by Julie Turner | Mar 20, 2020 | What's Happening
In Acts 11:19-30, we see a little more of Barnabas’s character. Luke describes him as ‘a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and faith’ Acts 11:24), sent by the apostles in Jerusalem to check out what was happening in Antioch. (It’s interesting that first-hand reports...
by Julie Turner | Mar 20, 2020 | What's Happening
Luke gives us a picture of a flourishing church in Acts 11:19-30, showing us the church in Antioch. Antioch in Syria (not to be confused with Antioch in Pisidia) was a cosmopolitan city founded in 300 B.C. by Seleucus Nicator, one of Alexander the Great’s generals....
by Julie Turner | Mar 20, 2020 | What's Happening
One of the interesting facts we learn from Acts 11:19-30 is that the followers of Jesus were first called ‘Christians’ there. This nickname, presumably bestowed on believers because they spoke so much about Jesus Christ that that was the term most associated with...
by Julie Turner | Mar 19, 2020 | What's Happening
The very first thing we read about in the Bible is God’s mighty acts of creation. Our God is a creative God and since we are made in His image, we too are creative people. This doesn’t make all of us artists, actors, dancers or musicians, but it does mean there is the...
by Julie Turner | Mar 18, 2020 | What's Happening
This has been one of the most surreal weeks I’ve ever lived through, with Government announcements and pronouncements on a daily basis. If we thought Brexit was bad, the current situation is much worse. As a result of the announcements about social distancing...
