Weekly Tip #13 An Issue Of Faith The apostle Paul in the book of Galatians mentions the word “faith” 22 times in 19 verses in the ESV. The emphasis of faith is from the greek word “pistis” with a focus on belief in, and trust in God/Jesus for salvation. Strongs/Vines dictionary defines faith as: Primarily, […]

Weekly Tip #11 What Is The First Thing Christ Did For Us I love the passage in Galatians 2:20 which says, “I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the

Weekly Tip #10 Freedom In Christ The last two weeks we have read a little about the Apostle Paul. It turns out that he was extremely qualified to make a defense of the law of God. As Paul states in Philippians 3:4-7, he was a Hebrew of Hebrews who followed the law so closely that

Weekly Tip #9 The Most Important Thing To Never Change About Your Ministry The next several weeks we want to consider the message as found in the book of Galatians. Galatians was written by the apostle Paul around 49 AD and may have been a circulated letter to different places where Paul was able to

Weekly Tip #8 Different Circumstances, Same Message In the last part of the book of Acts, we see in chapters 21-28 that Paul had some significant challenges as he worked to tell many about Jesus. Paul was making his final trip to Jerusalem and then on to Rome to stand trial. In AD 57 Paul

Weekly Tip #7 The events in Acts chapter 20, according to the Bible timeline, takes place for the Apostle Paul in A.D. 57. At that point he still has about 11 years left of his life but his words make you feel like he only has 11 days left to live. He lived his life

Weekly Tip #6, Spring 2013 All throughout the book of Acts we see the working of the Holy Spirit everywhere. Starting in Acts 1:8, the writer (Luke) says, “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria,

Weekly Tip #5, Spring 2013 Making The Return Trip It is always interesting when you read through a book of the Bible that you can sometimes observe some clear patterns and themes. As I’ve been reading the book of Acts, I have noticed a number of repeated, related actions as the book overall chronicles the

Weekly Ministry Tip #4, Spring 2013 The Conversion of One of the Greatest Leaders in the New Testament The Apostle Paul’s original name was Saul. Acts 7 describes how a believer by the name of Stephen had just preached an evangelistic message that enraged the high priest and some in the crowd who were listening.