Acts 2:1-13 There are certain great memorable events in the history of God’s interaction with his creation that stand out as turning points in our history. The first of these is when God revealed himself to Abraham. As humans looked out at the world, they saw a lot they did not understand. There were powerful…
Acts 1:12-26 We left off last week with Jesus ascending into heaven and two angels telling the disciples to stop looking up in the sky and begin to do what Jesus told them to do. As we read through the events of the week and a half after the ascension of Jesus, it is important…
Acts 1:3-11Luke, a Greek physician, wrote a history of the ministry of Jesus and the early church. The first half of the book is the Gospel according to Luke and the second half is the Book of Acts. It doesn’t take long for Luke to get to the heart of the second half of his…
Acts 1:1-5 I talked with Elliot last week about where we would go next in the Bible for preaching. Elliot suggested the book of Romans and the book of Acts. As I thought about our conversation, I was drawn to begin sermons from the book of Acts. Why have I been drawn to this book?…
For someone with an active imagination, a pandemic is not a good time to develop a high fever. On Wednesday afternoon I started shaking and shivering and eventually took my temperature. 100.5 F, 38 C. For two days my temperature varied from 100.5 to 102.5 F, 39.2 C. Friday night my temperature dropped to 99.5…