A very, very interesting lesson! This is the first recorded serious intrusion of "Sin from Within" the Church! Learn why this lesson is really "the tale of two men, Barnabas and Ananias"? What did the…
In this important lesson on Acts 4:23-33, we learn, by example, how a Spirit-filled Church responds to persecution! In the previous lesson, we had an example of how Spirit-filled individual Christians…
While Peter (accompanied by John and the healed lame man) was still in the midst of his powerful second sermon (Acts 3:12-26), he was interrupted by the sudden appearance of "the priests . . . the…
The healed lame man (see Lesson 9) was not only immediately very public about his over-flowing joy, but also about his praise to God and his thankfulness to the men the Lord used to perform his…
In the first 16 verses of his amazingly brilliant sermon, Stephen covered Israel's history from Abraham in Mesopotamia to Joseph in Egypt (a fascinating way to attack the Jews' proud obsession with…
The Early Church grows both in numbers and in spiritual maturity, which is not without it's "pains"! With growth by multiplication comes “growing pains”; more potential problems arise whenever bigger…
In this lesson, we are brought back to the issue of whether it is right to obey God when His commandments come into direct conflict with those of men in authority over believers. Peter and John had…
Satan's use of persecution in the arrest of Peter and James by the High Court of Israel had not worked to silence either the Apostles or the Church! The threats of the religious rulers only succeeded…
Luke 10:38-42 Although the two sisters are often contrasted, Martha being the pre-occupied worker-server, and Mary, the pensive worshipper-student (always seen in Scripture at Jesus' feet), this in no…
