Today we pick back up in Acts 15:36-18:11, where we join Paul on his second missionary journey. One website calculates this journey as taking around 100 days and covering 3,000 miles! The Bible doesn’t tell us how they traveled; it’s possible that some of the trip was by ship, as they followed the coastline up …
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Read-Through-The-Bible [11.26.19]
Today’s read was the letter to the Galatians, written by Paul. Because of its contents, it may have written shortly after the conference in Jerusalem over the issue of circumcision. Galatians is a rich book, full of insight, theology and practical wisdom on our new life in Christ. Paul’s main point is that justification comes …
Read-Through-The-Bible [11.25.19]
Today’s read of Acts 13:1-15:35 describes the first missionary journey taken by Paul and his co-workers. They travel through what today is Cyprus and central Turkey, establishing new churches, preaching the gospel, and strengthening the believers along the way. They are commissioned and sent out from the church at Antioch, and it is to Antioch …
Read-Through-The-Bible [11.24.19]
Today’s read in Acts 10-11 takes us to Caesarea to visit with a centurion named Cornelius. Peter has seen a vision; God shows him a sheet full of unclean animals and commands him to eat them. Peter protests that he has never eaten anything unclean or impure (according to the Mosaic Law). This happens three …
Read-Through-The-Bible [11.23.19]
Today’s read included Acts 8-9. As persecution increases, the church scatters. The religious Jews who watched as the believers left Jerusalem to seek refuge in other regions thought they were making progress in suppressing it; instead, it strengthened the church. The reason was evident: “Those who had been scattered went about preaching the word.” (Acts …
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