There are times in the life of a Christ following Believer when you will stand up for what you know is WHERE God has called you to go. This direction matches the Scripture; but does not make any sense to you or your family. Good people will advise you to…
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Acts Chapter 20 – THE Message For Life
At the end of a college professor’s career, that teacher gets to speak on any topic he desires. Dr. Randy Pausch was a computer science professor who found out that he has pancreatic cancer. When he found out that the cancer had spread rapidly, leaving him 6 months to live,…
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Acts Chapter 19 – The SPIRIT, Spiritual and spirits
I expect that Alice and I, our families and our Bible study folks will be tested in every way, this week, because we are calling out truth. This will come in many forms because we speak out for Christ, we speak up for the correct ministry of the Holy Spirit…
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Acts Chapter 18 – Tentmaking Disciples Produce Tentmaking Disciples
It is common for foreign missionaries to start in difficult areas like Russia, China or India as working evangelists. This is because the Gospel is tolerated IF you have the ability to contribute the community. ESL teachers in China, Football coaching in Russia, software programmers in India are the common…
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Acts Chapter 17 – Preaching To The 1st Time Listener
True Event: Just this week, while I was studying this chapter 17 and all its parts, with the usual amazement and confusion, a person from Canada misdialed me. This Buddhist Chinese lady thought that I was an ophthalmologist, an eye doctor. I quickly introduced myself as a chaplain and she…
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Acts Chapter 16 – Becoming A Lydia For The Gospel
There is a mental separation between the Pastor and the congregation. This mindset “feels” that because they went to Bible college and have been doing “it” for years, they can do things and we can’t. I was not called to be my childhood pastor. He was coached by J. Vernon…
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Acts Chapter 15 – Making Peace With Messianic Believers
I grew up in a different church than Alice. Alice now goes to a different church than her mom or dad. I use a different version of a Bible that my Pastor dad used for 30 years. My grandmother and grandfather didn’t even go to church most of their life…
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Acts Chapter 14 – My Relatives Could Not Behave Themselves Either
Do you have relatives that you just don’t understand? They are nice to everyone else. Yet, when they ask for a favor, and you help, they end up doing something so awful, that you wonder if they hate you. It’s like the pessimistic phrase, “No good deed goes unpunished!” The…
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Acts Chapter 13 – God’s Leadership Teaching those Teachers
A man with a briefcase knocked on my door; two guys in white shirts and bicycles wanted to talk; a kid had a self-healing book to give me; I was invited to sit with my legs folded and pause for an hour; and then I got to asking the obvious…Who…
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Acts Chapter 12 – Faith By Testing, Resolved By Prayer
For some odd reason, we as Believers are very human in our reactions to life. We love our creature comforts and we forget the struggles when things are doing well. When our Heavenly Father wants to get our attention, we turn a deaf ear to His still small voice. He…