by Samuel Smithson | Jun 23, 2013 | Uncategorized
Study Questions for Acts Ch 6 verses 1 – 7 In any community and in any church, problems can arise because people forget the Second Commandment: sometimes it is a matter of just not bothering to put myself in another’s shoes and thinking of how I might feel in...
by Samuel Smithson | Jun 23, 2013 | Uncategorized
Acts chapter 8 verses 1 to 25 Today’s passage from Acts is quite interesting and features among other things persecution, exorcisms, healings and a sorcerer who can do magic. In it we see a snapshot of the spiritual battle that has been going on in the world since the...
by Samuel Smithson | Jun 2, 2013 | Uncategorized
Notes and Questions for Study and Prayer on Acts Chapter 2 verses 37 – 47 This passage comes immediately after Peter, emboldened by the Holy Spirit, has told the assembled crowds that they are responsible for the death of the one whom God had sent to save them from a...
by Samuel Smithson | Jun 2, 2013 | Uncategorized
Sunday 12th May Acts Chapter 2 verses 37 – 47 Can any of you remember an occasion and how you felt when someone accused you of doing something wrong or of being complicit in wrong-doing; and...
by Samuel Smithson | Jun 2, 2013 | Uncategorized
AN INTRODUCTION TO ‘ACTS’ Over the next weeks we shall be taking a closer look at St Luke’s second book of ‘Acts’. Episodes from it will be the themes for the main Sunday service sermons and for the Afternoon and Evening Study Groups. The title actually ought...
by Samuel Smithson | May 22, 2013 | Uncategorized
Initially in order to understand today’s passage from Acts we need to recap on what’s just happened in the previous chapter. Peter and John – on their way to the temple in Jerusalem meet a beggar – a man lame from birth. Peter says to him; “I have no silver or gold...
