Simon the sorcerer believed that God's power and blessings could be bought by money: 'When Simon saw that the Spirit was given at the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money and said, “Give me also this ability so that everyone on whom I lay my hands...

In 2 Corinthians 6, Paul talks about life as an apostle, and it’s not an easy description to read. He talks of great endurance, troubles, hardships and distresses, beatings, imprisonments and riots, hard work, sleepless nights and hunger. (2 Cor 6:4-5) Quite how we in...

The miraculous healing of a lame man, a man crippled from birth (Acts 3:2), is another sign of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit (described in Acts 2.) Jesus had performed similar miracles during His lifetime (John 5:1-15, Matt 9:1-8, Matt 15:30-31, Luke 21:14), and...