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Tongues in Caesarea

In Acts, all converts repent, are baptized in water, and receive the Spirit, but not necessarily in that order. Likewise, when the disciples received…
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The Spirit is Life

The Spirit of God imparts life, especially the everlasting life of which the Gift of the Spirit is the foretaste and guarantee. The Spirit of God is …
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To Samaria

The Book of Acts documents how the gospel first came to Samaria. After the martyrdom of Stephen, Saul of Tarsus began persecuting the fledgling churc…
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When Pentecost Arrived

The Book of Acts lays stress on the theme of fulfillment. The things foreshadowed in the Hebrew scriptures were actualized when the disciples were “f…
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