Category: Acts 15

• [GULP!] …I Might Have Been a Legalist

  The apostles and elders met to consider this question. After much discussion, Peter got up and addressed them: “Brothers, you know that some time ago God made a choice among you that the Gentiles might hear from my lips the message of the gospel and believe. God, who knows the heart, showed that he accepted them by giving…

  Blake

  October 26, 2017

  Acts 15, Church Unity, conflict, Discerning God’s Will Together, leadership

  Acts 15, argument, Barnabas, church, circumcision, conflict, council, discernment, evidence, Hebrew, James, Jerusalem, Judaizer, justice, Paul, Peter

• Careful with Open Doors and Straight Paths

  Tuesday Re-mix: Suddenly there was such a violent earthquake that the foundations of the prison were shaken. At once all the prison doors flew open, and everyone’s chains came loose.  Acts 16:26 I’m intrigued by this story in Acts 16, not only because Paul and Silas did not leave through the open door of their jail cell, but…

  Blake

  November 26, 2013

  Acts 15, Discerning God’s Will Together, leadership, prayer, strategic planning

  Acts 16, chains, church, discernment, earthquake, escape, jail, leadership, miracle, pastor, Paul, Peter, prison, Silas, strategy, will

• [GULP!] …I Might Have Been a Judaizer

  Tuesday Re-mix: The apostles and elders met to consider this question. After much discussion, Peter got up and addressed them: “Brothers, you know that some time ago God made a choice among you that the Gentiles might hear from my lips the message of the gospel and believe. God, who knows the heart, showed that he accepted them…

  Blake

  November 19, 2013

  Acts 15, Church Unity, conflict, Discerning God’s Will Together, leadership

  Acts 15, baptism, Barnabas, church, circumcision, council, evidence, Gentile, Hebrew, James, Jerusalem, Judaizer, lawyer, Paul, Peter, proof, scripture