Susan's Pendulum

Peter and John got themselves arrested when they healed the paralytic (Acts 3) and preached to the people about the forgiveness of sins.  It...

Jesus tells us (in Luke 24) that it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day, and that repentance and ...

... but nevertheless the analogy keeps resurfacing in my mind. It's that time of year when the maple trees are dropping their helicopt...

In Acts, we read a couple of times about how Paul wanted to go to Jerusalem for Pentecost. You know what it sounds like to me?  It sounds ...

Mark 3 -- They accuse Jesus of having a demon in Him.  What He's saying is so outlandish.  Acts 2 -- On Pentecost, they accuse the apo...

They may be cool, but are they important?  They must be.  Between Jesus' ascension and Pentecost, the apostles decided they needed to ...

When we studied Acts, we observed that the apostles always went first to the synagogues.  Sometimes the people would just eat up everything ...

In our Bible story today (Acts 1) Peter is saying that the disciples ought to figure out who might replace Judas, and they end up with Matth...

Peter and John were preaching. The Sanhedrin was not happy: "Let's lock 'em up." The angel opens the prison doors; John ...

From The Hobbit , chapter 3, when the dwarves and Gandalf and Bilbo are being refreshed at Rivendell -- Now it is a strange thing, but thing...

When Paul is headed off to Jerusalem for Pentecost, knowing that something really bad is awaiting him, he skips Ephesus but takes time to v...

Pastor commented in Bible class this week that Acts ends abruptly. If you're reading about Paul, you don't get the end of the story...

It is a curious thing that Christians talk about death as a sleep. We do it because the Apostle Paul did it. It's a word that shows th...

Well, okay, so that's not exactly how Paul put it. Do you remember the story in Acts 16? Paul and Silas were preaching in Philippi. ...

As we have been studying Acts, we see again and again how Paul preached first in the synagogues. Some of the Jews rejoiced in the message. ...

After God whopped the Jewish Christians upside the head with the evidence that His grace and mercy were for the Gentiles too, we read that t...

Sign seen today outside a church: Bi-lingual Pentecostal services. (C'mon. Think about that...)

Surely in temples made with hands God the Most High is not dwelling. High above earth His temple stands, all earthly temples excelling. Thos...

In Acts 6, Saul/Paul and the other men from the Synagogue of the Freedmen stirred up the people so that Stephen was brought before the Sanhe...

Pilate was trying to let Jesus go. But the people kept insisting. Finally Pilate washes his hands of it: "This ain't my fault! Y...