_A PROPHECY FULFILLED_ ‘By the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the people (… and believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women.)’ Acts 5:12; Acts 5:14 Nathanael and St. Bartholomew are one and the same person. Some think that Nathanael... [ Continue Reading ]
_A PROPHECY FULFILLED_ ‘By the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the people (… and believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women.)’ Acts 5:12; Acts 5:14 Nathanael and St. Bartholomew are one and the same person. Some think that Nathanael... [ Continue Reading ]
_A WONDERFUL CHANGE_ ‘Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.’ Acts 5:29 Such were the bold words of St. Peter and the other Apostles when on their trial before the chief priests and the magistrates of their country. And what we notice is that th... [ Continue Reading ]
_A MODEL MINISTRY_ ‘And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ.’ Acts 5:42 I. THE SUBJECT OF THEIR MINISTRY.—‘That Jesus is the Christ.’ Not things about Jesus Christ, but Jesus Christ Himself. Creeds may satisfy the reason, but the heart craves... [ Continue Reading ]