Acts 4 Thoughts

The Church in the US is facing an unfriendly situation. However, it's not nearly as unfriendly as what the Church in Acts faced. Here was their request to God:

Now, Lord, consider their threats and enable your servants to speak your word with great boldness. Stretch out your hand to heal and perform signs and wonders through the name of your holy servant Jesus.

That, ladies and gentlemen, is how the Church in America should be praying!

Acts 3 Thoughts

The lame man expected money. He got healed instead. What does God want to do for us that we are not expecting?

Acts 2 Thoughts

It's interesting that in Chapter 2, Luke mentions Peter standing up with the eleven not the twelve.

Acts 1 Thoughts

In Acts 1:8, Jesus answers the question the disciples should have asked.

Did the disciples do the right or wrong thing in selecting Matthias? The answer doesn't matter.

Do we really believe God’s purposes are achieved only when we do the “right” thing? Then we are wrong, dead wrong!

Read this commentary.

Traffic jam mystery solved by mathematicians

Traffic jam mystery solved by mathematicians.

The team developed a mathematical model to show the impact of unexpected events such as a lorry pulling out of its lane on a dual carriageway. Their model
revealed that slowing down below a critical speed when reacting to such an
event, a driver would force the car behind to slow down further and the next car
back to reduce its speed further still.The result of this is that several miles
back, cars would finally grind to a halt, with drivers oblivious to the reason
for their delay. The model predicts that this is a very typical scenario on a
busy highway (above 15 vehicles per km). The jam moves backwards through the
traffic creating a so-called ‘backward traveling wave’, which drivers may
encounter many miles upstream, several minutes after it was triggered.

Hat Tip: The Evangelical Outpost

Is there an alternative to excellence?

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The Bible Reading Plan for This Year

I plan on using this Bible reading plan this year.