Luke wrote two letters to Theophiles regarding the life of Jesus and the early church. That which we call the Gospel of Luke and Acts. I am having difficulties deciding the order in which the gospels were written. I am leaning towards Luke putting pen to paper first. My reasoning is that, Acts is the […]
We are coming to the final days of Paul when he returns to Rome. The attitude towards Christians has changed dramatically. Paul has made good use of the time God gave him after being imprisoned. But he knows the work isn’t over yet. He feels compelled to return to Rome. The brothers and sisters […]
Paul has recently left Rome, where Peter remains. As persecution picks up, Peter sends encouragement to the churches planted elsewhere. The time of Peter’s writing is believed to be about the time Nero/Caesar began his early persecution of the Christians. He started his persecution as a way to deflect suspicion away from himself for the […]
James has been hearing reports and feel compelled by the Spirit to write to the believers. At this time, the church has scattered from Jerusalem for safety. This story is another of the ‘dropped stitches’ that I mentioned earlier. I’m jumping back a ways to right that omission in the timeline of the early church. […]
Paul is free of his chains at last. He returns to the ministry of spreading the gospel to the Gentiles in every place he goes. The book of Acts leaves us at the point where Paul is in Rome for two years, under arrest. We don’t get to hear of his release or where he […]