After three months we set sail in a ship that had wintered in the island, a ship of Alexandria, with the twin gods as a figurehead. 12 Putting in at Syracuse, we stayed there for three days. 13 And from there we made a circuit and arrived at Rhegium. And after one day a south…
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Click here to listen to the message. We are going to talk about courage. What is courage? Courage is the ability to act even when frightened. What is something that scares you? ——————- We are going to read Acts 27. It is about Paul traveling to Rome. He is held as a prisoner because people…
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Click here to listen to the message. Acts 26 So Agrippa said to Paul, “You have permission to speak for yourself.” Then Paul stretched out his hand and made his defense: 2 “I consider myself fortunate that it is before you, King Agrippa, I am going to make my defense today against all the accusations…
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Click here to listen to the message. God of the Gaps Acts 25 Now three days after Festus had arrived in the province, he went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea. 2 And the chief priests and the principal men of the Jews laid out their case against Paul, and they urged him, 3 asking as…
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Click here to listen to the message. Justice Delayed… But Not Denied Acts 24 There is a saying in legal talk that justice delayed is justice denied. Perhaps it’s most famous when quoted by Martin Luther King Jr in his 1963 letter from a Birmingham jail. King is opposing the racial injustices of his time…
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Click here to listen to the message. Coram Deo Acts 23:1-22 One of the unique things about Christianity is that at its core it is about a relationship with God. It’s not serving an impersonal God who is not involved in our lives. It is not about us being better people. It is about a…
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Click here to listen to the message. Seeing the Light Acts 22 I enjoy reading, and one of my favorite authors is the Russian writer Fyodore Dostoevsky. And one of my favorite novels is Crime and Punishment. It is about a deranged college student who plots to kill a lady, carries it out, and then…
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Click here to listen to the message. Acts 21 Favorite thing to get in mail? Bills??? No. Buy something and each month you pay that cost. School loan- are we ever going to pay that thing off. Get hit each month. There is a price to following Jesus. Following him costs us everything we have.…
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Click here to listen to the message. Be on Guard. Acts 20 We are in chapter 20 of the book of Acts. and we are going to talk about being on guard. What do you think of when you hear: “Be on Guard.” [28 Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in…
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Click here to listen to the message. Master of All Power in the Name Acts 19 Scripture reading: And God was doing extraordinary miracles by the hands of Paul, 12 so that even handkerchiefs or aprons that had touched his skin were carried away to the sick, and their diseases left them and the evil…
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