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By: Frank Tunstall, D. Min. “My lover is mine and I am His” (Song of Solomon 2:16). “I am the Lord who makes you holy” (Leviticus 20:8). “In your hearts set apart Christ as Lord” (1 Peter 3:15). “Work out your salvation with fear and trembling” (Philippians 2:12). In the new birth, a person recognizes […]
By: Frank Tunstall, D. Min. This is the first time I have given specific study to the meaning of grace. Looking back over the years I guess I took the message of God’s grace for granted. This study has proven to be a rewarding effort for me even though this surely is not an exhaustive […]
(Galatians 5:1-6:3) BY: Frank Tunstall. D. Min. Circumcision held a near stranglehold on the people of Israel. This brutal chocking was the big issue Paul had to overcome in his ministry to the Galatian believers. The Holy Spirit guided and empowered Paul so that the stronghold could be broken and the church could be born. […]
“Born by the power of the Holy Spirit” (Galatians 4:28-31). By: Frank Tunstall, D. Min. “Now you, brothers, like Isaac, are children of promise. At that time the son born in the ordinary way persecuted the son born by the power of the Spirit” (Galatians 4:28-29). ‘Dysfunction’ in a word describes the Old Testament account […]
By: Frank Tunstall, D. Min. “You foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you?” Paul asked (Galatians 3:1). Paul was writing to the church he had established in Galatia. Some who had accepted the Gospel and experienced the infilling of the Holy Spirit were walking away from the Holy Spirit. Paul’s words to them were sharp. “You […]
By: Frank Tunstall, D. Min. Peter broke Jewish law, but not God’s law, when he walked into the home of this Roman centurion. “As Peter entered the house, Cornelius met him and fell at his feet in reverence; but Peter would have none of it. ‘Stand up,’ he told the officer, ‘I am only a […]
Acts 10:1 – 11:18 By: Frank Tunstall, D. Min. Cornelius was a Roman centurion in the Italian Regiment. He commanded a military force of about 100 men garrisoned in Caesarea, the Roman capital in the Middle East. “He and all his family were devout and God-fearing; he gave generously to those in need and prayed […]
By: Frank Tunstall, D. Min. The Holy Spirit led Peter to leave Jerusalem and begin an itinerant ministry (Acts 9:32-43). He obeyed, traveling west in a journey that ultimately climaxed in Caesarea on the coast of the Mediterranean. Abraham is the first notable example of an itinerant. God told him to leave Ur of the […]
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. 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 […]