As the first intentionally planted Gentile congregation, the church of Antioch was uniquely blessed by…
Author: ARCHIVE
After a very unedifying narrative in chapter 12 of blood, persecution, and partisan conflict, verse…
Three pictures of persecution in verses 1-5 set the stage for a season of testing…
A prominent Roman Catholic critic of the Reformation argued that the protestant doctrine of assurance…
In the third snapshot of the Antioch church, Luke shows a church which was making…
Having narrated the history of the planting of the Antioch church, Luke transitions to show…
The believers “scattered” from Jerusalem on account of persecution began speaking the gospel wherever they…
Peter’s main appeal to his antagonistic Jewish audience was a simple but penetrating question: who…
It may not have had all the same mysterious sights and sounds as Pentecost did…
In view of Peter’s vision, the visit from Cornelius’ servants, and Cornelius invitation to speak…
