But if it is from God, you will not be able to stop these men; you will only find yourselves fighting against God.Acts 5:39The church faced trouble from within and without. As it grew in numbers and i...  Read More

The apostles performed many signs and wonders among the people.Acts 5:12The ministry of Jesus through his body, the church, goes on. One way that Luke highlights this continuing work is in the ministr...  Read More

Peter said, “Ananias, how is it that Satan has so filled your heart that you have lied to the Holy Spirit and have kept for yourself some of the money you received for the land?”Acts 5:3At the end of ...  Read More

God’s grace was so powerfully at work in them all that there were no needy persons among them.Acts 4:33-34The needs of the people in the book of Acts were being met because the church had a unified he...  Read More

Now, Lord, consider their threats and enable your servants to speak your word with great boldness.Acts 4:29I am always struck by what they did not pray. They did not ask God to bring destruction on th...  Read More

By faith in the name of Jesus, this man . . . was made strong. It is Jesus’ name and the faith that comes through him that has completely healed him, as you can all see.Acts 3:16Peter urges his listen...  Read More

All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.Acts 2:4Pentecost is not just something found in the New Testament, it is actually an Old Te...  Read More

I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions.Joel 2:28Peter referred to the book of Joel when he expl...  Read More

When all the people saw [the fire of the Lord], they fell prostrate and cried, “The Lord—he is God! The Lord—he is God!”1 Kings 18:39A contest is played out between Elijah and the prophets of Baal as ...  Read More

The angel of the Lord appeared to [Moses] in flames of fire from within a bush.Exodus 3:2Moses received God’s call by way of a bush that was on fire but did not burn up. As Moses drew closer to this h...  Read More

Memorial Day reminds Americans that our freedoms are not free. I say thank you to our military men and women.As I think about those who died protecting our freedoms in America, I am reminded of the Ki...  Read More

When they saw the courage of Peter and John and realized that they were unschooled, ordinary men, they were astonished and they took note that these men had been with Jesus.Acts 4:13The religious lead...  Read More