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Paul’s Conversion
In this passage we have the most famous conversion story in history. We have reached a turning point in the Book of Acts. The conversion of Saul of Tarsus, who was the leading persecutor of Christians, was perhaps the greatest event in Church history after Pentecost. Here we find a man ...

Ananias’ Availability
Without doubt Ananias is one of the forgotten heroes of the Christian Church. If it is true that the Church owes Paul’s conversion to the prayer of Stephen, it is also true that the Church owes... Paul’s spiritual growth to the brotherliness of Ananias. In this passage Ananias, one of whom nothing is ...

Barnabas’ Encouragement
After his conversion Paul spent three years (many days) with the believers in Damascus (v. 23, Gal. 1:18). The Jewish leaders in Damascus had finally had enough of this ex-Pharisee turned traitor. They plotted to kill him (v. 23) and watched the gates of the city day and night to make ...

Peter Used by God in Joppa to Heal Beloved Dorcas
The scene now shifts to Peter, who was visiting the churches in Palestine. He came to Lydia, a predominately Gentile city about 25 miles from Jerusalem (v. 32). Possibly the church in Lydia had been founded by disciples fleeing from Jerusalem at the time of fierce persecution when ...