Acts 28:14 We have here: I. The accomplishment of a long-cherished purpose by the Apostle. From an early date in his ministry his heart had been set on visiting the imperial city. Take heart then, my brother. No matter what may be the Rome on which you have set your desire, if it be but to bless a... [ Continue Reading ]
Acts 28:14 Seeds of Life. I. The words of my text describe very simply St. Paul's entry into Rome by the Appian Way, a prisoner, nearly two thousand years ago. How much has risen and fallen in those two thousand years? Millions upon millions of men and women have come into the light of our sun and... [ Continue Reading ]
Acts 28:20 If we turn to inquire historically what were the elements in the Christian faith by virtue of which chiefly it worked and spread in the early days after the death of Jesus, we find one at least of the most important to have been the conviction among His followers that in Him the hope of... [ Continue Reading ]
Acts 28:28 The Churches Warned. Note in what points, if in any, we may claim affinity with these representatives of Judaism at the eventful epoch of its dying struggle with the infant Church. I. They, like us, had long been in possession of exclusive privileges, and accustomed to survey without e... [ Continue Reading ]