Tag: Saul/Paul

TODAY’S SPECIAL: Acts 27:13-26 TO CHEW ON: "Before very long, a wind of hurricane force, called a 'Northeaster,' swept down from the island. The ship was caught by the storm and could not head into the wind; so we gave way to it and were driven along.” Acts 27:14,15 "Paul heads to Rome" - Johann C. ...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: I Corinthians 13:1-13 TO CHEW ON: And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. I Corinthians 13:13As you can see, we use the word “love” for how we feel about a lot of things. But the love the Bible talks about in I Corinthians 13 goes far bey...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: Acts 19:11-20 TO CHEW ON: "Many of those who believed now came and openly confessed their evil deeds. A number who had practiced sorcery brought their scrolls together and burned them publicly." Acts 19: 18-19a Paul went back to Ephesus. His powerful sermons and miracles had made hi...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: Philemon 1-25TO CHEW ON: "I appeal to you for my son Onesimus, who became my son while I was in chains. Formerly he was useless to you, but now he has become useful both to you and to me." Philemon 10,11 Onesimus was a slave who lived in Colosse. His master’s name was Philemon. One ...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: Acts 16:16-22 TO CHEW ON: "She kept this up for many days. Finally Paul became so annoyed that he turned around and said to the spirit, “In the name of Jesus Christ I command you to come out of her!” At that moment the spirit left her." (Acts 16:18) Paul went on two more mission tri...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: Acts 13:6-12 TO CHEW ON: "But Elymas the sorcerer (for that is what his name means) opposed them and tried to turn the proconsul from the faith." Acts 13:8 What happens on mission trips but problems? Barnabas and Saul (from now on called Paul - Acts 13:8), were invited by one of Cyp...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: 2 Thessalonians 2:7-12 TO CHEW ON: And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will overthrow with the breath of his mouth and destroy by the splendor of his coming. 2 Thessalonians 2:8 The Bible is a story of a fight. The fight is between light and darkness, love...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: Ephesians 6:10-18TO CHEW ON: "Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes." Ephesians 6:11 Why would anyone choose to wear a hot bullet-proof vest, a stiff camouflage uniform, a heavy helmet, weighty steel-toed boots, an uncomfortable gas...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: Romans 12:1-8 TO CHEW ON: "Just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, so in Christ we who are many form one body, and each member belongs to all the others." Romans 12:4,5Think of all the parts of your body needed for you ...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: Acts 14:8-20 TO CHEW ON: "Then some Jews came from Antioch and Iconium and won the crowd over. They stoned Paul and dragged him outside the city, thinking he was dead." Acts 14:19 "Paul heals the man at Lystra" - Caspar Luiken, 1672-1708Have you ever been to a sports game where the ...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: Acts 27:27-44 TO CHEW ON: "Now I urge you to take some food. You need it to survive. Not one of you will lose a single hair from his head.” (Acts 27:34) Have you ever been seriously scared or nervous? Perhaps it was the time your team had to play the championship game, or you had t...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: Acts 22:1-21 TO CHEW ON: “Brothers and fathers, listen now to my defense.” Acts 22:1 About a week after Paul got to Jerusalem he was arrested. Some Jewish leaders from the cities he had traveled to earlier saw him in the Jerusalem temple. Now they set the whole crowd against him. So...