Acts

What Paul is saying is that the gospel strengthens us through the Spirit to see things in our society that others do not. We are called, as the people of God, to wake up. To see what others don’t and call it out. The church in America is not awake to the reality of what is happening in communities across this nation, and we are missing out on our c

Responding with honor to public authority—as outlined in Romans 13—brings increased authority.

Ephesus, the oldest and probably most important Christian center among the seven cities addressed, especially witnessed a renaissance of the cult of the emperors during this time. While the more balanced emperors were a bit embarrassed by the enthusiasm of provincials to worship them while they were alive, some emperors—and Domitian appears to have

It is not surprising, therefore, that when Jesus came to Jerusalem the place was not, so to speak, big enough for both him and the Temple together. The claim which had been central to his work in Galilee was that Israel’s god was now active, through him, to confront evil and so to bring about the real return from exile, the restoration for which Is

It’s time to recognize apostles