The young Church was growing and expanding into new territory at a rapid pace, presenting the challenge of how to integrate the influx of new believers from a wide variety…
Throughout Scripture we bump into God-plans that cause us to stop and think, ‘We wouldn’t do it like that.’ But each time this happens, we’re prompted to recall God saying…
One could say that, in the earliest opening days of the church, the Holy Spirit was ‘on the loose.’ He ignited the apostles with vast measures of faith and power…
Then God said, ‘Let us make human beings in our image, to be like us. Then the Lord God formed the man from the dust of the ground. He breathed…
The unleashing of the power of the Spirit was not limited to a fire and wind event at Pentecost. That was just the announcement of His arrival. What followed were…
Under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit the church expanded daily. The many Jews joining the number, plus the number of non-Jews, meant that the former belief systems represented were…
Jesus ascended to the Father. The Holy Spirit came. The first Gospel message preached, ushered 3 000 souls into the newborn Church of Jesus Christ. The eleven remaining disciples became…
God loves the unexpected, the element of surprise. He provided Abram with a ram for the sacrifice. He opened the Red Sea for a safe and dry escape from Egypt.…
The final forty days of the disciples’ journey to Jesus’ cross were a potent mix of commitment and dread. The three days following his crucifixion plunged them into the most…
Jesus’ public ministry constantly raised eyebrows. For common folk, including his disciples, it was their surprise and delight at what they were seeing and hearing. For the religious elite, it…