In Jesus' departing words to His disciples (in Matthew 28) - He shares with them the vision for the expansion of the Kingdom of God. "Go and make disciples..."And the disciples carried forward this mission of Jesus into the world, to th...

The book of Acts is the origin story of the church. If you call yourself a Christian - this is YOUR story. And the story continues.The "Acts" that the book references are really the "Acts of the Holy Spirit." This member of the Trinity ...

Jesus is oppositional.There's no whitewashing about it. The message that He came to preach cut against the old religious system. It cut against the culture of His Jewish contemporaries. It cut against the rich + the poor. No one was saf...

As the book of Acts nears its end - things are getting worse and worse for Paul. He's a prisoner, awaiting a trial that has taken years to set up, constantly facing mobs and death threats against his life.And, to make matters worse, in ...

Paul has been arrested in Jerusalem and now he's brought before governors and kings fulfilling what Jesus foretold in Matthew 10:17-20. In each situation, Paul is given the opportunity to speak and he takes the opportunity. He tell...