Jewish Holidays: A Humorous Summary

I’ve been in Israel for the past week or so, and our guide, whom we know as Pitch (but whose real name is Abraham) is quite funny. He’s a Jew, an archeologist, and does a really good job bringing out the history and geography of … Read More

Q Zone: More than a Meal

As we finished up Acts 2 a few weeks ago, and saw the early church engaging in those four fundamental habits (2:42-47), an interesting question was posed: Was every time they broke bread a truly spiritual time, or just eating to eat? If you recall, … Read More

Q Zone: Why Not More?

After two weeks of large group teaching and further small group discussion on the healing in Acts 3, one question that keeps surfacing repeatedly goes something like this:  It seems that these kinds of miraculous things happen in other countries more than here in the … Read More

Q Zone: Evaluating Political Leaders

Even though we are currently in Acts 3 as a church, one of the questions texted in during our service was from left field (or maybe right field, depending on your party affiliation): What are the biblical principles by which we should evaluate our political leaders? First, … Read More

Q Zone: A Handful of Insight on Healing

Since we didn’t address any questions live in the service this past week, here’s a bundle of them all in one post, with some insight and answers as well. Keep in mind this is territory that is laden with opinions, even when we have Scripture to begin … Read More

The Extra Point: One More Cause of Sickness

In teaching through Acts 3:1-10 last Sunday (which was primarily about our responsibility to let the need for healing drive us to look below the water line of the physical), I took a few minutes to list other reasons that sickness comes into our life. … Read More