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Many tend to misinterpret this chapter as a call to remove the purity laws on food. However, they are mistaken. This chapter is about much more than what we eat. It challenges the way we think about …

In this chapter we ask the question, how could Paul change so dramatically? I hope that you see the answer is that he met Jesus on the road. Meeting Jesus changes everything. How has meeting Jesus ch…

Steven is killed, how will the church respond? Well, they scatter. It is how they scatter that is important. We see the church scatter everywhere, preaching the word as they go. How will you respond …

Steven delivers a weighty sermon to the Pharisees. Will it turn their hearts toward God? Sadly, we know the answer to that question. For us then, the question becomes will we be cut to the heart and …

The young church faces its first real division. How will the young church respond? How will you respond to division?

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There is a grave danger in spiritual hypocrisy. Such actions have deadly consequences in the lives of believers and of the life of the church. #Acts #NewTestament #Gospel #Jesus #God

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Faced with threats and arrest, Peter and John found themselves in trouble for the sake of the gospel. Throughout Acts, the gospel rarely provides safe harbors. More often hardships spring up as a res…

What does it mean to be a witness for Jesus? What did this phrase mean for the early church? Join me as we dig into God's Word in Acts.

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Now we look into the best part of the story. We get to look at what makes our hearts sing and lives change. We look into the very thing that took the scared, defeated disciples into a bold church rea…

Here we look into the depth of love that our Savior has for us. The cross is endured out of love. So let us look on and reflect the depth of love displayed on the cross.

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Today we get to look into the intimate prayer that Jesus prayed the night before, the cross. The moments leading up to His arrest and beatings. We get to see Jesus modeling what it looks like to yiel…

What comes to your mind when you think of the end times? For some there is a lot of past baggage they bring. But check your bags at the gate and let us look at what Jesus has to say.

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Jesus received three tests from groups who were trying to trip Him up. Let us look into this chapter and reflect on how Jesus' answers penetrate time, culture, and language and fall into our lives to…

Jesus makes His triumphal entry into Jerusalem. There are Messianic vibes here. But Jesus, to the shock of the crowd does not come in riding a mighty steed, but a humble colt. The war was over before…

So here's the thing - only two of these stories align with what Mark invites us to do: come to Jesus and follow Him. Just like children eagerly seek His presence and the beggar humbly asks for mercy …

Jesus' glory is fully revealed and unfiltered. His power over demonic forces is seen despite the failure and weak faith of His disciples. In contrast, we must follow Jesus with our full lives and tot…

Only Jesus can open our spiritual eyes and heal our spiritual blindness. And when He does, we will give everything to follow Him.  

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"A little Jesus goes a long way." But more seriously, she knows that Jesus is enough. Jesus says in other gospels that her daughter was healed because of the woman's faith. In this, she becomes a liv…