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Galatians can be described as the Magna Carta of spiritual freedom in the New Covenant. This epistle written by the Apostle Paul is all about discovering how to be at peace with God, and it comes solely by grace through faith. Nobody can do enough good works to earn salvation; 1500 years of Moses Law […]
By: Frank Tunstall, D. Min. The transfiguration of Jesus is a premier revelation that shows life after death for the people of God. Ah! Of this I am sure – what is ahead for us as God’s children is better than the best of anything in our past. Jesus took Peter, James, and John with […]
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 […]
By: Frank Tunstall, D. Min. An angel met Cornelius and told him to send messengers to Joppa and bring the Apostle Peter back to Caesarea. Cornelius chose two of his servants and a devout soldier who was one of his attendants. He told them everything the angel had said and sent them to Joppa. Peter […]
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 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 […]