BOOK OF ACTS
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Daily Readings: 1 Corinthians 8 and Psalm 119:17-32 In 1 Corinthians 8 Paul dealt with a controversial issue for Christians living in a majority pagan population who worshiped at the temples of the many Greek gods. To provide context: A portion of the meat of every animal sacrificed at a pagan temple belonged to the
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Daily Readings: 1 Corinthians 2 and Psalm 114 2 For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified. 3 I came to you in weakness with great fear and trembling. 4 My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power, 5 so that
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Daily Readings: Acts 28 and Psalm 96 Finally, in Acts 28, God delivered the apostle Paul safely to Rome. And his arrival was certainly a testimony to God’s sovereign protection and care. The Lord’s miraculous protection caused every person aboard that ship to be washed safely ashore on the island of Malta. Even being shipwrecked
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Daily Readings: Acts 27 and Psalm 95 After the drudgery and boredom of more than two years of imprisonment in Caesarea, the apostle Paul was suddenly thrust into a high-paced adventure at sea. Under the sovereign hand of the Lord, the Roman authorities set out to transport him to Rome to stand trial before Caesar.
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Daily Readings: Acts 26 and Psalm 94 Paul may have been appearing before a king, but he was far from overawed. He served the One True King of the Universe, before Whom Agrippa paled into insignificance despite all his pomposity, as we saw yesterday. In Paul’s testimony, there were at least two key moments when
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Daily Readings: Acts 25 and Psalm 93 By the time Felix was replaced as Governor by Festus, Paul had still not offered him a bribe for his release, so he remained imprisoned in Caesarea. Festus, a man of justice and action, immediately got the ball rolling. He investigated Paul’s case and convened the court to
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Daily Readings: Acts 24 and Psalm 92 In Luke 21:12 Jesus warned His disciples: “They will hand you over to synagogues and put you in prison, and you will be brought before kings and governors, and all on account of my name.” Acts 24 presented Paul with his first opportunity to witness to a Roman
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Daily Readings: Acts 22 and Psalm 90 At first glance it might seem as though everything got completely out of control for Paul in Jerusalem in Acts 22. But the sovereign hand of the Lord was at work behind the scenes. Despite his best efforts to clearly honour his Jewish responsibilities to the rules of
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Daily Readings: Acts 21 and Psalm 89 Determined to fulfil the Lord’s calling, Paul travelled to Jerusalem. In Acts 20:22-23, he stated plainly that he was going there ‘compelled by the Holy Spirit’ and knowing that in every city he visited the Spirit warned him that hardships awaited. Now, as he travelled, he was warned
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Daily Readings: Acts 20 and Psalm 88 ” I consider my life worth nothing to me; my only aim is to finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me – the task of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.” (v.24) As Paul bade farewell to the elders of the Ephesian
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