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NT Doctrine — Acts 24-28

Posted on May 27, 2023 by ehurst

This is not so much a study as an outline of events. The Book of Acts yields no further doctrinal material. However, we cannot leave Paul in the royal quarters at Caesarea. By now we are somewhere around AD 58. … Continue reading →

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NT Doctrine — Acts 23

Posted on May 20, 2023 by ehurst

There is nothing new for us in Paul’s speech in Chapter 22 except the warning from God he received in the Temple to leave Jerusalem. As Paul recounted his path from chief prosecutor of Christians to their chief advocate, the … Continue reading →

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NT Doctrine — Acts 21:15-40

Posted on May 13, 2023 by ehurst

The rest of the voyage to Jerusalem was uneventful. The only thing Luke remarks on were the two more times people made it a point to warn Paul that he was heading for trouble in Jerusalem. The last was Philip … Continue reading →

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NT Doctrine — Acts 20

Posted on May 6, 2023 by ehurst

Luke tells us Paul eventually got to Corinth, but refers to the wider region simply as “Hellas” after mentioning Macedonia separately. Thus, he spent three months in this return tour, most of it likely in Corinth. While there, he wrote … Continue reading →

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NT Doctrine — Acts 19

Posted on April 22, 2023 by ehurst

We come to another critical time in the early Christian religion. It’s easy to miss this point because Luke is more concerned with exonerating Paul before the Emperor’s court than with actually writing history. Luke’s narrative mentions Paul’s role in … Continue reading →

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NT Doctrine — Acts 18

Posted on April 15, 2023 by ehurst

The purpose of Luke’s narrative was not to recount all the details of Paul’s ministry, but to show that he never caused trouble. In the case of Athens, when the audience lost interest in his teaching, he moved on. Corinth … Continue reading →

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NT Doctrine — Acts 17:16-34

Posted on April 8, 2023 by ehurst

Luke returns to the third person, so he may have stayed for a time in Philippi. After leaving a very strongly established church in Philippi, the trio — Paul, Silas and Timothy — traveled along the Egnation Way to the … Continue reading →

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NT Doctrine — Acts 16

Posted on April 1, 2023 by ehurst

Paul and Silas passed through the Cilician Taurus Mountains and went directly to Derbe on the plain beyond. Next was Lystra, the pagan Phrygian town where Jews were too few to have a synagogue, but thanks to Paul, they had … Continue reading →

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NT Doctrine — Acts 15

Posted on March 25, 2023 by ehurst

In theory, the Covenant of Moses could have worked, had Israel been faithful. But it failed, and not because God didn’t invest enough effort. He gave far more than He promised. That covenant died on the Cross; its time on … Continue reading →

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NT Doctrine — Acts 14

Posted on March 18, 2023 by ehurst

While it was certain the Gentiles would respond more strongly, Paul and Barnabas continued the same standard approach in each city, when possible. They would start with the Jewish synagogue and offer the gospel message to Jews first. So they … Continue reading →

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