30 April – 6 May 2017. Acts 19:23–41 (click to read). If the second half of Acts was its own book of the Bible, we could probably call it “Paul’s Mission Disasters”! All through his mission journeys Paul runs into so many problems. He is attacked by crowds, opposed by Jews and magicians, gets bitten […]
23–29 April 2017. Acts 16:1–15 (click to read). In Acts 16, Paul and his team begin their second missionary journey, travelling from place to place and sharing the good news as they go. But suddenly Paul has a vision of a man in Macedonia calling for their help. Paul knows it’s important to go where […]
16–22 April 2017. Acts 12 (click to read). The Cologne Cathedral in Germany is an amazing place. Work on the cathedral began in the 13th century and didn’t finish until the 15th century. Today when we are so used to wanting things now, it seems incredible that church members would spend more than 200 years […]
9–15 April 2017. Acts 8:26–40 (click to read). Today’s text starts with a strange command from an angel of the Lord who tells Philip to walk out into the desert. What a strange thing to do! But Philip listens, and when he gets out there, he finds a strange person: an Ethiopian. In the Bible […]
2–8 April 2017. Acts 4:23–37 (click to read). Today we often hear people talk about unity. Politicians and church pastors often encourage us all to join together, and we think this type of unity is great. Sometimes it really is! But is unity always good? Sometimes people join together to do evil, to promote injustice, […]