The book of Acts relates the growth of the New Testament Church following Pentecost. What we see in Acts is the Holy Spirit working through God’s means of grace as distributed by the apostles and disciples of the early Church. We see people being brought to faith through the proclamation of the Gospel, people being baptized, and people coming together …
Monthly Archives: April 2018
We tend to not take care of things that we didn’t pay for. We just don’t give them the same standard of care that we give to things that we’ve had to sacrifice something for. We see this type of behavior in children when they break toys we give them, or in neighbors when we loan them tools and sometimes …
Today, I want to talk focus on the Bible and its principal message, because after Jesus’ resurrection, over a meal of fish, Jesus tells his disciples: “Everything written about me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled” (Luke 24:36-49). The Law of Moses, and the Prophets, and the Psalms or Writings. The Jews …
The Gospel reading for today (John 20:19-28) begins on the evening of Christ’s resurrection, on Easter Sunday. In it, we find the disciples afraid and huddled behind a locked door. It makes since, because it was the first day after the Sabbath, so if the Jewish authorities were going to come after them, like they had come after their leader …
In Mark’s Gospel, verse 8 of chapter 16 is traditionally considered to be the original ending of the Gospel, with verses 9 through 20 added a bit later by scribes as a post-script. But if you look at verse 8, it seems like an odd way to end the account of Jesus’ resurrection, doesn’t is? After the women find Jesus’ …