THE BOOK OF THE APOSTLES

April 3, 2022
The scene featured in this text is significant because it is the last time we get to see the Apostles working as a group (although they do gather for a conference in the fifteenth chapter). A storm of persecution is about to gather...

THE TRUTH ABOUT LYING

March 27, 2022
There are few stories in Holy Scripture as shocking as the death of Ananias and Sapphira. The truth is they lied. Then, almost immediately, God struck them dead. If this were normative, we’d all be in big trouble. But the context of redemptive history grants us a little reprieve.
The gospel must challenge sinners with their sin. If people do not see themselves as sinners they will never seek to accept forgiveness from the Savior.  The gospel, rightly preached, gives them this chance.

MIRACLE WORKERS

February 20, 2022
I often warn the church about the greatest heresy in modern Christendom and its worst practitioners. The heresy is the so-called “prosperity gospel” and the practitioners are the televangelists who preach it.

THE MODEL RESPONSE

February 13, 2022
Every time the gospel of Jesus Christ is preached, every hearer responds. Some respond with faith, most with unbelief. Some respond with acceptance, most with arrogance.