The Book of Acts is a rollicking adventure tale.  There are long journeys, shipwrecks and daring prison escapes.  Tongues of fire rain down from heaven, […]

There was once a very devout holy man who lived an austere life on the edge of a small community.  One day, friends from long […]

My Beloved – as I write this short note, our presidential election is still a few days away. By the time you read this, the […]

Acts 17:16-34          Paul has just arrived in Athens, Greece.  He must have felt like a stranger in a strange land.  If Rome was the […]

         Recently, I joined a gym near my home in Beech Grove.  Three mornings a week, I attend strength and fitness classes.  Though I have […]

Acts 17:1-15 Paul, Timothy, and Silas are on the road, building up the local churches and doing their best to plant new ones.  Everywhere they […]

Acts 15:36-16:5          Our text today comes just after the famous Jerusalem Council (see Acts 15:1-35).  At this meeting, the Apostles in Jerusalem decided that […]

My Beloved –              As I write this, I have been on the ground here at OPPC for about 2 ½ months.  It has […]

A Greater Purpose Acts 9:32-42          The early church is on the move.  Soon after the events of Pentecost (Acts 2:1-47), the disciples and others […]

Time for a ChangeActs 6:1-7All seems to be going well in the early church. The apostles are preaching. The crowds are growing. And the poor […]