Entries by Wendy Hellwig

Acts – Part 3 – Chapter 28

Download Audio On Malta Acts Chapter 28, verses 1-2 Once safely on shore, we found out that the island was called Malta. The islanders showed us unusual kindness. They built a fire and welcomed us all because it was raining and cold. Commentary Malta is the small island about 60 miles to the south of […]

Acts – Part 3 – Chapter 26 verses 19-32 and Chapter 27

Download Audio Acts Chapter 26, verses 19-23 “So then, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the vision from heaven. First to those in Damascus, then to those in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and to the Gentiles also, I preached that they should repent and turn to God and prove their repentance by their […]

Acts – Part 3 – Chapter 25 and Chapter 26, verses 1-17

Download Audio The hearing before Governor Festus Acts Chapter 25, verses 1-5 Three days after arriving in the province, Festus went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem, where the chief priests and the Jewish leaders appeared before him and presented the charges against Paul. They urgently requested Festus, as a favor to them, to have Paul […]

Acts – Part 3 – Chapter 23, verse 12 to end of Chapter 24

Download Audio The assassination plot   Acts Chapter 23, verses 12-15 The next morning the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul. More than forty men were involved in this plot. They went to the chief priests and elders and said, “We […]

Acts – Part 3 – Chapter 21, verse 37 to Chapter 23, verse 11

Download Audio Paul’s defense Acts Chapter 21, verses 37-39 As the soldiers were about to take Paul into the barracks, he asked the commander, “May I say something to you?” “Do you speak Greek?” he replied. “Aren’t you the Egyptian who started a revolt and led four thousand terrorists out into the desert some time […]

Acts – Part 2 – Chapter 21 to Part 3, Chapter 21, verse 36

Download Audio Journey to Jerusalem Acts Chapter 21 After we had torn ourselves away from them, we put out to sea and sailed straight to Cos. The next day we went to Rhodes and from there to Patara. We found a ship crossing over to Phoenicia, went on board and set sail. After sighting Cyprus […]

Acts – Part 2 – Chapter 20

Download Audio Visits in Macedonia and Greece Acts Chapter 20, verses 1-3a When the uproar had ended, Paul sent for the disciples and, after encouraging them, said good-by and set out for Macedonia. He traveled through that area, speaking many words of encouragement to the people, and finally arrived in Greece, where he stayed three […]

Acts – Part 2 – Chapter 19

Download Audio Acts Chapter 19, verses 1-4 While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul took the road through the interior and arrived at Ephesus. There he found some disciples and asked them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” They answered, “No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.” So […]

Acts – Part 2 – Chapter 17, verse 26 to End of Chapter 18

Download Audio Acts Chapter 17, verses 26-28 From one man he made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he determined the times set for them and the exact places where they should live. God did this so that men would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and […]

Acts – Part 2 – Chapter 16, verse 22 to Chapter 17, verse 25

Download Audio Acts chapter 16, verses 22-24 The crowd joined in the attack against Paul and Silas, and the magistrates ordered them to be stripped and beaten. Afterthey had been severely flogged, they were thrown into prison, and the jailer was commanded to guard them carefully. Upon receiving such orders, he put them in the […]