Category Archives: 04 – The Kingdom Demonstrated

Acts 6:1-7  (January 1, 2011 — Happy New Year!) There is great confusion in the plethora of denominations concerning the nature and organization of leadership and governance in the church today.  Part of that confusion concerns specific roles identified in … Continue reading →

Acts 5:17-42 The believers in Jerusalem at this point number well in excess of the 5,000 men mentioned in Acts 4:4, perhaps double that number not counting women and children (v14).  The judgment of Ananias and Sapphira had a sobering … Continue reading →

Now we come to an episode in Acts that is starkly different from our experience in the church today, the deception of Ananias and Sapphira and their swift judgment (Acts 5:1-11).   Before we begin, please recall a verse from a … Continue reading →

I’d like to follow a personal rabbit trail here for a moment, and share some thoughts with you that come from other Grace teachers that may help you understand how to study the entire Bible from a dispensational perspective.  In … Continue reading →

On with the story!  Today we’ll be looking at Acts 4:23-31.  Have your study Bible ready as we proceed. Peter and John had been held responsible for the crime of healing a man who had been lame from birth through … Continue reading →

Before proceeding in the passage at hand, I’d like to add a brief personal note here.  It was my privilege over the past couple of weeks to assist with a live nativity put on by some good country friends, and … Continue reading →

Welcome back! How did you do on the study guide?  You can find the answers in the blogsite chapter ”Study Guide Answer Keys.”  I hope you did well!  Let’s move on… Peter has just reiterated Israel’s need for repentance for crucifying their … Continue reading →

Print this page, and then fill in the blanks with words taken from the indicated verses: v12 — Men of ____________, why do you marvel… v13 — The God of ________________, ___________ and ___________, the God of _______ fathers… v14 … Continue reading →

“Behold, a king will reign righteously… then My people will live in a peaceful habitation… Say to those with anxious heart, ‘Take courage, fear not.  Behold your God will come with vengeance; the recompense of God will come, but He … Continue reading →

The remaining verses in Chapter 2 and the next six chapters of Acts provide a window on the community of believers in Jerusalem in the days following Pentecost.  Up to now we have proceeded at an excruciatingly slow pace in our … Continue reading →