January 2021

What is a revival? What is a Christian revival? More importantly, can it happen in America today? Do we need a revival? How about an awakening? Two posts ago, I quoted Jesus who said, “Many are called, but few are chosen.” Jesus came to save the WHOLE WORLD. Unfortunately, a lot of people who hear

There’s no denying this fact: the world right now is a mess! It’s gotten to the point that you don’t even know who you can trust! The Apostle Paul called it in both 2 Timothy chapter 3 and in the Book of Ephesians chapter 6. In the latter epistle, he gives us very specific and

True Christians — that is, born-again believers who trust that salvation is by the Grace of God, Through Jesus — are members of an exclusive club. Yet, everyone is invited, but only a few are chosen. Huh? Chosen? Elite? Hand-picked? There are many, Catholics and Protestants included, who THINK they belong to the club, but

If you’ve been with me through the study on the Book of Acts, you may have noticed that more than half of it is about Paul. Since Luke wrote it, he focused more on Paul because he joined Paul in some of his missionary journeys. You’ll notice that as the narrative changes from “they” and

I asked myself this question along with, what would it be like to live in the first century and be part of the fledgling Christian church? It’s knowing the church at its purest — not yet corrupted by greedy, prideful and vain men. I looked for a novel, but couldn’t find one. So, I wrote

We last left our hero Paul and company safe after a shipwreck and they discover they’re on the island of Malta. Paul’s mission to convert both Gentiles and Jews into Christians doesn’t stop. He is not deterred. He keeps going no matter what. Can we say that about ourselves? This is also the chapter that

When I was doing historical research for my novel on the Ancient Roman Empire and the first century Christian church, I learned a lot about sea travel in the Mediterranean in that era. The Romans considered the Mediterranean, their lake. They conquered and ruled over the lands all around it. They dominated the sea-trade routes.

We last left the Apostle Paul in Caesarea having appeared before the Roman governor, Felix. He spent 2 years there. Hopefully, Felix and others converted. We’ll never know. Now, there’s a new governor, Festus, whose headquarters is Caesarea. So, Paul has to appear in front of him. Here in Acts 25 and 26, Paul is

As we near the end of the Book of Acts, it’s all about the Apostle Paul and his trial. Paul gets a bit discouraged, but just at the right time, Jesus comes into the picture with the right amount of encouragement. The interesting thing is how Jesus uses Paul to tell his story again and

The next two chapters of Acts, 21 and 22, need to be combined. The Apostle Paul committed his life to Jesus Christ and he was taking his duty to obey Him very seriously. So much so, that he was willing to be imprisoned yet again, even executed. Now that’s commitment! Can you say that about