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Daily Thoughts from Acts: Kosher or Not, Here I Come (Acts 10:9-23)
The next day, as they were on their journey and approaching the city, Peter went up on the housetop about the sixth hour to pray. And he became hungry and wanted something to eat, but while they were preparing
Continue reading...Daily Thoughts from Acts: the Church and Angels (Acts 10:1-8)
At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion of what was known as the Italian Cohort, a devout man who feared God with all his household, gave alms generously to the people, and prayed continually
Continue reading...Daily Thoughts from Acts: Miracles (Acts 9:32-43)
Now as Peter went here and there among them all, he came down also to the saints who lived at Lydda. There he found a man named Aeneas, bedridden for eight years, who was paralyzed. And Peter said to him,
Continue reading...Daily Thoughts from Acts: Godly Listening (Acts 9:20-31)
And immediately he proclaimed Jesus in the synagogues, saying, “He is the Son of God.” And all who heard him were amazed and said, “Is not this the man who made havoc in Jerusalem of those who called
Continue reading...Daily Thoughts from Acts: Power for Conversion (Acts 9:1-19)
But Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest and asked him for letters to the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any belonging to the
Continue reading...Daily Thoughts from Acts: Passion for the Gospel (Acts 8:26-40)
Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Rise and go toward the south to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” This is a desert place. And he rose and went. And there was an Ethiopian,
Continue reading...Daily Thoughts from Acts: The Gall of Bitterness (Acts 8:14-25)
Now when the apostles at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent to them Peter and John, who came down and prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit, for he had
Continue reading...Daily Thoughts from Acts: The Missionary Church (Acts 8:4-13)
Now those who were scattered went about preaching the word. Philip went down to the city of Samaria and proclaimed to them the Christ. And the crowds with one accord paid attention to what was being said
Continue reading...Daily Thoughts from Acts: Christianity and Persecution (Acts 8:1-3)
And Saul approved of his execution. And there arose on that day a great persecution against the church in Jerusalem, and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the
Continue reading...Daily Thoughts from Acts: I See the Heavens Opened (Acts 7:54-60)
Now when they heard these things they were enraged, and they ground their teeth at him. But he, full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand
Continue reading...Daily Thoughts from Acts: Truth to Power (Acts 7:1-53)
And the high priest said, “Are these things so?” And Stephen said: “Brothers and fathers, hear me. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,
Continue reading...Daily Thoughts from Acts: Defending the Faith (Acts 6:7-15)
And the word of God continued to increase, and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests became obedient to the faith. And Stephen, full of grace and
Continue reading...Daily Thoughts from Acts: Sharing Leadership (Acts 6:1-6)
Now in these days when the disciples were increasing in number, a complaint by the Hellenists arose against the Hebrews because their widows were being neglected in the daily distribution. And the twelve
Continue reading...Daily Thoughts from Acts: Joy Despite Persecution (Acts 5:12-42)
But the high priest rose up, and all who were with him (that is, the party of the Sadducees), and filled with jealousy they arrested the apostles and put them in the public prison. But during the night
Continue reading...Daily Thoughts from Acts: Signs and Wonders (Acts 5:12-16)
Now many signs and wonders were regularly done among the people by the hands of the apostles. And they were all together in Solomon’s Portico. None of the rest dared join them, but the people held
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