We discovered last week that although Paul knew that trouble awaited him in Jerusalem, he moved forward with his commitment to share the story of his conversion and calling to bring the gospel to the Gentiles with the agitated crowd that had gathered in the temple. After the crowd became

We discovered last week that although Paul knew that trouble awaited him in Jerusalem, he would not be persuaded to avoid going there, wanting to have an opportunity to share the Gospel with many of those who were part of the mob who insisted the Jesus be crucified almost 30

In my last blog, Paul had just met with and said “good-bye” to the elders of the Church in Ephesus on the seashore at Miletus. From there, it was a straight course from the west coast of Turkey across the eastern Mediterranean to Tyre, on the west coast of Syria.

As we ended last week, Paul and his traveling companions boarded a ship from Troas that would stop in ports along the west coast of Asia Minor including Assos, Mitylene, Chios, Samos, and finally arriving at Miletus, just south of Ephesus. Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus to avoid

Over the past few weeks, we have seen how the closed door for Paul to preach in the synagogue in Ephesus led to an open door for him to preach unhindered for two whole years in the lecture hall of Tyrannus. And along with this open door, we saw how

Two weeks ago, we discovered that when the door closed for Paul to preach the Gospel in the synagogue in Ephesus, God opened up the lecture hall of Tyrannus for him to evangelize and disciple those who had come to faith in Christ. During the next two years, Paul shared

Last week, we discovered that when the door closed for Paul to preach the Gospel in the synagogue in Ephesus, God opened up the lecture hall of Tyrannus for him to evangelize and disciple those who had come to faith in Christ. During the next two years, Paul shared the

Three weeks ago, we discovered that Apollos from Alexandria in Egypt arrived in Ephesus, and having never met Paul, was able to do what Paul had been doing for several years, that is, effectively refuting the Jews in public and demonstrating by the Scriptures that Jesus was the Messiah. Unbeknownst

On Easter Sunday, Jesus rose from the dead and appeared to many, including several of the women who went to the tomb early in the morning. And then, Jesus appeared to his disciples and then to hundreds of people over the next forty days leading up to His ascension into

Before Passover in AD 30, Jesus began to tell His disciples that He would soon be taking His last journey to Jerusalem, and that once inside the city, He would be handed over to the religious leaders and then to the Romans for crucifixion. And, of course, He added that