurred at just the right time in preparation for what God was going to do. God

In last week’s blog, we discovered that Ezekiel’s vision in Ezekiel 38:1-6 described a “prince” (or a significant official) by the name of “Gog” in the land of “Magog” who would come against God’s people “advancing like a storm” and “covering the land like a cloud” in order to “seize

Since the war in the Middle East began over two months ago, my cell phone has been bombarded with a variety of prophecy prognosticators telling us to be prepared for the coming invasion of Israel by lands “to the north,” specifically, the lands of Russia and Iran. All of this

Last week, we spent our time looking at Saul’s conversion while traveling to Damascus to arrest and imprison followers of Jesus. My encouragement for each of us was to realize that just as Saul was blinded to the physical world around him, we can also be blinded by Satan to