| By Andy Moyle | 2 mins 15 secs | 0 Comments
Finale of Part 1, part 2 Three years of uneasy coexistence between Spirit filled Christianity and first Century Judaism has blown up. Stephen is now on trial before the Sanhedrin, who will pass their official verdict on the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The last half of yesterday’s reading, as well as today’s and tomorrow’s, form […]
| By Andy Moyle | 2 mins 45 secs | 0 Comments
Finale of Part 1, part 1 Stephen, and what happened to him, is the finale of the first part of Acts from waiting for the Spirit, to the coming of the Spirit leading on to multitudes becoming disciples in Jerusalem. Stephen’s martyrdom will propel the Christians out into the world as they are scattered by […]
| By Andy Moyle | 3 mins 6 secs | 0 Comments
A snapshot of the normal Christian life In this passage we see a snapshot of the normal Christian life… Jesus’ disciples filled with the Holy Spirit, leading to A demonstration of God’s love through many signs and wonders, leading to Many repenting and believing in Jesus, leading to Neighbouring cities hearing about the extraordinary things […]
| By Andy Moyle | 3 mins 8 secs | 0 Comments
Worship and Boldness The Book of Acts is set in a battleground. The enemies look different to those of the Old Testament (Goliath, the Amalekites and so on), but opposition rages on. And in this passage, we see two weapons in the fight to advance the kingdom of God: boldness and worship. The first weapon […]
| By Andy Moyle | 4 mins 6 secs | 0 Comments
God doesn’t call the qualified; He qualifies the called Does anyone else remember the joy of poking and prodding mercury in school chemistry lessons? It is a fascinating element, liquid at room temperature, and taking the form of a shiny, silver ‘droplet’, which can be rolled about or squashed, but keeps coming back to its […]
| By Andy Moyle | 2 mins 0 secs | 0 Comments
Radical healing As with so much in the Bible, the story is more radical than we first think. I’m excited by the simple prayer and miracle leading to gospel preaching, but there is much here that is even more radical. This healed beggar enters the temple. That’s a big deal. The Old Testament law strictly […]
| By Andy Moyle | 1 min 46 secs | 0 Comments
Pentecost part 2 I love this passage! Peter preaches with power and 3,000 get saved and added to the church! There’s a clear structure, Scriptural backup and punchy application – a great model for preaching. This is that – v.16-21 Jesus is who He said He is and proved it with signs, wonders and the […]
| By Andy Moyle | 3 mins 12 secs | 0 Comments
Pentecost part 1 Pentecost is the word we associate with the coming of the Spirit in Acts 2. Before that, it was the middle annual Jewish feast. It started as a harvest festival to give thanks and celebrate the end of the harvest and grew to be an annual celebration of the giving of the […]
| By Andy Moyle | 2 mins 12 secs | 0 Comments
Power! We are back to the writings of Luke, the doctor, who has carefully set out to write an orderly account from eyewitness testimony of Jesus and His church. It was important for the earliest believers that there were 12 apostles, who would be guardian witnesses of the resurrection, safeguarding the truth of all the […]