Stop the World, I Want to Get Off!
The above title, "Stop the World, I Want to Get Off!" is taken from a Broadway musical that was popular in the United States in the 1960s and revived in the 1980s. It concluded with the song "What Kind of [...]
Happy Birthday, Church!
"And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place" (Acts 2:1 KJV). Pentecost (the word means fifty) was the Harvest feast in the Jewish calendar, and was always celebrated on the [...]
Go Tell How Much The Lord Has Done
Previously on Lessons from the Great Physician: Lesson One: Establish the will of God Lesson Two: Accept the authority of God's Word Lesson Three: Recognize your family rights Lesson Four: Have Faith in your own faith The fifth lesson from [...]
Mothers-in-law
I was fortunate in that I had a good mother-in-law. While I saw her quite often when my wife and I were courting, after our marriage we moved 1680 miles away (2690 km) for eight years, and almost any [...]
When Jesus was Amazed!
In my previous post I discussed the early ministry of Jesus in Matthew’s gospel, then jumped over the Sermon on the Mount to chapter 8, and “Lessons from the Great Physician.” The first of those lessons was based […]
Don’t Wait Until Sunday!
I recall the basics of an instance that occurred in our second pastorate in Western Australia. An English couple had started attending the church with their children. One Sunday morning before the service started, I was astonished to see the […]
The Impact of Pentecost summary
I have been following the impact of the Day of Pentecost on the early days of the new Pentecostal church under the title "Such as I have give I you." I have covered Acts chapters 1-6, the period before the [...]
The words of this life
"But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors and brought them out, and said, 'Go and stand [take a stand] in the temple and speak to the people all the words of this Life.' And [...]
Ignorant and unlearned men
No, the title is not a slogan from the feminist movement but an important statement in our journey of exploration through Acts chapters 3-5. In chapter 3 Peter and John had healed the lame man in the Name of Jesus, [...]
Walking and leaping and praising God
"Such as I have give I thee. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk!... and leaping up he stood and began to walk, and entered the temple with them, walking and leaping and praising God" [...]