Dorcas: Doing good & helping the poor (Acts 9:36-43)

In Acts 9:36-43, tucked away between the era-defining accounts of Paul’s Damascus road conversion and Peter’s afternoon vision – events which propelled the Early Church to welcome Gentiles and take the gospel across the known world – sits the beautiful story of Dorcas.  Described simply as a disciple, Dorcas, or Tabitha in Aramaic, became ill […]

Rhoda: The joy of answered prayer (Acts 12:1-19)

 Read passage on Bible Gateway Just before you read this post, I’d like you to pause and think about something: What do you expect to happen when you pray? Maybe think of a recent occasion when you asked God for something to happen. What did you expect to happen as you offered that request to […]

Matthias: The twelfth apostle (Acts 1:15-26)

Read passage on Bible Gateway Luke begins his narrative in Acts by describing the days and weeks after Jesus’ resurrection. Jesus spent 40 days with His followers (v3) and during that time taught them about the kingdom of God. He gave them a few instructions, foremost of which was that they were not to leave […]

Titius Justus: A Worshipper of God (Acts 18:7)

How would you describe yourself?  If you had just a few words or a short sentence to sum up what you think you are like, what is it that you would say?  How do you want to be remembered? Often an epitaph etched onto a gravestone indicates what others thought of a person’s life.  It […]