Israel around the year 1100BC is in social chaos with no reliable, godly leadership to bring them out of it. The mess is clearly visible in the personal pain of one man’s family. They may worship God together but the
God writes history
God is the sovereign ruler over all the earth and over all its history. His work in history, however, follows repeated patterns. So by learning of what he’s done in the past we can better understand ourselves in the present.
Elders
Paul and Barnabas were not simply nomadic preachers; they were actually builders (1Co 3:10). They travelled not just to win converts and move on, but to see the kingdom of heaven firmly established on the earth. Hence, having reached Derbe