Download Audio Acts, Chapter 5, verses 17-21a Then the high priest and all his associates, who were members of the party of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy. They arrested the apostles and put them in the public jail. But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the jail and […]
Download Audio Acts Chapter 4, verse 7 They had Peter and John brought before them and began to question them: “By what power or what name did you do this?” Commentary The body that had tried Jesus of Nazareth and condemned him to die now sat in its customary semicircle and questioned two of Jesus’ […]
Download Audio Healing and preaching at the temple Acts Chapter 3, verses 1-5 One day Peter and John were going up to the temple at the time of prayer—at three in the afternoon. Now a man crippled from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day […]
Download Audio Nine in the morning was the hour of morning prayer, and the Jews did not eat until after that hour. Wine was drunk only with meals, and since it was too early for breakfast, it was also too early to have had too much wine. Peter did not need to defend himself, because […]
Download Audio Preparation and equipping A replacement for Judas Acts Chapter 1, verses 12-14 Then they returned to Jerusalem from the hill called the Mount of Olives, a Sabbath day’s walk from the city. When they arrived, they went upstairs to the room where they were staying. Those present were Peter, John, James and Andrew; […]
Download Audio The WELS Mission for the Visually Impaired presents The People’s Bible – Acts, by Richard D. Balge, published by Northwestern Publishing House, Copyright 1988. INTRODUCTION TO ACTS The book of Acts is a continuation of the gospel of Luke. It is Volume 2 of the account that the author prepared for “most excellent […]
Download Audio Children Ephesians Chapter 6, verses 1-3 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother”—which is the first commandment with a promise— “that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth.” Commentary From a section outlining the duties […]
Download Audio In another respect, however, the NIV translators have not been quite so helpful. Their rendering “find out what pleases the Lord” could be misleading. This could give the impression that there is considerable unclarity as to what pleases the Lord, and it is our task to discover it. Actually, the Greek verb in […]
Download Audio Holiness is to show itself in living a pure life In chapters 1 to 3, Paul rehearsed for the Ephesians the great things their Savior and Redeemer-God has done for them in giving them spiritual life and bringing them into the Christian church. In chapters 4 to 6, Paul helps them understand what […]
Download Audio PART THREE The Blessed Effects of God’s Saving Grace (4:1–6:20) Paul’s letters tend to divide into two fairly equal parts: the first half of the letter being a doctrinal portion and the second half a practical section. Practical is to be understood in the sense of an application of the doctrine to the […]