If the tribune had been paying any attention to Paul’s speech, the crowd’s reaction to it made absolutely no sense. So what if Paul saw a vision of a god in the skies? So what if this god had told him to go and tell the nations about his vision?…

As any casual glance at social media demonstrates, racial hatred is exploding in America. Once confined to fringe groups such as the KKK, our TV screens and newsfeeds are filled both with angry Black Lives Matter protestors and their “Proud Boys” opponents. We scream at each other but no one’s…

Bible Reading for April 16 – Acts 21:27-39 Did anyone understand the truth about Paul? Some of the unbelieving Jews from the area around Ephesus filled the ears of the Jerusalem crowd with lies: they said Paul taught against the Jewish people and against the law and against the Temple….

Was Paul just being a hypocrite? When he met with the leaders of the Church in Jerusalem, he told them of how the gospel of grace was spreading like wildfire among the Gentiles (21:19). Moreover, he had already told them, at a previous meeting in chapter 15, about how God…

What would make you head into harm’s way on purpose? Many firefighters and police officers did just that on September 11, 2001, charging as they did into the flaming World Trade Center in New York to rescue the people trapped inside. Countless soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines have put themselves…

What do you want people to remember about you after you’ve gone? God had greatly blessed Paul’s ministry in Ephesus – in fact, God had worked mighty miracles of healing through him (see Acts 19:11 and following). But in his farewell speech to the leaders of that church, Paul chose…

I suppose every preacher has shared Paul’s experience in the first part of verse 9 – having someone doze off during a sermon that went a little too long. And how many high-school teachers have had their share of sleepy students, especially during those after-lunch class periods? But if the…

Unfortunately, modern Americans are no strangers to mob violence. Over the last year, many of our largest cities have been engulfed by unrest for various reasons. And in many parts of the world, mobs continue to attack Christians, trying to prevent us from spreading the good news of Jesus Christ….

“What America needs is a revival.” Perhaps that’s so, but what would a real revival look like? We get a glimpse from the time that Paul spent in Ephesus. The Holy Spirit was poured out in an obvious way (19:6), and many mighty miracles were done (19:11-12). But there was…

The sad truth is that everyone’s not going to believe in Jesus. No matter how clearly we may present the truth of His Resurrection, no matter how clearly we may show the same sort of self-sacrificial, unconditional love He showed to us on the cross, there are some people who…