Category: Acts
A weekly study through the book of Acts.
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October 4, 2026 – How God Leads — Acts #57 Acts. 16:6-10 Acts 16:6-10 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 the Spirit of…
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September 7, 2026 – Make up your mind, Paul! — Acts #56. Acts. 15:36-40 To review, in Acts 15 the church leaders in Jerusalem met to answer the question: Do these Gentiles who want to follow Jesus need to be circumcised? What they are really discussing is: Should gentile followers of Messiah Yeshua be required to…
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September 14, 2026 – Paul’s Error— Acts #55 Acts. 15:36-40 Acts 15:36-41 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 John called Mark. But Paul…
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We just wrapped up our multi-week discussion of the controversy in Acts 15, and now we run right into another conflict. And this conflict is between the two missionaries, Paul and Barnabas. Acts 15:36-40 And after some days Paul said to Barnabas, “Let us return and visit the brothers in every city where we…
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August 30, 2026 – Something is Missing— Acts #53 Acts. 15:22-35 We spent the past 3 weeks looking at the controversy in Acts 15. The leaders of the Jesus movement in Jerusalem determined that the Gentiles did not have to be circumcised in order to be saved. Salvation comes throughout the Bible only by the grace…
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August 16, 2026 – Controversy, Part 3— Acts #52Acts. 15:1-21 For the past two weeks, we have been discussing the controversy in Acts 15 that arose a mere 12-15 years after Jesus ascended to heaven. Suddenly they had a new problem. When Jesus came, some of the Jewish people recognized him as the Messiah their…
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August 16, 2026 – Controversy, Part 2— Acts #51Acts. 15:1-21 Last week we began to look at a controversy in the early years of the church. It had only been about 12 years since Jesus ascended to heaven, and there was already a heated debate over a critical issue in Acts 15. The disagreement is about…
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August 9, 2026 – Controversy, Part 1— Acts #50 Acts. 15:1-5 It seems we are living in a time of much controversy among the organized churches. The United Methodist Church has had a long-lasting controversy over the issue of sexual sins. The same issues currently face the Presbyterian Church USA. The Southern Baptist Convention and…
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August 2, 2026 – Commitment, Courage and Community— Acts #49Acts. 14:1-7 There are moments in life when we discover what we are really made of. Do you remember the name Arland D. Williams Jr.? Arland D. Williams Jr. was a passenger on Air Florida Flight 90 that crashed into a bridge on the Potomac River in…
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July 28, 2026 – How to Respond to a Miracle— Acts #48Acts. 14:1-7 Last week, we looked at Acts 14 and how God healed the man in Lystra who had never been able to walk. This week we will talk about how people reacted to this miracle. Acts 14:8-18. Now at Lystra there was a man…
