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January 2010

January 19, 2010

Acts and Mission 78

Paul became a virtual local pastor in Ephesus. Notice these words:19:8 So Paul entered the synagogue...

January 18, 2010

Acts and Mission 77

Missional work in Ephesus (ruins to the right) involves plenty of unplanned-for work, namely ushering...

January 14, 2010

Acts and Mission 76

Luke's narrative was compressed in the previous paragraph because he wants to get Paul to...

January 13, 2010

Acts and Mission 75

Luke in some ways leaves it to his readers to imagine what Paul was doing...

January 12, 2010

Acts and Mission 74

Luke describes yet another event in Paul's missional work in Corinth -- correct that, God's...

January 11, 2010

Acts and Mission 73

Even if the results of Paul's preaching on the Areopagus were negligible (Acts 17:32-34, but...

January 07, 2010

Acts and Mission 72

Paul's speech on the Areopagus is one for the ages, and I think we gain...

January 06, 2010

Acts and Mission 71

Paul's speech on the Areopagus is one for the ages, though it has generated a...

January 05, 2010

Acts and Mission 70

Paul got to Athens before Silas and Timothy, and while there contemplating the spiritual condition...

January 04, 2010

Acts and Mission 69

We resume our series now on the Book of Acts and the theme of Mission.One...

November 2009

November 27, 2009

Acts and Mission 68

From Philippi, Paul and Silas head to Thessalonica (agora to the left) where the same...

November 25, 2009

Acts and Mission 67

Missional work leads at times to prison work, but not by choice.Instead of Paul feeling...

November 24, 2009

Acts and Mission 66

Lydia responds to the gospel and offers hospitality. In strong contrast, the next woman --...

November 23, 2009

Acts and Mission 65

We come in the Book of Acts to Paul's sailing across the Aegean to Greece,...

November 19, 2009

Acts and Mission 64

Paul now gets a vision to enter into Greece for missional work, and this means...

November 18, 2009

Acts and Mission 63

What a fascinating set of issues arise in Derbe and Lystra. Jerusalem looms large on...

November 17, 2009

Acts and Mission 62

Jerusalem remained at that time the center of God's people and that meant also the...

November 16, 2009

Acts and Mission 61

Let's back up again to see what is going on if we look at the...

November 12, 2009

Acts and Mission 60

Here goes the fundamental decision by the Apostolic council in Jerusalem. They debate whether or...

November 11, 2009

Acts and Mission 59

Acts 15 is in Jerusalem, the center of the church at that time. From Peter...

November 10, 2009

Acts and Mission 58

Paul is at odds with Pharisaic believers over Gentiles: how are they saved? Do they...

November 09, 2009

Acts and Mission 57

Acts 15 is a watershed in earliest Christianty -- even if it interrupts the flow...

November 05, 2009

Acts and Mission 56

I'd like to sketch a couple of more general points about the first missionary trip...

November 04, 2009

Acts and Mission 55

The missional work of God goes on and continues to expand, but Paul and Barnabas...

November 03, 2009

Acts and Mission 54

The cycle continues but this time with a new twist in Lystra -- Paul's miracles...

November 02, 2009

Acts and Mission 53

The Book of Acts, once it turns to Paul, turns almost exclusively to Paul --...

October 2009

October 29, 2009

Acts and Mission 52

The listeners -- both Jews and god-fearing Gentiles -- wanted more out of Paul after...

October 28, 2009

Acts and Mission 51

Once again, the mission of the church, the mission of Paul and the mission of...

October 27, 2009

Acts and Mission 50

The Spirit spoke through the leaders at the church in Antioch and directed them to...

October 26, 2009

Acts and Mission 49

The Book of Acts, in Acts 13, turns once again toward Paul and from here...