One important way of cooperating with God’s purpose of unifying the world is to remember where you’ve come from.
Author Archives: Marvin Bryant
Cooperating with God’s Purpose as Per Ephesians – 2
Christ. In the previous post (here) we noticed that God’s purpose according to the book of Ephesians is to reconcile everyone and everything to Himself and to each other. Today’s post will begin exploring a number of things Ephesians says will contribute to bringing all things together as one. The first, and most important, isContinue reading “Cooperating with God’s Purpose as Per Ephesians – 2”
Cooperating with God’s Purpose as Per Ephesians – 1
Are you cooperating with God’s purpose in the world? Can you state clearly what his purpose is? Ephesians has much to say about this.
The Good News Told in Acts-10
Telling the good news told in Acts today.
The Good News Told In Acts – 9
Summation. We have now explored seven longer summaries of evangelistic messages in Acts plus some seventy, one-line summaries. All these passages are extremely valuable for training us to share the good news with others. Though the gospel is summarized multiple times to Christians in the letters in the New Testament, these passages in Acts areContinue reading “The Good News Told In Acts – 9“
The Good News Told in Acts – 8
Short Summaries of the Message. In this series we have explored seven passages in Acts that give us long or medium length summaries of the message the apostles spoke to non-Christians. These Spirit-inspired summaries give us divine guidance about the good news we should speak to non-Christians. Before summarizing these summaries and drawing some conclusions,Continue reading “The Good News Told in Acts – 8”
The Good News Told in Acts – 7
Acts 17:16-33 Speaker: Paul Audience: A Greek council that included Philosophers (Epicurean and Stoic). The council was called the Areopagus because its original meeting place was on the hill of the Greek god Ares. The council was a prestigious group that had jurisdiction in matters of morals and religion. Occasion: After debating with some philosophersContinue reading “The Good News Told in Acts – 7”
The Good News Told in Acts – 6
Paul tells the good news of Jesus and salvation to a Jewish audience first and then also to Gentiles.
The Good News Told in Acts – 5
Acts 10:34-48 Speaker: Peter Audience: Cornelius and his household. These were God-fearing Gentiles. Occasion: God worked extensively on both Cornelius and Peter to bring the two together. The meeting took place in Caesarea, about 75 miles NW of Jerusalem. Result: Cornelius and his entire household received the Spirit and were baptized in the name ofContinue reading “The Good News Told in Acts – 5”
The Good News Told in Acts – 4
Acts 5:29-32 Speaker: Peter and the apostles (v. 29) Audience: The Jewish high priest, council, and senate (vv. 21, 27) Occasion: The high priest and Sadducees were jealous of the power and popularity of the apostles, so they arrested them. During the night an angel released them from prison and told them to go toContinue reading “The Good News Told in Acts – 4”
