For Easter Sunday, we reviewed Acts 2:22-36, part of the first Christian sermon ever preached, in order to discover what are the essential points of the Christian message. We found that it is the announcement of events that happened, not instruction about commandments to keep. In other words, it is good news, not good advice.
A depressingly common theme that runs through human history is the oppression of the poor by the rich. In the first century, Christians were...
The model described in Colossians 4:2-6 of ministry to those outside the church is very simple: pray, walk, and talk.
Two parables directed against the religious leaders indicated why they would lose their management of the kingdom, and why others would take their place.