Month: April 2022

'Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Go south to the road—the desert road—that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian, an important official in charge of all the treasury of the Kandake (which means “queen of the Ethiopians”). This man had gone … Continue reading “Begin Again”: A Weekly Devotional for a New Year, Week 17 →

"When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to Samaria. When they arrived, they prayed for the new believers there that they might receive the Holy Spirit, because the Holy Spirit had not yet fallen on any of them; they had simply been baptized in the … Continue reading “Begin Again”: A Weekly Devotional for a New Year, Week 16 →

"And Saul approved of their killing him." Acts 8:1 How does it get to that point? A person does something we deeply disagree with, and the thought occurs to us: "It would be great if he just went away, and never came back." How can frustration reach so far into our hearts that we - … Continue reading “Begin Again”: A Weekly Devotional for a New Year, Week 15 →

'Then the high priest asked Stephen, “Are these charges true?” To this he replied: “Brothers and fathers, listen to me! The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham while he was still in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Harran. "Leave your country and your people," God said, "and go to the land I will show … Continue reading “Begin Again”: A Weekly Devotional for a New Year, Week 14 →