There is no Acts 29, but that’s the great name of a church planting network that continues the Acts journey. Here’s a message by Tim Keller who was speaking at one of the a29 network events on “Being the church in our culture”
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v2 “The islanders showed us unusual kindness” – what would it look like if followers of Jesus were known for ‘unusual kindness’?
v3-10 It’s amazing how quickly people’s responses change. They’re perception of Paul went from a guest, to a murderer, to a god. How do we stay resolutely faithful to [...]
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v1-3 It still amazes me how this is real history that we’re reading about and it’s not some imaginary fairy world. The places mentioned are real tangible locations that are around today… italy, asia, cypress, etc.
v9 Why had sailing become difficult because it was ‘after the Fast’? Were they drained [...]
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- Paul takes another opportunity to share his story
- Paul – “Why should any of you consider it incredible that God raises the dead?” – I find philosophically believing this an obvious conclusion – seeing the miraculous is a completely different story.
- On his road to Damascus story – ‘everyone ‘fell to [...]
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Paul is found on trial here before governor Felix. The high priest and his lawyer (already an interesting combination) are accusing Paul of stirring up riots. Paul loosely defends himself, and stays centered on the opportunity of sharing his faith in Christ and his hope in the resurrection.
It’s interesting how he states [...]
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v1-5 Everyone seems to be swinging between emotions, including Paul. Shows the value of understanding one another before lashing out.
v6 It sounds ridiculous in our age to be on trial because of ‘hope in the resurrection of the dead’ – there might be disputes and disagreements on it today -but does anyone [...]
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Paul shares his testimony again. He’s well acquainted with articulating his own story.
I find this line fascinating, the Lord said to him “‘Quick!’ he said to me. ‘Leave Jerusalem immediately, because they will not accept your testimony about me.’” – as if there wasn’t something divine he could do to change all [...]
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- the spirit of God urged others to tell Paul not to go to Jerusalem – Paul chose to disagree with their pleas… interesting.
- “there on the beach we knelt to pray” – i never noticed this before – what a beautiful scene
- Paul might be ‘free in christ’ but he [...]
