saying to them, “Brethren, though I had done nothing against our people or the customs of our fathers, yet So Luke suddenly, yet appropriately, brings Paul's story to a close with him simply continuing to preach

They had a desire to know God, yet tried to meet him on their terms. Jesus Christ is the perfect revelation of God to humanity, yet many Israelites chose instead to trust

Yet, forty days come and go, and the time for Jesus’ return to Heaven arrives. Yet, there are indeed benefits to our Lord’s ascension.

there who had been ill for thirty-eight years. 6 When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he had already

Indeed, as we've already seen, who then would be His followers?

seemingly ridiculous order to head back out - an order that would add multiple hours to the fishermen's already

  although it does expose the magnitude of their sin  and increasingly convict them of their guilt,  yet Yet if it had not been for the law, I would not have known sin. it says although the Law does expose the magnitude of sin and increasingly convict us of our guilt, yet

one referred to by Isaiah the prophet when he said, “The voice of one crying in the wilderness, ‘Make ready for I say to you that from these stones God is able to raise up children to Abraham.10 “The axe is already Matthew then quotes the prophet Isaiah to introduce John as the one who made ready the way of the LORD

distress and persecution I turn my eyes to the heavens and confidently await as judge the very One who has already

transcendent God (a word we use in theology to describe how God is above all things) isn't just a powerful, yet But the psalmist isn't finished yet; once again he repeats the command to come, this time worshipping