Naomi is at the lowest point in her life and decides to send her daughters in law back to their fathers because she has no way to provide for them. Ruth refuses to leave Naomi and instead makes a decision…
Author: Eric Ross
Because of the Hope of Israel
During what seems to be a certain disaster, as the ship Paul is traveling in is driven by a storm for fourteen days, the Lord uses him to maintain hope and in Acts 27:35–36 “And after he said these things…
Do You Believe The Prophets?
Paul has been sent specifically, as we are all sent generally, to take the gospel in Acts 26:20 “to those in Damascus first, and in Jerusalem and all the region of Judea and to the Gentiles”. And he has faithfully…
According to the Way So I Worship
Paul’s trip to Jerusalem comes some twenty years after Jesus was crucified there. And the Roman Governor Felix was struggling to keep peace in the region although, by some reports, his abuses only made the situation worse. So when the…
In All Good Conscience Before God
Paul is in Jerusalem and has been accused in Acts 21:28 “This is the man who is teaching everyone everywhere against the people and the law and this place!” and is held in chains until he is brought before the…
Shepherd the Church of God
Paul is beginning a new direction, to take the gospel to the Gentiles in Rome. As he heads to Jerusalem, he summons the leaders of the Church in Ephesus and gives them a warning. As oversseers, they have a responsibility,…
The gods Made By Hands Are Not gods
Paul is teaching for two years in Ephesus Acts 19:10 “so that all who lived in Asia heard the word of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks”. Then something else happens, people separate themselves from magic. The gospel is first…
God Has Overlooked the Times of Ignorance
In every place, Paul shares the message of life through faith in Jesus Christ. In Athens, Paul speaks to them about the unknown God, the God that many only recognize as a shadowy concept that they can’t really understand. But…
They Accepted the Message With All Eagerness
Paul heads into Macedonia after having a vision in Acts 16:9 a certain Macedonian man was standing there and imploring him and saying, “Come over to Macedonia and help us!”. In Philippi some were saved, Lydia and her household, the…
Come Over to Macedonia and Help Us
There is a sharp disagreement that separates Barnabas and Paul. They had agreed in Acts 15:36 “let us return and visit the brothers in every town in which we proclaimed the word of the Lord, to see how they are…
The Living God
Paul and Barnabas were sent by the Holy Spirit to take the gospel to the Gentiles, but they were just men. They did though, have the power of God’s word and the power of the Holy Spirit working with them.…
If There Is Any Message of Exhortation Say It
The church is growing among the Gentiles and in Antioch we learn of new teachers and prophets, and these are from very different backgrounds. Yet, here they were, all together in Acts 13:2 “And while they were serving the Lord…
Proclaiming the Good News
There are many that want to tell you what you can and can’t do, and even in the Church, there are those that, in the name of God, are setting limits around what you can or should do. There was…
Cornelius Your Prayer Has Been Heard
We sometimes think people are accepting the Lord because of our plan to preach to them. The Lord though, is dealing directly with people as happened here with Cornelius. Cornelius was praying and the Lord answered sending an angel to…