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By: Frank Tunstall, D. Min. Saul, the persecutor of Jesus and His followers (Acts 9). While the Holy Spirit’s ministry through Philip was going forward in Samaria and in the desert with the Ethiopian eunuch, Saul continued his one-man campaign trying to destroy the infant church. Saul was vicious, even hideous about it. Luke used […]
By: Frank G. Tunstall, D.Min. Holy Spirit guidance in Philip’s ministry (Acts 8:26-40). 1. The setting. Philip was obedient first to an angel and then to the Holy Spirit. An angel appeared to Philip and gave him specific instructions: leave the revival in Samaria and “go south to the desert road that goes down from […]
By: Frank G. Tunstall, D.Min. After Stephen’s martyrdom, the Lord raised up another deacon named Philip, who was also one of the seven. Philip went to a Samaritan town and “proclaimed the Christ [Messiah] there” (Acts 8:5). Jesus had blazed the trail among the Samaritans before He was crucified, as is revealed in the story […]
By: Frank Tunstall, D. Min. Free will is God’s gift to all people, worldwide, and it is a sacred bequest. For free will to be truly free, however, people must be totally and solely responsible for what they do with their ability to make choices. Stephen’s martyrdom is an example. The members of the Sanhedrin […]
By: Frank Tunstall, D. Min. The Holy Spirit’s job description included teaching the apostles to accept and act on the spiritual authority Jesus granted to them (Matthew 28:16-20;Luke 10:19; 24:45-49). After Pentecost, with the resurrection and ascension of Jesus fresh in the disciples minds, they began to assimilate just how much spiritual influence Jesus had […]
By: Frank Tunstall, D. Min. Jesus paid with His blood at Calvary the price that give birth to the church. It was (and continues to be) the role of the Holy Spirit, the third Person of the Trinity of the God who is One, to organize and launch the Church with the new form of […]
By: Frank Tunstall, D. MIN. “When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. Suddenly… (Acts 2:1). The gift of the Holy Spirit on the Day of Pentecost that occurred 50 days after the Lord’s resurrection is one of the greatest miracles of all time. From Jesus’ exalted position at His […]
A 1,000 YEAR OLD PROPHECY BY: FRANK TUNSTALL, D. Min. “When the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, to redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons” ( Galatians 4:4-5 KJV). “Now is my […]
By: Frank Tunstall, D. Min. The Lord “commanded” Paul to spell out principles for supervising the gifts of the Holy Spirit in the church (I Corinthians 14:37). I must confess over the years I have studied 1 Corinthians 12, Paul’s list of spiritual gifts and 1 Corinthians 13, Paul’s masterpiece portrait on love. […]
By: Frank Tunstall, D. Min. The Holy Spirit is multilingual. Jesus spoke fluently each of the languages present that great Pentecost morning. The Spirit today also speaks perfectly every language on earth, some 6,500. The Holy Spirit demonstrated His ability in an amazing show of power, not only to speak the languages but to enable […]