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Miracles are Means
Acts 8:4-7 English Standard Version (ESV) 4 Now (A)those who were scattered went about preaching the word. 5 (B)Philip went down to the city[a] of Samaria and proclaimed to them the Christ. 6 (C)And the crowds with one accord paid attention to what was being said by Philip when they heard him and saw the signs that he…
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Pray for your Saul
Acts 8:1-3 English Standard Version (ESV) 8 And Saul approved of his (Stephen’s) execution. And there arose on that day a great persecution against the church in Jerusalem, and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles. 2 Devout men buried Stephen and made great lamentation over him. 3 But Saul was…
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SHOW THEM SIN, GIVE THEM GRACE
Acts 7:48-53 48 (A)Yet the Most High does not dwell (B)in houses made by hands, as the prophet says, 49 (C)“‘Heaven is my throne, (D)and the earth is my footstool. What kind of house will you build for me, says the Lord, or what is the place of my rest? 50 Did not my hand make all these…
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Christmas Trees or Holiday Trees?
My confession: I am a Jew, and every single one of my ancestors was Jewish. And it does not bother me even a little bit when people call those beautiful lit up, bejewelled trees, Christmas trees. I don’t feel threatened. I don’t feel discriminated against. That’s what they are, Christmas trees. It doesn’t bother me…
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Angel Face
Acts 6:8-15 8 Now Stephen, a man full of God’s grace and power, performed great wonders and signs among the people. 9 Opposition arose, however, from members of the Synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called)—Jews of Cyrene and Alexandria as well as the provinces of Ciliciaand Asia—who began to argue with Stephen. 10 But they could not stand up…