Bible Study: The Acts of the Apostles, Part 42

This post covers Acts 17:1-9. In it, Paul and Silas go to Thessalonica and preach in the synagogue there. Some Jews become jealous and stir up trouble for them before they move on to Berea.

Bible Study: The Acts of the Apostles, Part 41

This post covers Acts 16:16-40. In it, Paul and Silas are thrown in prison at Philippi for casting a demon out of a slave girl. They receive a supernatural release and convert the jailer.

Bible Study: The Acts of the Apostles, Part 40

This post covers Acts 16:1-15. In it, Paul travels through Galatia, Phrygia, bypasses Asia, and goes to Macedonia. There, in Philippi, he converts Lydia.

Bible Study: The Acts of the Apostles, Part 39

This post covers Acts 15:36-41. In it, Paul and Barnabas split up over whether or not they should bring Mark.

Bible Study: The Acts of the Apostles, Part 38

This post covers Acts 15:22-35. In it, the apostles send out a letter with Paul, Barnabas, Judas, and Silas to the Gentiles in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia. It contains the four prohibitions that James laid out when he spoke. The major question I address in this post is: What do we do with these instructions?

Bible Study: The Acts of the Apostles, Part 37

This post covers Acts 15:1-21. In it, Paul and Barnabas travel to Jerusalem to address the issue of Gentile believers and the Mosaic Law. The apostles meet, with both Peter and James making prescient comments.

Bible Study: The Acts of the Apostles, Part 36

This post covers Acts 14:24-28. In it, Paul and Barnabas travel back through the areas they have evangelized and eventually make their way back to Antioch, Syria where their mission journey ends.

Bible Study: The Acts of the Apostles, Part 35

This post covers Acts 14:8-23. In it, Paul and Barnabas are in Lystra and Derbe. Paul is stoned and the Gospel is preached.

Bible Study: The Acts of the Apostles, Part 34

This post covers Acts 14:1-7. In it, Paul and Barnabas are in Iconium preaching the Gospel.

Bible Study: The Acts of the Apostles, Part 33

This post covers Acts 13:13-52. In it, Paul and Barnabas travel to Antioch in Pisidia and preach in the synagogue. The Jews stir up trouble and they move on.

Bible Study: The Acts of the Apostles, Part 32

This post covers Acts 13:4-12. In it, Barnabas and Saul begin their missionary journey on Cyprus. They convert the proconsul and rebuke a magician by blinding him.

Bible Study: The Acts of the Apostles, Part 31

This post covers Acts 12:1-13:3. In it, Herod persecutes the Jerusalem church, and then dies. Barnabas and Saul are set apart for missionary work and sent off.

Bible Study: The Acts of the Apostles, Part 30

This post covers Acts 11:19-30. In it, we see the continued expansion of the Gospel into both diverse people groups and worldwide.

Bible Study: The Acts of the Apostles, Part 29

This post covers Acts 11:1-18. In it, Peter reports back to the church in Jerusalem concerning the inclusion of the Gentiles in the Kingdom of God. The circumcision party is convinced when Peter recounts the Holy Spirit falling on the Gentiles.

Bible Study: The Acts of the Apostles, Part 28

This post covers Acts 10:23b-48. In it, Peter travels to Cornelius and delivers the Gospel. The Holy Spirit falls on the Gentiles while Peter is speaking and then they are water baptized. The events of salvation and empowering of the Holy Spirit are different than those of Pentecost and in Samaria.

Bible Study: The Acts of the Apostles, Part 27

This post covers Acts 10:17-23a. In it, Peter is confused about his vision. The men sent by Cornelius meet with Peter in Joppa.

Bible Study: The Acts of the Apostles, Part 26

This post covers Acts 10:9-16. In it, Peter sees a vision of a sheet with all sorts of animals on it, both clean and unclean. He is ordered to eat them, which he refuses. This happens several times.

Bible Study: The Acts of the Apostles, Part 25

This post covers Acts 10:1-8. In it, Cornelius sees and angel of God in a vision and is instructed to send for Peter who is still in Joppa.

Bible Study: The Acts of the Apostles, Part 24

This post covers Acts 9:32-43. In it, Peter heals Aeneas and raises Tabitha from the dead.

Bible Study: The Acts of the Apostles, Part 23

This post covers Acts 9:19b-31. In it, we see what Saul is up to after his conversion. Guess what? He's preaching Jesus all over.