Sharing is Caring

What does God do?     “Now a man crippled from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those going into the temple courts” (Acts 3:2).     This is a passage reflecting on previously overlooked parts of the Bible.   It's a verse that was read casually without attaching any special meaning to it, a passage that was simply passed over.   The specific verse mentioned is Acts 3:2a - "Now a man crippled from birth …."   Until now, I had only thought of the story as Peter and John going up to the temple and instructing the man who was unable to walk from birth to rise and walk in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth (v. 6).   However, during a recent early morning prayer meeting, I was reminded of John 9:1, which speaks of a man blind from birth.   Perhaps the reason for this connection is that the Acts 3:2 passage caused me to think of the man blind from birth from John 9:1, w...

  ‘What I have I give you’     [Acts 3:1-10]   The article titled ‘True Gospel Evangelism [Sitting at the Lord's Feet Every Day]’ (Christigreen) questions what the best method of gospel evangelism is, one that can be consistently effective across all eras.   It raises queries such as ‘Is it through reform movements?   Short-term or long-term missions?   Turning the globe into a mission field?   Is it through life as a form of evangelism?   Is it through radio or television?’   It acknowledges that God has used all of these methods, sometimes employing quite dramatic means, to proclaim the gospel to the world.   However, the Bible does not particularly emphasize any of these methods as crucial in spreading the message that Jesus is the Son of God.   It goes on to suggest that the most powerful method of evangelism, one that can be consistently effective across all eras, is when the church comes together with one heart...