by Julie Turner | Dec 20, 2019 | What's Happening
Have you ever had a bad day? Some days start badly (the alarm clock fails to go off; you oversleep; it’s a constant rush from the minute you get up) and then progress from bad to worse (everything seems to break down; the milk is off; the car won’t start; the kids are...
by Julie Turner | Dec 19, 2019 | What's Happening
Acts 8:26-40 gives us an overview of the gospel, though it is described very briefly as ‘the good news about Jesus.’ (Acts 8:35) Philip starts with explaining the verses the eunuch was reading from Isaiah 53, showing us the importance of Scripture in explaining the...
by Julie Turner | Dec 19, 2019 | What's Happening
I’ve just been reading Ezra, and in that book are listed the names of the Jews who returned from exile. (Ezra 2) It’s a long list of difficult-to-pronounce names, and like most lists of names in the Bible, we tend to skim over them with a glazed expression on our...
by Julie Turner | Dec 19, 2019 | What's Happening
Acts 8:26-40 is a classic example of God’s role in evangelism. Earlier in the chapter, we have seen something of people’s role: ‘Those who had been scattered preached the word wherever they went.’ (Acts 8:4) God wants us all to be messengers of this good news of the...
by Julie Turner | Dec 19, 2019 | What's Happening
Acts 8 gives us insights into both the message and methods of evangelism. In this chapter, we see Philip (later given the title of evangelist, see Acts 21:8) reaching out with the good news of Jesus Christ to the Samaritans and to an Ethiopian official. At first...
