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Acts 22:7 | Jesus Takes it Personally

Being a Christian does not solve all your problems. In fact, being a Christian comes with its own set of issues. As a lifelong Christian growing up and working in schools and businesses, I often felt like an outsider. It was almost […]

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Acts 7:57 | They Don’t Want to Hear

The first Christian martyr after Jesus was a man named Stephen. An angry mob killed him unlawfully. Throughout history, people have died the same way. In American history we call it a lynching. In the Middle Ages it was a pitchfork mob […]

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Acts 2:44 | What Government would Jesus Do?

The roles of Government and Church overlap and have become much confused in the last few generations. The founders of America understood the dangers of Government that was controlled by the church we have run into a new problem where the religion […]

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Acts 17:28 | Be Poets on a Stage

Acts 17 we find Paul in Athens challenging his audience to make a decision. I am not a person of action I am an observer soaking in everything I see. I will sit on the outside looking in analyzing and understanding all […]

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Acts 17:30 | Ignorance or Holiness

If someone called me ignorant my initial reaction would be to throw up defensive shields and turn on my offensive arguments of war. However, the truth is that I am ignorant on a great many subjects. Yet to call someone ignorant does […]

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Acts 4:12 | Focused Courage

If asked to describe yourself in one word what word would be used? If others described you what word would be used? At a funeral today for a relative that I did not know as closely as I would have liked there […]

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Acts 3:6 | Divine Appointment

Have you ever crossed paths with a person in a random setting or situation and that interaction changed your life forever? An introduction to a future spouse? Introductions to someone that later provided entry to a job opportunity? Introductions to someone that […]

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Acts 2:42 | Public Faith

The prevailing ethic of the day in regards to faith goes something like this… “My faith is my own and it is something I keep private.” In the public square, at work, at home, at school, in government, and out shopping there […]

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Acts 2:22 | Message and Mission

If the message from God to humankind is the good news of the Gospel that Jesus Christ died, was buried, and then is now raised to life then the mission is that each of us at some point in our short lives […]

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Acts 1:4 | A Heart of Stone No More

Religion is man striving and working to secure the favor of God. Live this kind of life, go to this kind of church, give money to the poor, follow the ten commandments… I could write for days all of the things people […]