Category Archives: Paul

reverse strategy

Posted on February 28, 2016 by Jefferson Vann

PROCLAIM, LET GOD PERSUADE 1 Corinthians 2:1-5 1 Remember when I first came to you, brothers? I did not come with a lofty word or wisdom, as I proclaimed to you the testimony of God.   2 Because I had decided … Continue reading →

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getting out of the way

Posted on February 24, 2016 by Jefferson Vann

IT’S ABOUT THE ROCK, NOT THE ROCK STAR 1 Corinthians 1:14-17 14 I am thankful to God that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Gaius, 15 so that no one might brag about having been baptized in my … Continue reading →

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God working at church

Posted on February 22, 2016 by Jefferson Vann

HOW TO START PRAYING FOR YOUR CHURCH 1 Corinthians 1:4-9 4 I am always thanking my God about you, because of the grace of God which was given you in Christ Jesus, 5 because of all the ways you were … Continue reading →

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we still need grace

Posted on February 21, 2016 by Jefferson Vann

CALLED FROM BROKENNESS TO HOLINESS 1 Corinthians 1:1-3 1 Paul, a called missionary of Jesus Christ by God’s choice, and Sosthenes the brother, 2 to the church of God which is at Corinth, to those who have been sanctified in … Continue reading →

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Pushy Paul

Posted on January 20, 2015 by Jefferson Vann

Romans 15:22-33 22 This is why I was often kept from coming to you. 23 But now there is nothing more to keep me in these regions, and I have for many years desired to come to you 24 on … Continue reading →

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justice delayed–God’s will accomplished

Posted on November 30, 2013 by Jefferson Vann

Acts 23:12-24:27 Those guarding Paul knew that the accusations against him were false.  They took great pains to protect him against the wrath of the non-Christian Jews.  The Holy Spirit delivered Paul by letting his nephew overhear the plot against … Continue reading →

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sidelines

Posted on November 6, 2013 by Jefferson Vann

Acts 28:16-31 The book of Acts ends at a very strange place.  Paul is in Rome under house arrest.  He spends two years in limbo, on the sidelines.  Other than the people who visit him, and his guard, he sees … Continue reading →

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changing their minds

Posted on November 1, 2013 by Jefferson Vann

Acts 27-28:15 One theme than runs through this passage is how those who observed Paul first had misgivings about him, but eventually changed their minds.  By virtue of his witness and his integrity, Paul turned skeptics into – maybe not … Continue reading →

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