February 24 - Acts 25
Dig Deeper: THIS SEEMS LIKE A RERUN: This chapter can seem like just a repeat of earlier chapters: Paul is being kicked around the...
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Feb 21, 20202 min read
February 21 - Acts 24
Dig Deeper: GOOD FRIDAY, PART II: If you have children who are reading along with you, a good question to ask them would be to name...
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Feb 20, 20202 min read
February 20 - Acts 23
Dig Deeper: BETTER THAN TELEVISION: Dramatic speeches, subplots, an ambush sanctioned by the chief priest, a narrow escape facilitated by...
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Feb 19, 20201 min read
February 19 - Acts 22
Dig Deeper: FOLLOW PAUL'S EXAMPLE: Evangelism is the scariest discipline we are called to practice as Christians, but Paul provides a...
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Feb 18, 20202 min read
February 18 - Acts 21
Dig Deeper: THY WILL BE DONE... AS SOON AS I FIGURE OUT WHAT THY WILL IS: We all desire to do God's will, but it can be so hard to...
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Feb 17, 20202 min read
February 17 - Acts 20
Dig Deeper: BORED TO DEATH: We've been noticing Luke's dry, understated sense of humor (Luke is the author of Acts). The story of...
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Feb 14, 20202 min read
February 14 - Acts 19
Dig Deeper: IDOLATRY IS BIG BUSINESS - The Roman empire had a robust freedom of religion. One could worship any god they chose, any way...
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Feb 13, 20202 min read
February 13 - Acts 18
Dig Deeper: WHAT HAPPENS IN CORINTH DOESN'T STAY IN CORINTH: The bulk of this chapter takes place in Corinth, a city that Jesus has a...
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Feb 12, 20202 min read
February 12 - Acts 17
Dig Deeper: HAVE A TALK: Twice in this chapter we are told that Paul 'reasoned' with people (v2, 17). Literally, he had a dialog with...
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Feb 11, 20202 min read
February 11 - Acts 16
Dig Deeper: LADIES FIRST: There's a major misconception by much of the world that because the Bible mandates male headship in the home...
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Feb 10, 20202 min read
February 10 - Acts 15
Dig Deeper: NO ULTIMATUMS: Anytime a condition is added to the gospel in the form of 'unless you do X, you cannot be saved (v1),' run the...
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Feb 7, 20203 min read
February 7 - Acts 14
Dig Deeper: STILL GOING: This chapter opens with Paul & Barnabas going to the synagogue 'as usual.' Even with the extraordinary ways that...
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Feb 6, 20203 min read
February 6 - Acts 13
Dig Deeper: SMART IDEA: We read in v7 that because the proconsul was an intelligent man, he wanted to hear the word of God. There is a...
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Feb 5, 20203 min read
February 5 - Acts 12
Dig Deeper: A MAJOR AWARD: When we looked at Jesus' instructions on prayer a few weeks ago, we learned that the hypocrites who pray in...
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Feb 4, 20203 min read
February 4 - Acts 11
Dig Deeper: NOBODY LIKES CHANGE: Word of Peter going into a Gentile's home made it back to Jerusalem before he did; that's how shocking...
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Feb 3, 20203 min read
February 3 - Acts 10
Dig Deeper: WHAT WERE YOU DOING WHEN IT HAPPENED? - Yesterday we saw that Jesus encountered Saul when he was in the middle of a trip. ...
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Jan 31, 20203 min read
January 31 - Acts 9
Dig Deeper: THERE'S THAT WORD AGAIN! Remember, every time you see the words related to 'breath' or 'wind' in the Bible, slow down and...
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Jan 30, 20203 min read
January 30 - Acts 8
Dig Deeper: IT USED TO BE BAD BUT NOW IT'S GOOD: The word 'scattered' (v1 & 4) plays a big role in the Bible. In the Old Testament,...
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Jan 29, 20202 min read
January 29 - Acts 7
Dig Deeper: OH, NOW I GET IT: At first, it's hard to know where Stephen is going with this speech. It sort of seems like maybe he's just...
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Jan 28, 20202 min read
January 28 - Acts 6
Dig Deeper: THE HONEYMOON IS OVER: Unfortunately, becoming a member of the church does not free a person from being a sinner. Yesterday...
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