Imagine being so zealous for the Lord that in the name of God, you feel you are somehow commissioned to kill the very ones He came to save. Welcome to the dangers of religion. Unfortunately, religion ...  Read More

Picking up from yesterday, Philip was instructed by an angel to head south on a desert road leading from Jerusalem toward Gaza. He encountered an Ethiopian eunuch who happened to be reading aloud from...  Read More

Continuing on in Acts 8, the Word of the Lord has been preached in Samaria and is spreading. The apostles, Peter and John, head back toward Jerusalem, but we see here that the Lord is not finished wit...  Read More

While Jesus was here, He stated that it was better for Him to go because if He didn’t, the Holy Spirit would not come. In fact, as He left, He commanded the disciples to wait in Jerusalem until they w...  Read More

Some have maintained that signs and wonders were only performed by the apostles. Yet here we have Philip—a non-apostle, simply one of the believers who was scattered—sharing the Good News about Jesus ...  Read More

Saul decided to pick a fight with God, and we will see that he got more than he bargained for. You don’t go attacking God’s people without Him noticing. More to come on Saul in Acts chapter 9.This was...  Read More

If you ever want a snapshot of biblical history, read Acts 7. Stephen gives his defense before the council, showing he has vast knowledge and a deep understanding of Jewish history, starting with Abra...  Read More

It is upsetting that when people cannot win arguments due to a lack of standing or truth, they resort to lying. We see this happen every day.As I read this about Stephen, I was reminded of a couple of...  Read More

Picking up where we left off yesterday, we find that the high council heeded Gamaliel’s wise words. The apostles, however, were still flogged—beaten or whipped with rods—as a parting “gift” from the c...  Read More

Thank God for wise counsel. It seemed that all the religious leaders knew to do was kill those with whom they disagreed. How many prophets and righteous men and women were killed through the years at ...  Read More

Continuing from yesterday, an angel of the Lord sprung the apostles out of jail. So when the Temple guards came to get them, they were not there. Before they had time to panic, someone came and told t...  Read More

Sometimes we read through the Scriptures without really reading them, if you know what I mean.The high priest and the religious leaders were jealous of the Apostles and had them arrested. God was movi...  Read More