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ACTS 21: Compromise in the Mission

Posted on June 10, 2025 by Corey Sharpe

Though I am free and belong to no one, I have made myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible.To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. – 1 Corinthians 9:19-21) In Jerusalem, Jewish believers … Continue reading →

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Acts 20 – Paul’s Endurance and Passion

Posted on June 9, 2025 by julieannseeksharpe

Paul has endurance and passion. He speaks all night and travels the next day with Jerusalem in his sites.He sums up his purpose–he has endured everything, he has proclaimed the message to everyone, he has maintained integrity. He warns them … Continue reading →

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ACTS 19:1, 21–22; 20:1–16: Fatigue in the Mission

Posted on June 9, 2025 by Corey Sharpe

We went on ahead to the ship and sailed for Assos, where we were going to take Paul aboard. He had made this arrangement because he was going there on foot. When he met us at Assos, we took him aboard … Continue reading →

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Acts 19: What are Our True Motives?

Posted on June 7, 2025 by julieannseeksharpe

Today, the silversmithing business in Ephesus is threatened by Paul’s preaching. Demetrius expresses concern also that the chief divinity of Ephesus will be “deprived of her majesty”— the mixed motives are interesting to me. There’s the real reason, his own … Continue reading →

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Acts 18: God Puts Us in Places

Posted on June 7, 2025 by Corey Sharpe

 “…he was a tentmaker as they were, he stayed and worked with them” (Acts 18:3). Paul becomes friends with Aquila and Pricilla. They had two things in common: they were Jewish Christians, and they were tentmakers. Teachers typically did not … Continue reading →

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Acts 17 – Paul Faces the Intellectuals

Posted on June 5, 2025 by Corey Sharpe

 For as I walked around and looked carefully at your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: to an unknown god. So you are ignorant of the very thing you worship—and this is what I am going … Continue reading →

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Acts 17:10-34 – Varying Responses

Posted on June 5, 2025 by julieannseeksharpe

They arrive in Beroea and like normally, begin preaching in the synagogue. The Bereans searched the scriptures to see if Paul’s word was true. Troublemakers follow from Thessalonica, so they send Paul off to Athens where he’s deeply distressed to … Continue reading →

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Acts 16:16-40 – Paul Demands Justice for Himself

Posted on June 5, 2025 by Corey Sharpe

They have beaten us publicly, uncondemned, men who are Roman citizens, and have thrown us into prison; and do they now throw us out secretly? No! Let them come themselves and take us out.” (Acts 16:37) I love the ending … Continue reading →

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Acts 15:22-35: What is Necessary for Christians?

Posted on June 5, 2025 by julieannseeksharpe

Paul sends a letter to the gentile churches to clarify that circumcision isn’t necessary. The “essentials” Paul lists are: There must be a context because I can think of other essentials that seem like they would also be right, or … Continue reading →

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Acts 15:1- Theological Controversy

Posted on June 3, 2025 by Corey Sharpe

Acts 15’s gathering of the church’s leaders preserved unity. It prevented a segregation of two different churches: one for gentiles and one for Jews. Unity is easy to propose, but as history demonstrates is hard to achieve, and very difficult … Continue reading →

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