Acts
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May 1, Easter 3 (Acts 9:1-6, 7-20)
The apostle Paul’s overlooked supporting cast
Stephanie Spellers’s bold, practical wisdom for American Christians
Kenosis, solidarity, and discipleship
Take & Read: New Testament
Five new books about Luke and Acts
How White Christians turned syncretism into an insult
Early-20th-century European and North American missionaries grew concerned about it—but never in their own churches.
How the apostles select Matthias (Easter 7B) (Acts 1:15-17, 21-26)
It’s an interesting contrast with the ways leadership and oversight have been handled since.
May 23, Pentecost B (Acts 2:1–21)
Maybe we should see Pentecost as a celebration of land and labor in which the Holy Spirt is made known.
May 13, Ascension (Acts 1:1-11; Luke 24:44-53)
What we see reminds us of what we miss, and vice versa.
May 10, Easter 5 (Acts 7:55–60; Psalm 31:1–5, 15–16)
Are we guilty of throwing stones or of watching coats?
For fear of the Jews? (John 20:19-31; Acts 2:14a, 22-32; Second Sunday of Easter, Year A)
This Sunday is one where some re-education and re-framing might be helpful.
April 12, Easter Day (Acts 10:34–43; Psalm 118:1–2, 14–24; Matthew 28:1–10)
What kind of faith gets you through 25 years in a refugee camp?
Hearing the apostle Paul’s words in a hospital stroke unit
Struck down but not destroyed, perplexed but not forsaken
God comes and goes (Acts 1:1-11)
This seems to be par for the course.
God comes and goes (Acts 1:1-11)
This seems to be par for the course.
The essential challenge of anti-Judaism in the Bible
Do antisemitic appeals to the Bible always constitute an abuse of scripture? Would that it were so simple.
May 12, Easter 4C (Acts 9:36-43)
Tabitha is dead, but the evidence of her work still lives.
January 13, Baptism C (Luke 3:15-17, 21-22; Acts 8:14-17)
About that baptism by fire
Unconverted difference (Acts 2:1-21)
The Spirit affirms our differences, speaking in ways that each of us can understand—yet also drawing us together.