Bible Study

Sermon Acts 9:1-20 Amazing Grace By Richard Niell Donovan God makes strange choices. Someone once said, “How odd of God to choose the Jews.” Saul of Tarsus was a strange choice. He had been dedicated to stamping out Jesus’ little band of followers. He had dragged Christians out of their homes in Jerusalem. He had … Continue reading “Acts 9:1-20 Amazing Grace (Donovan) – Bible study”

Sermon Acts 9:1-20 Look Wayyyy Out! By Richard Niell Donovan When people think of Paul the Apostle, they have two very different reactions. Some people don’t like Paul at all. A fair number of women find themselves in this camp. They tend to think of Paul, a bachelor, as a misogynist, a woman-hater. That isn’t … Continue reading “Acts 9:1-20 Look Wayyy Out! (Donovan) – Bible study”

Sermon Acts 9:1-20 or Acts 26:9-21 Congregational Vitality By The Rev. Charles Hoffacker Imagine this. You are driving in your car, minding your own business, when all of a sudden you see in your rear view mirror the flashing colored lights of a police car. You’re getting pulled over! A glance at the speedometer shows … Continue reading “Acts 9:1-20 Congregational Vitality (Hoffacker) – Bible study”

Sermon Acts 9:1-20 The Reluctant Witness By Dr. Randy L. Hyde When was the last time the Lord got your attention? I mean, really shook you up and said to you, “Listen up”? Truth be told, it might not have been an altogether positive experience. When things are going well, we tend not to give … Continue reading “Acts 9:1-20 The Reluctant Witness (Hyde) – Bible study”

Sermon Acts 9:1-20 Paul on His Way to Damascus By Emily Sylvester John and I built our house to face south. We have a big picture window looking out over a field and a crescent of trees. Weve pinned a thread back and forth across it, and this is where we hang up our Christmas … Continue reading “Acts 9:1-20 Paul on His Way to Damascus (Sylvester) – Bible study”

Sermon Acts 9:1-22 I Am Jesus By The Rev. Dr. James D. Kegel GLORY TO THE FATHER AND TO THE SON AND TO THE HOLY SPIRIT, AS IT WAS IN THE BEGINNING, IS NOW, AND WILL BE FOREVER, AMEN. Now as Saul was going along and approaching Damascus, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around … Continue reading “Acts 9:1-22 I Am Jesus (Kegel) – Bible study”

Sermon Acts 9:1-22 Conversion of St. Paul By Elizabeth (Liz) Gentil Take a look at this. Is this glass of water half empty or half full? Psychologists say that if you think the glass is half empty you are by nature a pessimistic person whereas if you think the glass is half full you are … Continue reading “Acts 9:1-22 Conversion of St. Paul (Gentil) – Bible study”

Sermon Acts 9:36-43 Why the Church Like the Energizer Bunny? By Dr. Keith Wagner A few years ago there was an ad on television promoting long-life batteries. The creative ad included a pink rabbit who played a drum. He would march across the screen beating his drum. Meanwhile a voice said, “Energizer, it just keeps … Continue reading “Acts 9:36-43 Why the Church Is Like the Energizer Bunny (Wagner) – Bible study”

Sermon Acts 9:36-43 Your Life in Sixty Seconds By Dr. Mickey Anders Dan Hurley has won media notice from USA Today, Reader’s Digest, CNN.com and on National Public Radio’s Morning Edition, but it wasn’t because of his jaunty red hat, silk bow tie, yellow blazer, two- tone saddle shoes or his button-down look. Mr. Hurley … Continue reading “Acts 9:36-43 Your Life in Sixty Seconds (Anders) – Bible study”

Sermon Acts 10:34-43 Breakthrough! By Dr. Mickey Anders “Bruce Rigdon, a Presbyterian pastor in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, tells a remarkable story about how the presence of the risen Christ breaks down and through all human-made barriers. This remarkable story happened at the largest wedding he ever experienced in his church. It was a full house … Continue reading “Acts 10:34-43 Breakthrough (Anders) – Bible study”