John 9: 24-34….an ignorant, but wise, man!

So for the second time they called the man who had been blind and said to him, “Give glory to God. We know that this man is a sinner.” He answered, “Whether he is a sinner I do not know. One thing I do know, that though I was blind, now I see.” They saidContinue reading “John 9: 24-34….an ignorant, but wise, man!”

John 9: 13-23…. You’d have thought that everyone would have been happy!

They brought to the Pharisees the man who had formerly been blind. Now it was a Sabbath day when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes. So the Pharisees again asked him how he had received his sight. And he said to them, “He put mud on my eyes, and I washed, and IContinue reading “John 9: 13-23…. You’d have thought that everyone would have been happy!”

John 5: 1-9a…..That’s miraculous!

After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, in Aramaic called Bethesda, which has five roofed colonnades. In these lay a multitude of invalids—blind, lame, and paralyzed. One man was there who had been an invalid for thirty-eightContinue reading “John 5: 1-9a…..That’s miraculous!”

John 4: 46-54….Jesus seems to almost brush this man off!

So he came again to Cana in Galilee, where he had made the water wine. And at Capernaum there was an official whose son was ill. When this man heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went to him and asked him to come down and heal his son, for he wasContinue reading “John 4: 46-54….Jesus seems to almost brush this man off!”

Acts 20: 7-16…..A long talk!

On the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul talked with them, intending to depart on the next day, and he prolonged his speech until midnight. There were many lamps in the upper room where we were gathered. And a young man named Eutychus, sitting at the window,Continue reading “Acts 20: 7-16…..A long talk!”

Acts 16: 25-34…..Amazing!

About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them, and suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken. And immediately all the doors were opened, and everyone’s bonds were unfastened. When the jailer woke and saw that theContinue reading “Acts 16: 25-34…..Amazing!”

Acts 16: 16-19….Troublesome girl!

As we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl who had a spirit of divination and brought her owners much gain by fortune-telling. She followed Paul and us, crying out, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to you the way of salvation.” AndContinue reading “Acts 16: 16-19….Troublesome girl!”

Acts 13: 4-12….Stage one of a life-time of adventure.

So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia, and from there they sailed to Cyprus. When they arrived at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews. And they had John to assist them. When they had gone through the whole island as far asContinue reading “Acts 13: 4-12….Stage one of a life-time of adventure.”

Acts 5: 17-21….Angels again on the scene.

But the high priest rose up, and all who were with him (that is, the party of the Sadducees), and filled with jealousy they arrested the apostles and put them in the public prison. But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors and brought them out, and said, “Go andContinue reading “Acts 5: 17-21….Angels again on the scene.”

Acts 5: 12-16…. Miracles galore.

Now many signs and wonders were regularly done among the people by the hands of the apostles. And they were all together in Solomon’s Portico. None of the rest dared join them, but the people held them in high esteem. And more than ever believers were added to the Lord, multitudes of both men andContinue reading “Acts 5: 12-16…. Miracles galore.”