Acts 13:1-23
Acts 13:1-13 The Story of Mark’s Major Failure Isn’t the Whole Story! Serious Spiritual Failure in the Lives of Christians Always Has Serious Consequences But God is Not Less Gracious to Believers Who Fail/Fall into Serious Sin Than He is to Unbelievers (“the ungodly who believe” whose “faith is reckoned as righteousness” Romans 4:5) Who Come Out of Sin to Christ…
Acts 12:1-25
Acts 12:1-25 Dare Not to Compare! Take It on Faith We Never Have Enough Info to Legitimately 2nd Guess God Take This To Heart Self-Pityingly Comparing Our Circumstances To Those of Other People is an Absolute Joy Killer and a Serious Sin (Doubting God by Presuming We Know Better Than He Does) and Yet Most Honest TBFers Will Admit We are Often Tempted to Do It! Many People…
Free-Will Giving is God’s Will/Way for NT Christians
Acts 11:27-30 Free-Will “Proportional” Giving Not Strict Tithing is God’s Will/Way for NT Christians Take This To Heart Acts 11:29-30 A Superlative Example of Generous Giving-as an Expression of Christ Centered Giving/Compassionate Hearts. Rather Than a Specific % Given Because We “Have To” NT…
John 21:1-17
John 21:1-17 Unexpected Grace
Christian – a Title of Spiritual Honor and Insult
“Christian” a Title of Spiritual Honor and Insult Acts 11:19-26 Some Might Be Able to “Be Cool” & Be a Christian, But Being a Christian Should Not Make Us “Look Cool” to the World. We Don’t Have to Be Socially Clumsy, But Living a Bibl Christian Life Will Tend to Make Us Socially “Obnoxious” to…
Amazing Grace Can Be Awfully Confounding
Study of the Book of Acts 7/19/2015 Acts 11:1-18 Amazing Grace Can Be Awfully Confounding Christian Critics Question Peter’s Message/Method Take This To Heart God’s Amazing Grace Can Be Awfully Confounding to People Including… …Too Many Christians?!? Salvation by Grace through Faith Alone in Christ Alone is For All (Religious/Irreligious; Moral/Immoral; Rich/Poor;…
The Revolutionary Gospel of Grace
Study of the Book of Acts 7/12/2015 Acts 9:31-10:48 The Revolutionary/Controversial, Unbelievable And Seemingly Too Good to Be True Gospel of Grace The Revolutionary/Unbelievable, Unbelievable and Seemingly Too Good to Be True Gospel of Grace Calls Sinners (Religious or Irreligious) to Place Childlike Trust in Christ to Receive the Full/Free Forgiveness of Sins Some…
A Funny Thing Happened on Saul’s Way to Damascus
Study of the Book of Acts 6/28/2015 Acts 9:1-30 A Funny Thing Happened on Saul’s Way to Damascus (Funny = “Unusual/Unique” Not “Ha! Ha!”) Take This To Heart and Into Your World 1: Nobody Is So Bad…..They Are Beyond the Grace of God Never Stop Praying for Them (Romans 10:1) 2: Nobody Gets Right With…
The Gospel of Christ Transcends Colors, Countries/Cultures
Study of the Book of Acts 6/21/2015 Acts 8:26-40 The Gospel of Christ Transcends Colors, Countries/Cultures Take This To Heart and Into Your World Contrary to Conventional Wisdom and Popular Opinion Today The (True New Testament) Church Is/Always Has Been Mega-Inclusive Precisely Because the Grace…
Different Cultures, Colors and Countries But Only One True Church
Study of the Book of Acts 6/14/2015 Acts 8:1-25 Different Cultures, Colors and Countries But Only One True Church Take This To Heart THE UNIVERSAL Church of Jesus Christ is made up of Jews, Gentiles and (Even) Samaritans Who Receive the Grace of God Thru Faith in the Savior. This Inherent Unity is…