Sometime before Agabus’ prophecy of severe famine throughout the Roman Empire, Herod Agrippa I, ruler of Palestine, began to violently seize Christians in Jerusalem. He executed James, the brother of John, making James the first apostle martyred. When Herod observed…
Stephen now concluded his argument, leveling significant charges against the Sanhedrin members, calling them stiff-necked, spiritually uncircumcised resisters of the Holy Spirit. They are perfectly aligned with their fathers who persecuted and killed the God’s prophets. This culminated in the…
To begin what we anticipate what will be a lengthy and fruitful study in The Acts According to the Apostles, our first teaching on Acts was a comprehensive overview of the book, examining its authorship, biography of Luke, date of…