Tag: Acts

The Roman leaders thought it unfortunate that Paul had appealed to Caesar because if he had not they could have released him after determining that he was not guilty of anything serious. Paul could have felt the same way of he had not known (well before he ever appealed to Caesar) that he was called…

It seems eminently reasonable that the Roman leaders insisted that if they sent a man for judgement they needed to be able to articulate what he was accused of so that a judgement could be made.

The exorcists who tried to cast out an evil spirit saying “we adjure the by Jesus whom Paul preacheth” said the right kind of words but lacked any authority to invoke the name of Christ. The evil spirit testified as much by acknowledging that he recognized the authority both of Jesus and of Paul. We…

These stories of Paul as a missionary sounds like the stories from the mission of the Sons of Mosiah among the Lamanites.

It is easy for people to elevate traditions to which they are already accustomed and elevate them as if they are doctrines which become a stumbling block to those who were not accustomed to those traditions. Such was the case with circumcision. The Jews could easily bear circumcision as doctrine because they had been circumcized…

It is interesting that the apostles were required to preach first to the Jews before sharing the message of Christ with gentiles. The Jews have no excuse for rejecting Christ because they were not passed over, even after they crucified Him.

I have heard the story of Cornelius many times and thought that Peter was taught that the history should go to the gentiles as well. Of course that is true but I passed over the fact that there were several other Christian Jews in the house with Peter when the Holy Ghost what manifest in…

There really a unique energy in the beginning of a new movement that is rarely replicated at later phases. The work of the apostles after the death of Christ has all those hallmarks.

I never appreciated the boldness of Peter after Christ ascended to heaven the way I do now. He had learned the Jessica Christ taught and heeded the charge to “feed My sheep.” Likewise I had failed to recognize the similarities between the early converts to Christ and the Nephites after the sermon by King Benjamin…

What was it like to Barsabas or Matthias who, based on Peter’s stated requirements, had been with the disciples for the entirety of Jesus’ministry and been witness to his resurrection and yet had not been numbered with the twelve? In fact, what was it like to be Barsabas to be publicly identified and considered to…