A history of mutual distrust & dislike existed between Jews & the half-blood Samaritans. It went back a ways & was often nasty. So what does it mean that Philip…
In the earliest church a complain arose, calling for more leadership. The word for "deacon," which has a broad meaning, was used both for the ministry "of the Word" that…
The immediate hostility toward the early Church leads them to quote the psalmist in asking "Why do the nations (peoples) rage?" What is the right response to the rage of…
After an amazing healing draws a crowd near the temple, Peter lets loose with a spontaneous, open-air sermon to his fellow Jews. We can learn a lot from what we…
From the very beginning of the early Church, her power & influence were to not to be political in nature. It is a better and higher kind of power &…