Last week we looked at Paul and Barnabas’ stop in Pisidian Antioch and the results of that visit. Luke, the human author of Acts, moves next to summarize Paul and Barnabas’ trip through the next several cities, and only highlights a few points. These few points can serve as lessons for us today.

This week’s section opens up with a prophet named Agabus coming down from Jerusalem to predict an up coming famine. This famine would be wide spread, covering most of the Roman world at that time, and was quite severe in Jerusalem. History records the literal fulfillment of this prophecy with…

Last week we looked at Saul and his zeal to serve God by crushing His church. Through his example we learned that there are some absolute truths and one of those is that the path to heaven can only be through Jesus. This week we will shift our focus to Philip, and his efforts to evangelize an unreached people group.

Before we move in to this week section, it would be good to ask ourselves a question and that is “What is the purpose of the church?” Is the purpose of the church to grow big buildings and big budgets? Obviously it is not, but if we ask that a different way the answer might not be so obvious. Is the purpose of the church to help the needy? Is the purpose of the church to be a political action committee? Is the purpose of the church to grow disciples?

Last week we looked at the beginning of the very first Christian Church service. This week we will dive in to the very first Christian sermon that we have recorded. The Holy Spirit has come, and we are now reading about the birth of the Church and its first evangelists…