Category archives: Midweek

Worth Telling
 

  • Worth Telling

  • 2 years ago
  • Acts 28:11-16  11After three months we put out to sea in a ship that had wintered in the island—it was an Alexandrian ship with the figurehead of the twin gods Castor and Pollux.  12We put in at Syracuse and stayed there three days.  13From there we set sail and arrived at Rhegium. The next day the... [read more]
When God Declares
 

  • When God Declares

  • 2 years ago
  • Acts 27:37-44  37Altogether there were 276 of us on board. 38When they had eaten as much as they wanted, they lightened the ship by throwing the grain into the sea. 39When daylight came, they did not recognize the land, but they saw a bay with a sandy beach, where they decided to run the ship agrou... [read more]
Inclusive Faith
 

  • Inclusive Faith

  • 2 years ago
  • Acts 27:21-26 21After they had gone a long time without food, Paul stood up before them and said: “Men, you should have taken my advice not to sail from Crete; then you would have spared yourselves this damage and loss. 22But now I urge you to keep up your courage, because not one of you will be lo... [read more]
Commence Sailing
 

  • Commence Sailing

  • 2 years ago
  • Acts 27:1-8  1When it was decided that we would sail for Italy, Paul and some other prisoners were handed over to a centurion named Julius, who belonged to the Imperial Regiment. 2We boarded a ship from Adramyttium about to sail for ports along the coast of the province of Asia, and we put out to s... [read more]
Worth Repeating
 

  • Worth Repeating

  • 2 years ago
  • Acts 26:12-23  12 “On one of these journeys I was going to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests. 13About noon, King Agrippa, as I was on the road, I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, blazing around me and my companions. 14We all fell to the ground, and I hea... [read more]
Not All-Knowing
 

  • Not All-Knowing

  • 2 years ago
  • Acts 25:23-27  23 The next day Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp and entered the audience room with the high-ranking military officers and the prominent men of the city. At the command of Festus, Paul was brought in. 24 Festus said: “King Agrippa, and all who are present with us, you see thi... [read more]
Procurator Festus
 

  • Procurator Festus

  • 2 years ago
  • Acts 25:1-12  1Three days after arriving in the province, Festus went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem, 2where the chief priests and the Jewish leaders appeared before him and presented the charges against Paul. 3They requested Festus, as a favor to them, to have Paul transferred to Jerusalem, for the... [read more]
Paul’s Defense – Part 2
 

  • Paul’s Defense – Part 2

  • 2 years ago
  • Acts 24:17-21  17 “After an absence of several years, I came to Jerusalem to bring my people gifts for the poor and to present offerings. 18 I was ceremonially clean when they found me in the temple courts doing this. There was no crowd with me, nor was I involved in any disturbance. 19 But there a... [read more]
Case Presented
 

  • Case Presented

  • 2 years ago
  • Acts 24:1-9  1Five days later the high priest Ananias went down to Caesarea with some of the elders and a lawyer named Tertullus, and they brought their charges against Paul before the governor. 2When Paul was called in, Tertullus presented his case before Felix: “We have enjoyed a long period of p... [read more]