Acts 11:1-30 Today what struck me was twofold – the unity within the church and the apostolic leadership. As for unity, Now the apostles and the brothers who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God. So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcision party criticized him, saying… …
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July 13 / Acts 10:24-48
Acts 10:24-48 (Cornelius) Then they asked him to remain for some days. (v. 48b) I’m not surprised that Cornelius asked Peter to remain a few days – after waiting four days to hear from him and then having a Holy Spirit baptism, I can imagine how Cornelius and his friends would have wanted to hear …
July 12 / Acts 10:1-23
Acts 10:1-23 The distance from Joppa to Caesarea was about 30 miles. Men could reasonably walk about three miles an hour, so that distance is a ten-hour journey. So on day 1 Cornelius has a vision around 3 pm. On day 2 the three men travel to Joppa and stay overnight. On day 3 Peter …
July 11 / Acts 9:20-43
Acts 9:20-43 And when he had come to Jerusalem, he attempted to join the disciples. And they were all afraid of him, for they did not believe that he was a disciple. (v. 26) It’s strange to me that three years had passed and the disciples in Jerusalem were still afraid of Saul. His prior …
July 10 / Acts 9:1-19
Acts 9:1-19 Father David often spoke of “God’s echo”, where we hear the same “message” two or three times in a short time frame. It’s probably no coincidence that our Men’s Group is focusing on the Holy Spirit at the same time that our RTNT group is reading Acts. As I mentioned a few days …
July 9 / Acts 8:1-40
Acts 8:1-40 Although we are all Christian witnesses, we typically think of missionaries as those who have gone off to a foreign land to witness and to share the gospel. Under that categorization, then Philip becomes the first “named” Christian missionary: Philip went down to the city of Samaria and proclaimed to them the Christ. …
July 8 / Acts 7:39-60
Acts 7:39-60 …and they set up false witnesses who said, “This man never ceases to speak words against this holy place and the law, for we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and will change the customs that Moses delivered to us. (Acts 6:13-14) Stephen had been debating/preaching …
July 7 / Acts 7:1-38
Acts 7:1-38 There is no good break point in this chapter short of reading the entire chapter. Breaks at verse 34, 36 and 38 are all reasonable. Or read on to the end…!! At this time Moses was born; and … Pharaoh’s daughter adopted him and brought him up as her own son. (vv. 20-21) …
July 6 / Acts 6:1-15
Acts 6:1-15 Finally, today a shorter reading…! I mentioned a few days ago that we have a number of “transition” sections and verses in Acts. Here we have two: Now in these days when the disciples were increasing in number…; And the word of God continued to increase, and the number of the disciples multiplied …
July 5 / Acts 5:1-42
Last year we covered today’s reading over a five-day period, so I have a number of comments in the links below from reading this chapter in shorter segments. I am not fond of physical pain so I wince at the thought of the apostles’ being “beaten” (v. 40, ESV). My NASB Study Bible uses the …