Acts 28 v 16 - 31
As has been his habit throughout his journeys, Paul begins his time in a new place by speaking first to the Jews about Jesus. For more...
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- Aug 4
Acts 28 v 1 - 15
The end of Paul's recorded travels draw near, but we still have time to learn about the kindness of the people of Malta, the incident...
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- Aug 3
Acts 27 v 21 - 44
This is in parts a rather technical passage and I am no sailor! It is also a visceral description of a frightening episode on board a...
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- Aug 2
Acts 27 v 1 - 20
A very dramatic passage where Luke describes the voyage to Rome and the ship being wrecked by storms on the way there. I have attached...
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- Aug 1
Acts 26 v 1 - 31
This long passage gives us Paul's testimony concerning his life and conversion. There are other examples throughout his letters and we...
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- Jul 29
Acts 25 v 1 - 27
Festus was a very different man than Felix: he was just and upright. We can see here that the Jews, immediately he took office, tried to...
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- Jul 28
Acts 24 v 1 - 27
We are now in the Roman courts and there is only a tenuous connection to the even handed justice of the Roman commanders we had witnessed...
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- Jul 27
Acts 23 v 11 - 35
When we read this passage from the safe distance of nearly two thousands years and a few thousand miles, we can absorb what we are...
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- Jul 26
Acts 22 v 22 - 23 v 10
We can see highlighted in this passage the worldly wise wisdom of Paul and his political nous. First, he waits until he has been bound...
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- Jul 25
Acts 21 v 27 - 22 v 21
A long passage which contains some notable events: firstly, the riot in Jerusalem. This city was a hotbed of zealots and ne'er do wells...
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- Jul 22
Acts 21 v 1 - 26
Please look at attached map to see the route of Paul's return journey to Jerusalem. Things are speeding up and there is the atmosphere of...
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- Jul 21
Acts 20 v 17 - 38
It is clear that the commitment Paul felt was not just to the Gospel and its spread, but also to the people he encountered along the...
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- Jul 20
Acts 20 v 1 - 16
Luke seeks to emphasise the movement and challenges of these missionary journeys and the number of men accompanying Paul continues to...
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- Jul 19
Acts 19 v 21 - 41
There is something very modern about the issues the apostles faced in this thrilling story. Remember that the Pax Romana enabled people...
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- Jul 18
Acts 19 v 1 - 20
Acts 19 concerns Paul's work in Ephesus. Similarly to Corinth, Ephesus was renown for it being the home of the Pan-Ionian games; famous...
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- Jul 15
Acts 18 v 1 - 28
We have been racing through Paul's journeys: he is moving apace, harried out of city after city; but he arrives at Corinth and he will...
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- Jul 14
Acts 17 v 10 - 34
The journey continues to Berea and again there were large numbers of people converted to Christianity and involving all strata of...
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- Jul 13
Acts 16 v 25 - 17 v 9
Firstly, the prison episode: the jailer would have been one of the sturdy middle class Romans, possibly an ex-soldier. His work was not ...
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- Jul 12
Acts 16 v 6 -24
This passage identifies a time of frustration for Paul. Please look at the map I sent yesterday and remember that the Asia which the Holy...
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- Jul 11
Acts 15 v 36 - 16 v 5
Luke now writes about Paul's second missionary journey. A map to aid you is attached. The first thing to note is that Barnabas did not...
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