May 10, 2019 | Word Among Us
Philip . . . proclaimed Jesus to him Who was this man who met up with an Ethiopian court official and then was mysteriously “snatched. . . away” (Acts 8:39)? Not to be confused with the apostle Philip, this Philip was one of the seven deacons appointed to oversee...
May 9, 2019 | Word Among Us
There was great joy in that city You watched your friend Stephen being stoned to death. Now persecution has broken out in your city (Acts 8:1). You might even be the next person killed for believing in Jesus. So you leave Jerusalem, but you keep preaching the...
May 8, 2019 | Word Among Us
He gave them bread from heaven to eat These words, spoken by the people who had just witnessed Jesus miraculously multiply loaves and fish, contained a challenge in them. “What sign can you do?” they asked (John 6:30). Can you top Moses, who gave our ancestors...
May 7, 2019 | Word Among Us
You are looking for me . . . because you ate the loaves The people don’t seem to be learning their lesson, do they? You would think that after witnessing the miracle of the loaves and fishes—and after joining in the miracle by eating—they would want to know more...
May 6, 2019 | Word Among Us
Even a large group of priests were becoming obedient to the faith What an exciting time it must have been for the first Christians! Luke tells us that the number of disciples was increasing “greatly” (Acts 6:7). How many converts that translates to is anyone’s...
May 4, 2019 | Word Among Us
He does not ration his gift of the Spirit If there’s one thing we can say about God, it’s that he certainly is not stingy! He loves to go above and beyond what his people might need or even expect. For example, throughout their forty-year wandering in the desert,...
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