by Eric Spivey | May 22, 2021 | Acts
To really understand what’s going on in this passage, you first need to know that the very idea of Gentiles being acceptable to Yahweh, the God of the Jews, is a monumentally big deal. Sure, from the very beginning God has taken Gentiles into his family—Abraham...
by Eric Spivey | May 17, 2021 | Acts
As we continue in our Acts series we get a second week with Philip, the faithful believer whom God took to preach to the Samaritans last week (Acts 8:4-8). Here God calls him to go preach to an Ethiopian eunuch who’s heading home from Jerusalem, and we get...
by Eric Spivey | May 6, 2021 | Acts
Right before our passage for this week the first Christian martyr was killed. Stephen, one of the seven leaders we looked at last week, was stoned because of his faith, and his death set off a campaign of systematic oppression among the early Christian community. Soon...
by Eric Spivey | Apr 29, 2021 | Acts
We shouldn’t be shocked to learn that the early church wasn’t perfect. Maybe after reading Acts 2:42-47 and all the mutual love and sharing that was going on you got a picture perfect idea of the church in your head. And don’t get me wrong, there...
by Eric Spivey | Apr 19, 2021 | Acts
In our passage for this week Peter and John are arrested and drug before the Sanhedrin for teaching about Jesus publicly. Initially they are questioned about their healing of a disabled man from chapter 3 (3:1-26); “By what power or by what name did you do...
