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AC-03 – Last Days Focus

Who’s distracted? We live in an age of distraction. We think this is unique with technological advancement, but Christians were distracted in the first century. Martha was distracted by serving others and Mary not helping her (Luke 10:40). Peter was distracted by the Apostle John and what John’s path would look like (John 21:20-22). Before…

AC-02 – Jesus’ Last Words

What should we do now? As Jesus was moments away from ascending into Heaven, he gave his Apostles instructions. He told them what they were to do. The Apostles’ ministry set the trajectory for his churches and what they are to be doing throughout this age until Jesus comes again.

AC-01 – The Acts of the Apostles Introduction

How did Christianity survive and thrive? Have you ever thought about how unlikely the spread of Christianity was? What began with an itinerant Jewish rabbi and handful of followers in the environs of rural Galilee, teaching from a centuries old collection of books, seemed to climax with the death of the teacher and scattering of…

22 – God’s Word and Mingled Joy

What do we do while we wait for joy? Sin mars life on the earth. Joys are mingled with sorrows and ruin never seems far away. Rejoicing is humbled by regret. Boasting is restrained by brooding worries. The writer of Psalm 119 reflects in this last stanza on the reality of mingled joys and sorrows.…

21 – God’s Word and Treasure

What would you give up for a greater treasure? The list is short when count up what we would truly give up our lives for. If we willingly sacrifice, the gain must surpass the worth of what we lost. The writer of Psalm 119 recognized the worth of God’s word in this next to last…

20 – God’s Word and Real Help

Where is my help? Sometimes we take stock of our resources and find ourselves short. Sometimes we make a list of our friends and find it shorter than the list of our enemies. The writer of Psalm 119 was in such a place in this twentieth stanza. This stanza is an urgent cry to God…

19 – God’s Word and Prayer

Who has heard our cry? I am yet to meet the person who describes himself as a champion at prayer. Most of us will admit we do not pray as we would like. Aside from not knowing what to say, or how to say it, we often wonder if we will be heard. The writer…

18 – God’s Word is Righteous

What about the world? Long ago, David questioned why the heathen rage and why the nations plot emptiness. We might ask why the sun rises or rain falls–it’s just the nature of the thing. Likewise, the world is at enmity with God and his word and continually assaults the Bible’s rocky shore line with wave…

17 – God’s Word and Understanding

Why? Mankind wrestles with questions about life and why things happen as they do. Some events seem straightforward cause-and-effect, but others remain inexplicable to us. The writer of Psalm 119, in the seventeenth stanza, recognizes the difficulty of understanding life events and sees the importance of understanding God’s word for navigating life.

16 – God’s Word and Waiting

How do we wait? Most of us are no good at waiting. We would rather be told no than be told to wait. Throughout the Bible and history, people have wrestled with waiting when things seem to be going wrong. Consider Psalm 37 and 73 as David and Asaph were waiting in affliction while the…