Have you ever found yourself saying goodbye to someone and feeling you have so much you want to say that you don’t know how to squeeze it into a few minute farewell? The past few days we’ve been with the apostle Paul, reviewing the six-chapter letter he wrote, in about 48ad, to the first generation […]
As we rejoin the apostle Paul today, he has picked up his stylus and is writing his fifth chapter of his letter to the people he met, and helped them find FREEDOM in Jesus Christ, while on his first missionary journey. Paul is writing in about 48ad from Syrian Antioch. Listen to these powerful words: “It […]
We all understand watching a TIME countdown to a specific EVENT, right? It happens every New Year’s Eve, in every time zone of the world. It happens as a rocket launch approaches, or a baby is about to be born, or almost anything that is scheduled to happen at a particular moment. So, […]
Have you ever been in a job, or a relationship, or an organization which you felt restricted you to the point you almost felt in bondage? If you were delivered from that bondage, do you remember the exhilarating freedom you felt? That is the focus of the apostle Paul’s third chapter in his powerful letter to those […]
Have you ever felt fully energized because your purpose and direction was clear? Perhaps you’ve experienced the opposite, when you felt lethargic and struggling to discern what your next steps should be or if what you were doing had any value at all? I have found myself in both situations during my lifetime. Join me again alongside […]
Have you ever had to write a letter to clear up some misunderstanding about something you said, or maybe clarify your actions or intentions that have been misinterpreted and twisted to the detriment of your personal reputation? Today, join me again in the city of Syrian Antioch, in about 48ad as the apostle Paul […]
Yesterday I left you in Jerusalem as the famous “Jerusalem Council” concluded with agreement that God’s Salvation plan, accomplished by Jesus Christ’s teachings, His atonement death and resurrection, is intended by God to be made EQUALLY available to all people of the world, Jew and Gentile, in every generation. And furthermore, as Paul later wrote, God’s Salvation of any […]
Have you ever been interrogated by someone really pressing you to explain something you did or said or even something you strongly believe? That can be a deeply troubling experience, especially if your interrogator is relentless in their pressure and arousing doubt in the minds of all who hear you. Let’s rejoin what is sometimes called “the […]
As you look around your part of our world today is CONFUSION a fair word to use in describing much of what you see in education, business, politics, health care, social media, entertainment and even religion? And when you consider my question through generational lenses, do you find the younger the person or group you are considering, the greater […]
I wonder if Mondays seem to be an uphill climb for you, as they are for many people around the world? If so, perhaps you’ll find encouragement today in the fifth and final chapter of the first letter to be written and sent to Christians, all across the Roman empire, in the early […]
