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This is Saul’s (Paul’s) first missionary journey.    There are some truths here that servants who share the gospel should always remember.

Peter escapes from prison and then says “tell James what happened”?   Hey Peter, I’ve got some bad news for you…..    Wait a minute,  the death of James happened before he went to prison..did we just find an error?

The conversion of Saul overshadows several other key events in today’s reading.   I want to make sure that I don’t miss the significance of them in my meditation.

The Gospel begins to spread, and as it does persecution begins to rise.  Why is it that persecution and revival are often linked?

These chapters offer some clues as to how the Gospel spreads, and I want to think about that in print in just a minute.  But first let me record some verses that caught my attention today:

Today is a significant day in our reading.   Up until now we have been reading Gospels…that is, what Jesus said and did.  Beginning today we read what disciples (people like you and I) were enabled to do.  Read carefully, because nothing has changed…

Christ resurrected, appearing in power to His disciples in different settings to encourage them and give them “marching orders” .  All of this is very familiar.  What wasn’t familiar was the short sentence that seemed so out of place…

One of the great embarrassments staining the virtue of soldiers everywhere is the agreement by the guards to accept a bribe to lie about what happened to Jesus’ body.

The most significant event in all human history….in all history, really…and it’s covered in scarcely more than one chapter.    It just proves that significance isn’t always synonymous with volume.

I finished reading this early this morning and began to pray.  I prayed about what the day would bring, I prayed for people who popped into my head, and I prayed about what I might write.  Just then I had a crazy thought, it was almost scary that I even thought it…