Please take some time today to go back to this week’s passages and reread them a couple of times. Does anything stand out to you that you not notice the same way earlier – https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts%2018%3A1-3%2C%2018-21%2C%2024-26%2C%20Romans%2016%3A3-4&version=NRSV;MSG VI.I closed the other day … Continue reading
To reread these passages you can use the link below –https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts+18%3A1-3%2C+18-21%2C+24-26%2C+Romans+16%3A3-4&version=NRSV IV.Let’s take up my last question from the other day – Where do their similarities and differences lead them? Of these four people, what similarities do they share? What … Continue reading
I.This week we focus our reflection on the interactions of four people, Paul, Aquila, Priscilla and Apollos. As you read these passages first notice what brought each to their encounters. As you reread the passages pay attention to what you … Continue reading
Here is a link to this week’s Scripture. Please refresh your mind and spirit by reading it again –https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%202%3A36-38%2C%20Acts%202%3A16-21%2C%2021%3A8-9&version=NRSV,MSG VI.What do you make of this – “ … I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh … will pour … Continue reading
Please take some time today to go back to these several passages and spend time considering them. https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%202%3A36-38%2C%20Acts%202%3A16-21%2C%2021%3A8-9&version=NRSV,MSG V.Who is included in God’s work? I am not thinking of who God “works on” or “works in” but who is called … Continue reading
I.For this week we have three Scripture passages (four if you count the reference to Joel 2:28-32 in Acts) set in front of us. As you consider these words let them rest with you for a while then reread them, … Continue reading
This week’s passage can be reread here –https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=acts+4%3A32-5%3A11&version=NRSV,CEB VII.“… everything was held in common…” Was it? We read how three people “shared” their “possessions.” Notice what we are told about Barnabas, Ananias and Sapphira. What differentiates their “sharing”? From whom … Continue reading
IV.Let’s focus here for while – Acts 4:32, 34-35Now the whole group of those who believed were of one heart and soul, and no one claimed private ownership of any possessions, but everything they owned was held in common…. There … Continue reading
I.I’ll get us started on our text for this week as I do most weeks asking you to read over the passage a couple of times. For our first reading let’s read the entire passage without stopping to pay particular … Continue reading