Acts 7:54-8:3
"As they stoned him, Stephen prayed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.” He fell to his knees, shouting, 'Lord, don’t charge them with this sin!' And with that, he died." (Acts 7:59-60) Stephen was awesome! Given the chance to defend himself to his...
Acts 7:37-53
"However, the Most High does not live in houses made by human hands. As the prophet says: 'Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. What kind of house will you build for me? says the Lord. Or where will my resting place be? Has not my hand made all these...
Newsletter (Summer/Fall 2011)
Hey everyone, Here’s my latest newsletter. Please download, read and pray! Also, I am in the middle of applying for my visa extension (my current one being for one year only and running out soon) so I would appreciate your prayers for that over the next...
Acts 4:32-5:11
"All the believers were united in heart and mind. And they felt that what they owned was not their own, so they shared everything they had." (Acts 4:32 NLT) I used to think this description of the early church looked an awful lot like Communism. The major difference,...
Acts 4:13-31
"After this prayer, the meeting place shook, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit. Then they preached the word of God with boldness." (Acts 4:31 NLT) When the Apostles faced persecution, they didn't run away or pray for protection. They prayed for boldness....
Acts 4:1-12
"For Jesus is the one referred to in the Scriptures, where it says, ‘The stone that you builders rejected has now become the cornerstone.'" (Acts 4:11 NLT) Jesus died but lives. In Christ, God turned defeat into victory. Death into life. It's good to know today...
Acts 1:12-26 (使徒行伝 1:14)
"彼らはみな、婦人たち、特にイエスの母マリヤ、およびイエスの兄弟たち{...
Acts 1:1-11
"So when the apostles were with Jesus, they kept asking him, 'Lord, has the time come for you to free Israel and restore our kingdom?'" (Acts 1:6 NLT)It's amazing to me that even after some 3 years following Jesus and hearing Him teach, the Apostles still didn't get...
2 Kings 23:21-30
Josiah's reforms lead the people back to worshiping the Lord. But God did not prevent them from experiencing the consequences of their generations of sin. God is gracious. God forgives. And in Christ we can be certain of our salvation. But we need to...
2 Kings 22
The first thing that stands out to me about this passage is that it seems like they found the Book of the Law completely by accident. They were cleaning up the temple and just happened to stumble upon it. They'd neglected God's Word for so long that they'd...