by Shannon Popp | Apr 24, 2022 | NotABlog
Acts 1:4 “And while staying with them he ordered them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, he said, “you heard from me;”” The entire world revolves around not waiting, but taking what I want when I want it. The...
by Shannon Popp | Apr 23, 2022 | NotABlog
Acts 1:3 “He presented himself alive to them after his suffering by many proofs, appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God.” His suffering refers to His crucifixion and the events leading up to His death. After He was dead Jesus...
by Shannon Popp | Apr 22, 2022 | NotABlog
Acts 1:2 “until the day when he [Jesus] was taken up, after he had given commands through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen” These two volumes make up one quarter of the New Testament. Luke does NOT view these two parts as: part one – Jesus, and...
by Shannon Popp | Apr 21, 2022 | NotABlog
Acts 1:1 “In the first book, O Theophilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do and teach,” Luke, the same Luke that wrote the gospel of Luke wrote this book as well. Early on both the gospel of Luke and the book of Acts were so closely linked that they were...
by Shannon Popp | Apr 20, 2022 | NotABlog
Paul starts this letter with grace, and now ends this letter with grace, not the law of Moses, but the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. Grace is what we need from the cradle to the grave, from salvation through sanctification all the way to glorification. In life and...
