May 9 Many Bibles have as a section heading for Acts 4:32–37 that reads something to the effect of “All Things in Common”. This section talks about how everyone acted in selfless ways to provide for each other’s needs in the early days of the newborn church. They all had everything in common. If someone…
May 7 Acts Chapter Two marks a radical change in the nature of God’s relationship with His people. The disciples have watched Jesus ascend into heaven, and they gather in an upper room with over one hundred other people on the Day of Pentecost. It’s important to note that Acts 2, the Day of Pentecost,…
May 4 Welcome to the Book of Acts, or as I prefer to call it, The Acts of the Holy Spirit through the Apostles. Acts records the birth, development, and expansion of the early Christian church. Throughout the book, we’ll see how the Apostles dealt with problems with their detractors. As we continue through Acts,…
April 5 The Bible is unapologetically Trinitarian, that is to say, from Genesis 1:1–2 to John 1:1, the Triune God is presented very clearly. And, in Jesus’ ministry, Dr. Luke drives home the close relationship between the Son of God and the Spirit of God, especially here in Luke 4. Some seven hundred years before…
March 20 Today let’s touch on three things from Mark 8. Mark tells us in verse 1 that “once again there was a large crowd.” They had followed Jesus for three days with nothing to eat. This raises a few questions: 1.) Why didn’t the people bring food with them? By now, a large crowd…
March 12 Jesus approached Levi as he sat in the tax office and invited him to follow Him. Immediately, Levi got up and followed Jesus, perhaps leaving money on the table. So, who was Levi? The name is Hebrew. We don’t know when he changed his name, but Levi was Matthew—the disciple who wrote the…
