May 2, 2018 | Word Among Us
The Spirit told me to accompany them without discriminating. It was the opportunity of a lifetime! By sending Peter to Cornelius—a Gentile from Caesarea—God invited Peter to play a key role in his plan to gather the Gentiles to himself. The centuries-long hatred...
May 1, 2018 | Word Among Us
A good deed done . . . Peter had just healed a beggar. The people who witnessed the miracle were amazed, but the rulers were offended because Peter had said that it was Jesus who healed the man—the same Jesus whom they had crucified. No wonder they arrested him!...
Apr 30, 2018 | Word Among Us
It is the Spirit that gives life. Sometimes you just need a good teacher. For example, you might sum up Einstein’s theory of relativity in a simple equation: E=mc2. A quick Internet search will tell you that E represents energy, m stands for mass, and c2 is the...
Apr 28, 2018 | Word Among Us
“Saul, my brother . . .” Most of us are familiar with the story in scripture. How Saul is blinded by an encounter with Christ, how he is sent to Ananias, and how this onetime persecutor is baptized. It’s a moving story of conversion. But let’s look at another...
Apr 27, 2018 | Word Among Us
Do you understand what you are reading? Notice how Philip starts his conversation: with a question. That leads the Ethiopian official to respond with a question of his own. Soon enough, a natural conversation begins, and Philip is telling this fellow about Jesus. ...
Apr 26, 2018 | Word Among Us
I will not reject anyone who comes to me. . . . And I shall raise him on the last day. On April 18th, 1506— over 512 years ago—the cornerstone of St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome was laid. The Basilica was designed to be an awe-inspiring edifice representing the coming...
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