I no longer call you

I no longer call you slaves…I have called you friends. Do you remember how your relationship with your best friend developed? You probably spent a lot of time with that person, confiding in him and sharing some of your deepest thoughts, fears, and desires. You...

We ought to stop troubling

We ought to stop troubling the Gentiles who turn to God. There it was.  After all the debate, argument, and discussion, the apostles discerned that grace and faith were at the heart of God’s covenant with his people.  They decided that the Gentiles were not...

There arose no little dissension and debate

Now that is an understatement! The question of how to integrate Gentile converts into the almost exclusively Jewish Church was probably the most hotly debated issue the first disciples faced.  When some Jewish believers from Judea came to Antioch teaching that...

Do not let your hearts be troubled

Do not let your heart be troubled “Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow.”  So go Romeo’s famous lines to Juliet in Shakespeare’s play.  It is one of the most memorable farewell scenes in Western literature, made all the more...

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