Devotionals

When Peter came back to Jerusalem from Caesarea, he faced great pressure from the circumcision party. The traditional circumcision party was a grou...

Acts 10:24-48 is an important moment in the New Testament that shows how the Gospel breaks cultural barriers. It demonstrates how God removed the d...

Acts 10:1-23 is a familiar narrative of God’s gracious inclusion of the Gentiles into the divine family. To accomplish this, God shows Peter the ne...

This passage is an exhilarating glimpse into the early ministry of Paul (before he had even changed his name!). The first two words of the passage ...

We human beings can so easily be swept up in our emotions. Our feelings are an important part of how God designed us, and when we knit us together ...

Sometimes God calls us into the unexpected. I still remember vividly when I felt the Spirit of God telling me to come to Canada when I was sixteen....

Acts 8 opens with the persecution of the Church. Stephen was just murdered, and Saul is going door to door, dragging Christians away to prison. Not...

Acts 7 is a long, tightly woven apologetic (a presentation and defense) of the Christian faith, given by Stephen, the first martyr of the Church. T...

The need for Deacons arose because the early Church was feeling the tension between the time and resources it took to fulfill their two ministries—...