Bible Studies
Theme: The Gospel Crosses Boundaries 📖 Text: Acts 8:1–40 1. Group Discussion Questions 1. How does persecution function in Acts 8. Does it ultimately hinder or advance God’s purposes? 2. What differences do you observe between Simon the Magician and the Ethiopian eunuch in how they respond to
Bible Studies
Theme: Holiness, Growth, and the Cost of Faithfulness 📖 Text: Acts 5:1–7:60 1. Group Discussion Questions 1. What patterns of growth and opposition do you notice across Acts 5–7, and how do they relate to one another? 2. How do these chapters hold together God’s grace
Bible Studies
Theme: Bold Witness and the First Opposition 📖 Text: Acts 3:1–4:31 1. Group Discussion Questions 1. Why does Peter refuse credit for the healing at the temple, and why is that refusal essential to gospel witness? 2. How do Acts 3–4 show both grace and confrontation operating
Bible Studies
Theme: Promise, Power, and the Birth of the Church 📖 Text: Acts 1:1–2:47 1. Group Discussion Questions 1. Why does Jesus command the disciples to wait before acting, and what does that reveal about how God works? 2. How does Pentecost clarify the role of the Holy Spirit
Writings
There are a lot of different ways we can spend our time and mental energy. Some are clearly life giving. Others are neutral. And some quietly shape us in ways we do not notice until much later. It is not uncommon for theories, speculation, and even conspiracy ideas to cross
Suffering is not an interruption to the Christian life. It is woven into it. For the follower of Jesus, suffering is not simply pain, loss, or difficulty. It is the lived tension of trusting Christ in a world that is not yet healed, while being reshaped into His likeness along
Authenticity
Every once in a while someone asks me, “Are you a Christian?” I almost always answer, “It depends.” Not because I am trying to dodge the question, but because many people already have a definition of Christianity in their head. And that definition may have very little to do with