Category: Control

The Scattering

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The Scattering

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Stephen’s witness ended with his death, but the story was just beginning. Acts 8:1-4 let us know martyrdom didn’t have the desired effect. First, martyrdom didn’t end the persecution, v. 1 … 1 “Now Saul was consenting More →

Prison Break

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Prison Break

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Acts 5:17-26 … v. 16, “Also a multitude gathered from the surrounding cities to Jerusalem, bringing sick people and those who were tormented by unclean spirits, and they were all healed.” That kind of success More →

Response to Opposition

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Response to Opposition

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Faced with opposition, the early church gathered and prayed. Acts 4:23 “And being let go, they went to their own companions and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said to them. More →

The New Passover

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The New Passover

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Matthew 26:17-25 relates the beginning of Jesus’ final meal with the twelve. First, the Passover feast was prepared—“On the first day of the Feast of the Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying More →

Faith Like a Child

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Faith Like a Child

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Elton Trueblood said, “Our faith becomes practical when it is expressed in two books: the date book and the checkbook.” Matthew 18:1-11 deals with the kind of faith that Jesus wants His followers to More →

An Open Invitation

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An Open Invitation

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“Then he began to denounce the cities where most of his mighty works had been done, because they did not repent.” (Matthew 11:20) That verse is important to the entire passage (vv. 20-30) because More →