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A Study Through Acts
The Journey’s End (Acts 28)
Click on this link for translations of today’s devotional. Scripture reading - Acts 28 https://youtu.be/fACQYudFV78 Today’s Scripture reading brings us to the conclusion of our study of The Acts of the Apostles. Our study in this book has taken us from the historic...
Do You Believe God’s Word, and Trust His Will is Best? (Acts 26; Acts 27)
Click on this link for translations of today’s devotional. Scripture reading - Acts 26; Acts 27 Background and Introduction (24:27-25:27) Paul was confined to prison in Caesarea for two years. Though he was not convicted of any wrongdoing, Felix the Roman governor of...
Paul: A Model of Passion, Conviction, Courage, and Discernment (Acts 24; Acts 25)
Click on this link for translations of today’s devotional. Scripture reading - Acts 24; Acts 25 We might glean much from the apostle Paul’s courage, and defense of himself, and the Gospel of Jesus Christ he preached. He was arrested under the false pretense of...
Praise God for His Sovereign, Providential Care (Acts 23)
Click on this link for translations of today’s devotional. Scripture reading - Acts 23 Claudius Lysias (23:26), the “chief captain” and commander of the Roman garrison in Jerusalem, had saved Paul from a riotous mob that would have killed him (21:30-35). When the...
“Harden Not Your Hearts” (Acts 21; Acts 22)
Click on this link for translations of today’s devotional. Scripture reading - Acts 21; Acts 22 Paul’s journey to Jerusalem continues in today’s scripture reading (Acts 21-22). Acts 20 concluded with Paul deciding he would return to Jerusalem for the Passover....
Paul’s Indomitable Spirit (Acts 20)
Click on this link for translations of today's devotional. Scripture reading - Acts 20 In recent weeks, we studied Paul’s epistles to believers in two major cities of the 1st century: Corinth, to whom the apostle penned two letters (1 Corinthians and 2 Corinthians),...
Continuing Paul’s Second Missionary Journey (Acts 18; Acts 19)
click here to see translations of this devotionalScripture reading - Acts 18; Acts 19 Our two-year chronological reading of God’s Word returns to the Book of Acts, with the focus of today’s study being Acts 18 and 19. (Note, I have adjusted the published reading...
A Spiritual Solution to Rampant Welfare (2 Thessalonians 3, Acts 18)
Scripture reading - 2 Thessalonians 3, Acts 18 While our Scripture reading is from 2 Thessalonians 3 and Acts 18, our devotional is taken from 2 Thessalonians 3. Paul Requested Prayer (3:1-2) Paul’s second letter to the believers in Thessalonica concludes on a loving,...
Hello, Athens! (Acts 17; 1 Thessalonians 1)
Scripture reading – Acts 17; 1 Thessalonians 1 Our chronological study of the Scriptures continues with Acts 17 and 1 Thessalonians 1. The focus of today’s devotional is Acts 17. Macedonia, the land between the Balkans and the Greek Peninsula, was the first region in...
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