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Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here. Let us know what you are learning or any questions you have. Email us at TextTalk@ChristiansMeetHere.org. Join the Facebook community and join the conversation by clicking here . We'd love to meet you. Be a guest among the Christians who meet on Livingston Avenue. Click here to find out more . Michael Eldridge wrote and...

Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here. Let us know what you are learning or any questions you have. Email us at TextTalk@ChristiansMeetHere.org. Join the Facebook community and join the conversation by clicking here . We'd love to meet you. Be a guest among the Christians who meet on Livingston Avenue. Click here to find out more . Michael Eldridge wrote and...

Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here . Let us know what you are learning or any questions you have. Email us at TextTalk@ChristiansMeetHere.org. Join the Facebook community and join the conversation by clicking here . We'd love to meet you. Be a guest among the Christians who meet on Livingston Avenue. Click here to find out more . Michael Eldridge wrote an...

Acts 18:24-28 Apollos not only spoke boldly, he listened humbly. Now if only we could all balance both of those characteristics. Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here. We discuss "Crucial Conversations," a great book written by the Vital Smarts group. If you'd like to check it out, you can purchase it by clicking here . (We do not receive any kickb...

Acts 18:24-28 Apollos knew a lot. But he didn't know everything. Should he have kept quiet? Should he have preached boldly? Edwin and Andrew give some surprising advice in today's Text Talk Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here.    Let us know what you are learning or any questions you have. Email us at TextTalk@ChristiansMeetHere.org.     Join the Face...

Acts 18:9-23 No matter what he faces, Paul just keeps on preaching and teaching. Edwin calls that tenacity. Jackson Cook, today's guest co-host, calls it perseverance. Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here. Let us know what you are learning or any questions you have. Email us at TextTalk@ChristiansMeetHere.org. Join the Facebook community and join the conver...

Acts 18:5-11 Many people go to 1 Corinthians 1 and claim the Corinthians weren't baptized for the remission of their sins. After all, God didn't send Paul to baptize. However, in Acts 18 we learn when Paul got done preaching to them, they responded by believing and being baptized. What's that about? Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here. In this ep...

Acts 18:1-5 In Corinth, Paul got back to tent making. But when Silas and Timothy arrived, they found him occupied with the Word or is that compelled by the Spirit. Either way, it is a great state to be in. Edwin and Andrew talk about what that would look like. Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here. Let us know what you are learning or any questions you have. Emai...

Acts 17:30-34 Once again, the people listen until Paul brings up the resurrection. That is a real problem for people who want to explain away Christianity as just a natural occurrence among superstitious, gullible people. Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here. Let us know what you are learning or any questions you have. Email us at TextTalk@ChristiansMeetHere.org...

Acts 17:29-31 If God made all people from the same person, doesn't it stand to reason that when He sends a Savior, that Savior is for all people? Of course it does. And doesn't it then stand to reason that God expects all people to repent and give allegiance to that Savior? Absolutely. Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here. Let us know what you are lear...

Acts 17:22-31 Racism is a blight on the earth. God made one race, the human race. And from one man every nation, ethnicity, tribe, tongue came into being. Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here. Let us know what you are learning or any questions you have. Email us at TextTalk@ChristiansMeetHere.org. Join the Facebook community and join the conversation by clicking...

Acts 17:10-23 Paul was accused of preaching foreign deities. He starts off by saying, "I'm not preaching a foreign deity. I'm preaching the God you all know is out there; you just don't know who He is." However, it takes us a while to get there. Let's talk about Berea and being noble-minded too. Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here....

Acts 17:1-9 Jesus is King. He's a real King. He isn't play-acting. He isn't pretending. That isn't just a cool title to make Him sound better than He is. He is a real King and that means something about our lives. Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here . Let us know what you are learning or any questions you have. Email us at TextTalk@Christian...

Acts 16:35-40 When the magistrates release Paul and Silas from jail, they ask them to leave town. This is just the moment when Paul usually stuck around to do more teaching, however, this time he leaves. What's up with that? Special guest on today's episode: Jackson Cook. Welcome him to the podcast. Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here. Let us know wha...

Acts 16:35-40 Paul makes it clear elsewhere his citizenship is in heaven. But in Philippi, he also declared he was a citizen of Rome. Let's talk about this dual citizenship. Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here. Let us know what you are learning or any questions you have. Email us at TextTalk@ChristiansMeetHere.org. Join the Facebook community and join the...

Acts 16:16-34 The Philippian Jailer and his household believe the gospel and are saved. But when did they believe? We answer that question today. Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here. Let us know what you are learning or any questions you have. Email us at TextTalk@ChristiansMeetHere.org. Join the Facebook community and join the conversation by clicking here . W...

Acts 16:11-15 Paul and Silas end up in Philippi. They go out to meet some Jewish women at the place of prayer. However, the big shock is the one who responds is a Gentile. Way to go, Lydia! Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here. Let us know what you are learning or any questions you have. Email us at TextTalk@ChristiansMeetHere.org. Join the Facebook community an...

Acts 16:1-5 We've just been through a whole debate to declare that folks don't have to be circumcised. But now Paul circumcises Timothy. What's that about? Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here.    Let us know what you are learning or any questions you have. Email us at TextTalk@ChristiansMeetHere.org.     Join the Facebook community and join the c...

Acts 15:35-41 Paul and Barnabas disagree and split ways. Usually, that is a totally bad thing. However, this time it actually ends up causing some positive results. Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here. Let us know what you are learning or any questions you have. Email us at TextTalk@ChristiansMeetHere.org. Join the Facebook community and join the conversation b...

Acts 15:22-35 For some reason, even though the Holy Spirit never makes an appearance in Acts 15, the apostles claim their conclusion seemed good to the Holy Spirit. How can that be? Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here . Let us know what you are learning or any questions you have. Email us at TextTalk@ChristiansMeetHere.org. Join the Facebook community and join...

Acts 15:13-21 James encouraged and the letter they sent out said they didn't believe the Gentile Christians had any greater burden than four really odd things. Edwin and Andrew discuss what all that is about. Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here.    Let us know what you are learning or any questions you have. Email us at TextTalk@ChristiansMeetHere.org.    ...

Acts 15:6-12 Some of the Jews were trying to claim that Gentiles had to be saved the same way they were. Peter argues that, actually, the Jews will only be saved the same was as the Gentiles--by grace through faith. Sounds familiar, doesn't it? Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here. Let us know what you are learning or any questions you have. Email us at Tex...

Acts 15:1-6 Many people declare the meeting in Jerusalem to discuss circumcision in Acts 15 the first church council. Some even add in that they wrote a creedal statement. However, that is not what is happening at all. Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here. Let us know what you are learning or any questions you have. Email us at TextTalk@ChristiansMeetHere.org. J...

Acts 14:24-28 Pay attention to Paul's report when he gets back to Syrian Antioch. After so many dreadful, awful, terrible things happened to Barnabas and him on the missionary journey, he gives this amazing report about all of God's miracles and all the Gentiles who responded. Perspective really does matter if we are going to keep on preaching the Word. Read the written devo that goes al...

Acts 14:19-23 In every city, the level of persecution gets higher, stronger, more painful. Until finally, Paul is actually stoned. What do they keep on doing? They keep on preaching. What conviction! What commitment! Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here. Let us know what you are learning or any questions you have. Email us at TextTalk@ChristiansMeetHere.org. Joi...