by Steve Thomason | May 1, 2015 | Devos
Friday, May 1. Acts 14:1-7. Rioting in the streets. Violence. One ethnic group protesting against another. One group proclaiming that their lives matter, even in the face of racism and oppression. A divided city. What city am I describing? Baltimore? Ferguson? Modern...
by Steve Thomason | Apr 30, 2015 | Devos
Thursday, April 30. Acts 13:36-52 this is a repost from the Acts study. Yesterday we saw a wonderful example of Paul’s standard message to the Jews. The Jews were (and are) a blessed people because they have had the direct revelation of the one true God from the...
by Steve Thomason | Apr 29, 2015 | Devos
Wednesday, April 29. Acts 13:26-35. Why do you follow Jesus? What is it that makes Jesus so special that you would call him Lord and claim to be his disciple? Is it because he offered good, moral teaching? Is it because he did amazing miracles? Is it because he had...
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by Steve Thomason | Apr 28, 2015 | Devos
Tuesday, April 28. Acts 13:13-25. Here is an important lesson for Christians to remember. Jesus did not come to start a new religion. He was Jewish and never asked anyone to stop being Jewish. The Good News of Jesus is first, and foremost, a Jewish story. It is also...
by Steve Thomason | Apr 24, 2015 | Devos
Friday, April 24. Acts 12:1-19. This is a repost from the Acts study. Sometimes good people die. One of the greatest unanswered questions in the scripture has to do with the death of James. Why did he die when Peter was spared? Why was his death glossed over when...
by Steve Thomason | Apr 23, 2015 | Devos
Thursday, April 23. Acts 11:19-30. This is a repost from the Acts study. Society longs to have a center. It needs to have a place from which and to which all ideas flow. For the Roman Empire it was the city of Rome that lay at the center of its people. For centuries...
