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Acts of the Apostles 2.22-36
In these verses we have the last half of Peter’s response to the people who accused the Galileans of being drunk. In the first part Peter said that what they were witnessing was the fulfillment of the...
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Acts of the Apostles 2.37-47
Peter has now finished his speech defending the Galileans who were accused of being drunk (see 2.14-36) and in this passage we see the response of the people to Peter’s speech. 37 Now when they heard...
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Salvation, Baptism, and the Church
In the previous post the passage of Acts that we were looking at ended with this sentence: And the Lord was adding to their number day by day those who were being saved. Salvation is the most important...
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Acts of the Apostles 3.1-10
At this point in Luke’s account Peter has just finished his speech to his fellow Jews attempting to persuade them that the Galileans they see are not drunk, but are filled with the Holy Spirit as was...
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Acts of the Apostles 3.11-26
In the previous passage (3.1-10) Peter and John went to the temple to pray and upon finding a man who had been lame from birth, through the power of Jesus, made him able to walk. The people at the...
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Acts of the Apostles 4.1-12
When we last left off Peter and John had just performed a miracle in the Temple by making a man who had born lame able to walk. This attracted a crowd of people, presumably mostly Jewish, to which...
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Acts of the Apostles 4.13-31
The response of the Jewish rulers, elders, and scribes continues in this passage: 13 Now as they observed the confidence of Peter and John and understood that they were uneducated and untrained men,...
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Acts of the Apostles 4.32-5.11
Thus far in the Acts of the Apostles the narrative has primarily been concerned with the formation of the Messianic community that would eventually become known as the Christian Church and the...
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Acts of the Apostles 5.12-42
If you’ve been paying close attention to the previous chapters you’ve probably noticed that the incidents described have a single person in common: the Apostle Peter. In addition to providing us with...
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Acts of the Apostles 6.1-15
Up until this point in the narrative the episodes and events have primarily involved the Apostle Peter. Now the focus will shift from Peter and onto others, the first of whom is Stephen. His time in...
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Christianity is Not a Contract!
Tyrael of Diablo fame. “Every time you make a choice you are turning the central part of you, the part of you that chooses, into something a little different than it was before. And taking your life...
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Propaganda Disguised as “Scholarship”
Recently Newsweek ran a rather lengthy article entitled, “The Bible: So Misunderstood It’s a Sin,” which claims to be an exploration, “of the Bible’s history and meaning” and “is not intended to...
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Journey to Anglicanism: The Trinity
Rublev’s icon of the Trinity depicts the three visitors to Abraham in Genesis 18. See here for more information about the icon: http://www.holy-transfiguration.org/library_en/lord_trinity_rublev.html...
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A Satire of Modern “Scholarship”
A major, and perhaps fully unrealized, consequence of the Internet is that information is proliferating faster than at any previous time in human history. The supporting narrative heralds this...
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Journey to Anglicanism: The Church
Since the Trinity does indeed interweave our world, and through that interweaving incorporates those who believe into himself by the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, then the organizing of such people...
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Why Squirrels are Better
This just in from the stating the obvious department… While I was still living in FL God provided me with a frequent image to consider: squirrels (don’t laugh! this is going somewhere serious I...
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Recognizing the essentials
A recent post at Credo House mentioned the importance of being able to separate the essentials of the Christian faith from the non-essentials, especially when sharing the Gospel, and it reminded me of...
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Freedom in Liturgy
The goal of the Christian life is divinization, or theosis, that, is to become like Christ, to become like God. This goal is not easily attained. In fact it will never be attained in this life, but...
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Healing the Wounds of Sin
Bless the LORD, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name! Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits, who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases, Ps...
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Empty Spaces
“I am the light of the world. He that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.” I was offered a free desk yesterday afternoon while I was walking into my building...
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