By Ashlea Massie How many times have you felt like you should call people to check up on them? Or how many times have you felt you should encourage others with Scripture? Wake Up It’s interesting that a dream prompted Paul and his companions to immediately recognize it as an act of God’s Spirit, not […]
By Dr. Mark Scott The pioneer statement, “Go west, young man,” matches our text. Another way to say our title, “From Derbe to Philippi,” is “From Asia to Europe.” Those of us who live in the western hemisphere need to thank God for this text. Western civilization would have been different had this geographical leap […]
By Michael C. Mack Joe Ellis said, “God is sometimes boxed out of his own enterprise by his self-centered or self-sufficient partners.” How have you seen that happen? Read Acts 16:1-5, 8-15. Look at each of the following encounters and discuss: What part did Paul and his companions play? What part did God play? • The […]
By Dr. Mark Scott Church growth can be a pain. It demands more space, time, effort, and personnel. For some people it’s a real threat, but most believers know that it’s eternally worth it. What is typically called the first missionary journey (Acts 13, 14) was incredibly successful. Here are the statistics: two years, 1,200 […]
By Ashlea Massie The early church knew what salvation entailed: believing in Christ, asking forgiveness of their sins, repenting, being baptized. And although they knew this in their head, they began to doubt when fellow believers claimed otherwise. They began to doubt if what they had known to be true was suddenly a lie. Had […]
