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Daily Thoughts from Acts: Faith and Works (Acts 16:11-15)

So, setting sail from Troas, we made a direct voyage to Samothrace, and the following day to Neapolis, and from there to Philippi, which is a leading city of the district of Macedonia and a Roman colony.

Daily Thoughts from Acts: When Not to Witness (Acts 16:6-10)

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/ By Randall Johnson

And they went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia. And when they had come up to Mysia, they attempted to go into Bithynia, but

Daily Thoughts from Acts: Discipleship (Acts 16:1-5)

Paul came also to Derbe and to Lystra. A disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer, but his father was a Greek. He was well spoken of by the brothers at Lystra and

Daily Thoughts from Acts: Christian Conflict (Acts 15:36-41)

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/ By Randall Johnson

And after some days Paul said to Barnabas, “Let us return and visit the brothers in every city where we proclaimed the word of the Lord, and see how they are.” Now Barnabas wanted to take with them

Daily Thoughts from Acts: Church Councils (Acts 15:22-35)

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/ By Randall Johnson

Then it seemed good to the apostles and the elders, with the whole church, to choose men from among them and send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They sent Judas called Barsabbas, and Silas, leading

Daily Thoughts from Acts: The Crucial Decision (Acts 15:6-21)

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/ By Randall Johnson

The apostles and the elders were gathered together to consider this matter. And after there had been much debate, Peter stood up and said to them, “Brothers, you know that in the early days God made

Daily Thoughts from Acts: The Lingering Gentile Question (Acts 14:24-28; 15:1-5)

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/ By Randall Johnson

Then they passed through Pisidia and came to Pamphylia. And when they had spoken the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia, and from there they sailed to Antioch, where they had been commended to the

Daily Thoughts from Acts: The Importance of Church Governance (Acts 14:19-23)

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/ By Randall Johnson

But Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and having persuaded the crowds, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead. But when the disciples gathered about him, he rose

Daily Thoughts from Acts: Misunderstood (Acts 14:8-18)

Now at Lystra there was a man sitting who could not use his feet. He was crippled from birth and had never walked. He listened to Paul speaking. And Paul, looking intently at him and seeing that he had

Daily Thoughts from Acts: No Middle Ground (Acts 14:1-7)

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/ By Randall Johnson

Now at Iconium they entered together into the Jewish synagogue and spoke in such a way that a great number of both Jews and Greeks believed. But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned

Daily Thoughts from Acts: And Also to the Greeks (Acts 13:44-52)

The next Sabbath almost the whole city gathered to hear the word of the Lord. But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy and began to contradict what was spoken by Paul, reviling

Daily Thoughts from Acts: To the Jews First (Acts 13:13-43)

Now Paul and his companions set sail from Paphos and came to Perga in Pamphylia. And John left them and returned to Jerusalem, but they went on from Perga and came to Antioch in Pisidia. And on the Sabbath

Daily Thoughts from Acts: The Missionary Endeavor (Acts 13:1-12)

Now there were in the church at Antioch prophets and teachers, Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen a lifelong friend of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. While they were worshiping

Daily Thoughts from Acts: God’s Hidden Purposes (Acts 12:12-25)

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/ By Randall Johnson

When he realized this, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John whose other name was Mark, where many were gathered together and were praying. And when he knocked at the door of the gateway, a

Daily Thoughts from Acts: The Why of Suffering (Acts 12:1-11)

About that time Herod the king laid violent hands on some who belonged to the church. He killed James the brother of John with the sword, and when he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to arrest

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