by Doug Van Meter | 7 Apr 2013 | Acts
Properly speaking, Acts 15:36 commences the second missionary journey of the apostle Paul from his sending church in Antioch of Syria. As we saw previously, the launching forth of this missionary endeavour was not without its difficulties and contention. The story of...
by Doug Van Meter | 13 May 2012 | Acts
In our previous study, we considered the contents of Acts 9:19b-31 under the theme of “the man who as sure that he was saved.” We saw six truths that Saul embraced, practiced as exemplified as a convert of the Lord Jesus Christ. Our final consideration in that study...
by Doug Van Meter | 16 Oct 2011 | Acts
In a sermon that he once preached on our text passage, Lloyd-Jones concluded with these words: Poor Gamaliel! He never looked at the gospel message personally. If he had, he would not have just given his “great” advice. Do you know what he would have done? He would...
by Doug Van Meter | 8 May 2011 | Bible Teachings, Exodus, Old Testament, Pentateuch
This past week the world’s attention has been focused on an event that has been both historic and controversial. I am speaking, of course, of the killing of Osama Bin Laden in Pakistan. The media has been filled both with scenes of jubilation over the death of a...
by Doug Van Meter | 24 May 2009 | Bible Teachings, Exodus, Old Testament, Pentateuch
A word used quite commonly by Christians is the word “providence.” The English word is derived from two Latin words: pro, which means “before” and vide, which means “to see.” The concept of “providence” is that God sees all (because He knows all) and thus He plans for...