2.2 However, the first man Adam rebelled against the commands of God. Because of his rebellion, he forfeited the relationship with God which he had enjoyed, and evil and death began to affect creation. Photo by Aaron Burdan on Unsplash
Invasion
Landing on a heavily defended beach is the stuff of nightmares, as soldiers wonder if they’ll ever get off the sand alive. In a similar way, Paul & his team must have wondered how far they’d get when the Lord
Demolition gang
How do you look at history? Through dates? Politics? People? Social change? Local events? World events? We have multiple ways to picture history. For the first Christians, their focus was upon Israel – the nation whom God had chosen (De
Raw nerve
Stephen’s potted history of Israel is the longest speech summary recorded in Acts. Its content may seem surprising to us but Stephen’s words brilliantly question his hearers’ assumptions about God and themselves. Evangelism should have this personal edge to it,
Laying a foundation
God’s home is heaven (Is 66:1,2); Israel’s temple was only a place he occasionally visited (1Ki 8:10,11). But Jesus’ body became the permanent earthly home of God (Jo 2:18-21): a living temple, later extended when the Holy Spirit came to
Who are we?
We identify ourselves in various ways: name, race, gender, job and so on. When that identity is disturbed then we may be upset, confused or uneasy. Western society often adds to that unease by encouraging us to decide who we