Today, let’s join the apostle Paul and Barnabas in a tremendous homecoming reunion. It may have been one of the highlights of their entire lives! I left you with them yesterday in the town of Pisidian Antioch. They were re-tracing their journey during which they had brought the Gospel of Jesus Christ into […]
Have you ever been caught in an unruly crowd, perhaps you might even call them a mob? Did that mob suddenly become violent and were you frightened for your life? That happened once to me, and I was nearly trampled to death as a boy. My father saved my life by raising me up […]
Despite your best efforts to do the right thing and be helpful to others, do you find there are those who doubt your motives or outright oppose you? How do you handle such opposition? Yesterday we watched as Paul and Barnabas, despite their best efforts to be helpful to the people of Pisidian Antioch, were actually opposed […]
INCLUSION is a very powerful word in our world, isn’t it? Most people welcome the feeling of being INCLUDED and resist any group from whom they feel EXCLUDED. This time of year, many people are relocating to live in other places or changing jobs so the hunger to be INCLUDED or BELONG can sometimes be […]
Have you ever been at the ocean shoreline long enough to watch the tide go in or out? Or have you watched a major change in public opinion, in a very short period of time? Today, let’s join Paul and Barnabas as they experience a rapid tidal wave change of opinion among a group of people […]
The word ABANDON is filled with emotion especially if that word is used with family or friends, right? Have you ever felt abandoned by someone who should have loved you? Yesterday we witnessed a very powerful spiritual victory as the apostle Paul had confronted Jewish sorcerer Elymas calling him a “child of the devil and enemy of everything that is […]
Have you ever found yourself in a situation where you actually felt there was an unseen enemy battling against you? Yesterday I left you in the town of Paphos, on the Island of Cyprus, with Barnabas and Saul facing exactly that situation. These two men, both of whom had experienced the power of Jesus in their lives, […]
Perhaps you’ve heard the phrase “Paul’s first missionary journey”? This event is the beginning of that historic, world impacting, adventure. Barnabas and Saul were sent by the church in Syrian Antioch to faraway places, taking the Gospel message of Jesus Christ, and the story of what God had been doing SINCE Jesus Christ was […]
82 years ago this weekend things changed in our world! Do you know why and how? One of the greatest military campaigns of all time is called D-Day as Allied forces crossed the English Channel and stormed the highly fortified beaches and cliffs of France attempting to push back the Nazi German forces who were ravaging all […]
Come again with me back to Jerusalem and the story we’re following of significant events in the decades following the resurrection and ascension of Jesus Christ. Yesterday we watched as Barnabas and Saul left Jerusalem with a young man, John Mark, who wanted to travel with them. They headed north to Syrian Antioch, a city much larger than Jerusalem. But size wasn’t the only […]
