On his missionary journeys, Paul encountered many kinds of people. He had to be able to relate to them all in order to spread the good news of Jesus Christ.
We often hold our plans with tightly clenched fingers, seeking control over our schedules and mastery over interruptions. But God's plans cannot be thwarted by our own.
Are we saved by works or by grace? Ken Boa looks at Acts 15 to show that salvation is by faith and grace alone; works are the byproduct of a living faith.
Acts is a book of transitions. One of the biggest of these transitions is the inclusion of non-Jews in God's plan of salvation. Not only did God bring salvation to both Jews and Gentiles, but He made them one body together in Christ.
God grants His ordinary disciples the privilege of being involved in His work. It’s not fame but faithfulness that God calls us to. Even a small, unknown person can be used by God in magnificent ways.
No one asks for persecution. But God in His wisdom has made it so that when anyone persecutes His Church, it is like taking seed and scattering it so that it goes everywhere.