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Tory and I have been reading and discussing Acts recently. It’s been interesting to see the sermons from the early church. They were direct, straightforward, and bold with the good news of Jesus Christ. Peter tells the people what he witnessed. He tells them plainly that they killed the Christ. He uses Old Testament proof [...]

Revelation 1:7 Someday, every eye will see Christ Jesus the King!  Some of us will see Him as Our Blessed Hope (Titus 2:13); others will squirm, trying in vain to hide from His majesty.  Surely we’ll all be in awe! Acts 1:9-11 The apostles of Christ had a foretaste of Christ’s return.  They actually saw [...]

The Apostles watched as Jesus ascended into the sky and disappeared behind a cloud. How did they feel watching him leave? I imagine they felt an overwhelming confidence that Jesus really was the Messiah, but they were also anxious for him to begin “restoring the kingdom to Israel” (verse 6). His response to their anxiety was [...]

20 At that time Moses was born, and was exceedingly handsome . I’ve read this chapter from Acts countless times; my 6th grade students had to memorize Stephen’s speech a couple years ago, so you can imagine how many times we had to practice and recite it.  However, my mouth literally dropped open when I read verse 20 [...]

At Babel, men were trying to be united under their own strength, working together to achieve their own goals by their own power. What they were doing almost sounds good: they were working together in unity. But it was their purpose that was evil: glorifying themselves rather than God. And so God introduced a language [...]