Repentance is not a shameful, legalistic thing that only religious people do. Often we repent to friends, family, spouse, neighbors, and strangers. However, for many of us, we resist repentance because we hate admitting we are wrong. We struggle to muster up the humility and courage to admit something was our fault; that we are responsible. However,…
My daily reading yesterday took me through 1 Thessalonians 2. Verse 2:2 jumped off the page at me. “But though we had already suffered and been shamefully treated at Philippi, as you know, we had boldness in our God to declare to you the gospel of God in the midst of much conflict.” That line, ‘we had boldness in…
Last night our life group topic of discussion was Acts 8:26-39. The passage is a great snapshot of God’s redeeming power and the response of man. We see Holy Spirit leading, Biblical teaching, evangelism, salvation, and baptism. All within a few verses. Philip, a Christ-follower, hot off the missionary trail in other villages comes upon a…
Acts 20:17-35 It’s a large chunk of scripture with serious depth and meat. These words from Paul to the edlers from Ephesus leave me overwhelmed. His life is not His own. It’s not like mine either. Paul shares a final word to these men He poured into “with tears”. They will never see their dear…
Acts Chapter 17. Paul is in Athens. The locals are sadly severe idol worshipers as Paul notes. Of course, Paul’s message of Christ greatly contradicts idols and the locals want his preaching stopped. While being debated by some well-known philosophers, they bring him into a meeting of the Areopagus. Here they confront Paul with a million-dollar question. “May we know what…
Surrender is Freedom 