WORTHINGTON

Dig Deeper: THIS SEEMS LIKE A RERUN: This chapter can seem like just a repeat of earlier chapters: Paul is being kicked around the...

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...

Dig Deeper: BETTER THAN TELEVISION: Dramatic speeches, subplots, an ambush sanctioned by the chief priest, a narrow escape facilitated by...

Dig Deeper: FOLLOW PAUL'S EXAMPLE: Evangelism is the scariest discipline we are called to practice as Christians, but Paul provides a...

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...

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...

Dig Deeper: IDOLATRY IS BIG BUSINESS - The Roman empire had a robust freedom of religion. One could worship any god they chose, any way...

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...

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...

Dig Deeper: LADIES FIRST: There's a major misconception by much of the world that because the Bible mandates male headship in the home...

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...

Dig Deeper: STILL GOING: This chapter opens with Paul & Barnabas going to the synagogue 'as usual.' Even with the extraordinary ways that...

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...

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...

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...

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. ...

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...

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,...

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...

Dig Deeper: THE HONEYMOON IS OVER: Unfortunately, becoming a member of the church does not free a person from being a sinner. Yesterday...