Growing Young Minds in Kawangware

When a local church asked if we’d put together a mission trip to Kenya, I knew it would be a different kind of mission experience, mainly because it wouldn’t involve our food packets. Our mission was to glorify the name of Jesus by teaching in the small

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Bringing It All Together

Jesus did many other things as well. If every one of them were written down, I suppose that even the whole world would not have room for the books that would be written. John 21:25 While this is ultimately a devotional about Easter, we wanted to be

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Keep an Eye on This Spot

“This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven.” Acts 1:11b Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many; and he will appear a second time, not to

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The Next Two Thousand Years

On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria. . . . Those who had been scattered preached the word wherever they went. Acts 8:1, 4 Stephen was martyred. This apparently set

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The First Martyr

While they were stoning him, Stephen prayed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.” Then he fell on his knees and cried out, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” Acts 7:59–60a As the early church grew post-Pentecost, there became a need for trusted men to oversee the

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Fighting against God = Losing

“If their purpose or activity is of human origin, it will fail. But if it is from God, you will not be able to stop these men; you will only find yourselves fighting against God.” Acts 5:38b–39 As we’ve seen, not everyone was on board with the

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Unschooled and Ordinary

When they saw the courage of Peter and John and realized that they were unschooled, ordinary men, they were astonished. Acts 4:13 Over the next two days and as we begin to wind down this study, we’re going to look at Peter and John’s early run-ins with

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April 2018 Haiti Report

“Even though there is other food they can eat, they ask for the Feed the Hunger food every day.” Our Haitian partner Maxeau shared this comment with me while we watched 20 children devour the Chicken Pasta meal. Over spring break I had the opportunity to lead

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Unprecedented Unity

All the believers were one in heart and mind. No one claimed that any of their possessions was their own, but they shared everything they had. Acts 4:32 The early chapters of Acts present a beautiful picture of the Holy Spirit-driven Church. Specifically, read 2:42–47 and 4:32–37.

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Peter Shows How It’s Done

“Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.” Acts 2:38 It’s only nine o’clock in the morning. Surely these people speaking in various tongues weren’t

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