Audio Sermons Berean Bible Society

  Summary: Paul and Silas probably prayed to get out of prison (16:25), but the reason Luke says the prisoners heard them is that they probably also prayed for the rulers who sentenced them, the men who beat them, and … Continue reading → ...

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  Summary: Satan knew that Lydia’s salvation (v.14,15) was the start of something big, because he’d seen God call Paul to her home country (v.9,10).  So the devil had his empire strike back by sending a demon-possessed girl in Paul’s … Continue reading → ...

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  Summary: After God gave Paul a vision telling him to go to Macedonia (v.9,10), he went “straight” there (v.11).  And he must have been examining his method of going from one small town to the next, and realized he’d … Continue reading → ...

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  Summary: Now that the Bible is complete, the Spirit speaks only through the Book He wrote. But here (v.6), He spoke either audibly or by a vision (cf.v.9). Two years later, the Spirit did let Paul preach in Asia … Continue reading → ...

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  Summary: Timothy was already a “disciple” (v.1), so how can Paul call him his “son” (ITim.1:2), a name reserved for men he led to Christ (cf.Phile.1:10)? Paul led Tim to the Lord during his first visit in Acts 14:6,7. … Continue reading → ...

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  Summary: Now that the Jewish kingdom church has written Paul’s new Gentile converts to say they didn’t have to keep the law, they “dismissed” the men they sent to deliver the letter (v.30).  Once they read it, the Gentiles … Continue reading → ...

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  Summary: We know we can trust the decision James makes here because he was not a usurper who illegitimately replaced Peter as head of the kingdom church, as some say. Paul calls him an apostle (Gal.1:18,19), and the Spirit … Continue reading → ...

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