The Lord had told Paul in a vision close to 30 years earlier, “they won’t hear you in Jerusalem, Paul; 'Depart, for I will send you far from here to the Gentiles.'”But here he is, drawn once more by his love for his countrymen and the city of David, coupled with his conviction that the […]

While we may wonder about Paul’s friends and there advice, how should we both give and receive advice.1. Paul’s friends demonstrated the common inclination of being quick to point out God’s will for someone else’s life.2. Paul’s friends no doubt meant well but, they were trying to make God’s will conform to theirs.“To choose to […]

There are times in life when we alone know what we are supposed to do. In these times you must simply obey. No one can help you. No one can tell you what the right thing is, for either it is too hard a thing or too strange.  Godly friends will sooth your conscience or […]

If Christ’s sacrifice for man’s redemption was greater than we dare imagine, how should we then live? Paul is just one example of total abandonment; one of many witnesses. We will not find God’s approval living our lives seeking pleasure, prosperity or popularity, nor will we find any joy there; our walk in this world […]

Paul was so clearly following God’s leading that he was immovable from his course.  He would use the day he had to do the work he was called to, changing his will for the Lord’s without hesitation. Paul had one more day to build into people he loved and he did not disappoint!TEXT: ACTS 20:1-12SONGS: ONE […]

When we are ready to quit, when we feel we have no more to offer and when success seems but a dead dream, it is then in our fear and trembling that we may see the transforming power of God released. The Lord said “I have many people in this city”:  but where the movement […]

Oh Yes the church boldly declares Another King but one who promotes the civil kings and their kingdoms because our King is the King of Kings "and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of His kingdom there will be no end." Luke 1:33“Be ready church,  to reason with them, to dialogue, […]

Paul had been very pre-suppositional in his approach every where he went; what is notable here is his use of evidence.  But make NO mistake; his approach remains very pre-suppositional: “there is really only one God, you once knew Him, you have always known about Him” Some will hear, some will not; either way, anyway […]

Paul obviously believed there was a time to Stand Tall and stand firm; a time to be strong and time to muster all authority. Here, at Philippi, Paul’s confidence in the leading of God was obvious. God had fashioned an unmistakable path to the equally unmistakable call. No matter how evil the adversary, how hopeless […]

Some doors He opens and some doors He closes. It can be difficult to know what to do next, so just do what you know is right, go above and beyond and get tough when the going gets tough. God will give you clear direction!                      […]

This passage leaves us with questions we cannot definitively answer and good people have disagreed as strongly as Paul and Barnabas over it. While I am certain there is blame in this separation I’m not certain whose it is! Or ... what portion belongs to who! But this is what I know; God is merciful […]

In this life you will meet some people who are just agitators, trouble makers that thrive on attention drawn from the drama they created. They are out there and they will be in the church. Wherever they are not apposed with spiritual integrity, they will be the cause of great destruction!! Paul and Barnabas held […]

There will always be some who wish to make salvation earnable and therefore deservable but it is not There will always be some who wish to add necessities to our faith; we must not allow them. We believe Ep 2:8,9 For by grace you have been saved through faith, it is not of yourselves; it […]

They say, everyone’s got a story! I seldom meet someone who doesn’t have a story. They’re out there and I suppose in their own way that is their story. But what we usually mean when referring to ‘their story’ is the stuff they’ve been through! It’s trials, tribulations, afflictions, illness and deaths that mark out […]

We find here some simple lessons on how to face opposition. Sometimes you dig in, sometimes you run but you never stop playing the role God has called you to play. What is certain is; Satan will attack, first with subtle suggestions of error, then mischievousness innuendo, followed by malice slander with intent to destroy. […]

We preach Jesus because there is life in no other. Acts 4:12 "Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven, given among men, by which we must be saved." We cannot predict when the Spirit will call or when He will stop calling. No one can say where […]

The Spirit of the living God will lead Christ’s church into victory every time the children of God obey. But a culturally driven tolerance for all manner of wickedness and sin is leaving the church powerless. We have been allowing our attempts to remain relevant to supersede simple obedience. God forgive us! We need whole- […]

‘The Hand of the LORD’ was with them and great many people believed and were taught in Christian doctrine. Here in Antioch ‘Christianity’, at least in name, is born. The very idea that ‘The Supreme Being’, who cannot ignore sin, is willing to completely forgive it, was such good news to the heathen theist, they […]

This story is the turning point of ‘The Acts of The Apostles’.                                              No human being is common or unclean. Nobody is to be spurned, shunned, rejected, despised because of his ethnic origin or […]