Acts 26:9-11 Paul's job before becoming a Christian was to get Christians to blaspheme. Andrew and Edwin take a morbid turn and imagine what it would be like if folks were trying to get them to blaspheme. How would their Christianity be different? How about yours? Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here. Let us know what you are learning or any questions you have. Email us at TextTalk@ChristiansMeetHere.org. Join the Facebook community and join the conversation b...
Aug 11, 2020•17 min•Season 1Ep. 127
The sticking point in teaching the gospel was always the resurrection. Paul hits that head on. And it reminds us that Christianity did not take off because ancient people were gullible and superstitious. It happened because some people saw enough evidence to accept that Jesus really was raised from the dead. We need to believe it as well. Praise the Lord! Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here. Let us know what you are learning or any questions you have. Email u...
Aug 10, 2020•16 min•Season 1Ep. 126
Edwin and Andrew make a big announcment. SEASON 2 IS COMING! Join us beginning August 31 as we start walking through the Psalms.
Aug 07, 2020•2 min
Acts 25:23-27 Paul got some great opportunities to advance the gospel. However, to do so, he had to go through some pretty awful stuff. We must learn to take the bad along with the good. After all, the road to the kingdom is not a garden path, but tribulation. Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here. Let us know what you are learning or any questions you have. Email us at TextTalk@ChristiansMeetHere.org. Join the Facebook community and join the conversation by cl...
Aug 07, 2020•17 min•Season 1Ep. 125
Acts 25:13-22 Despite false accusations and persecutions, may we always live as Paul did: innocent of false charges. However, if we are guilty, may we like Paul be ready to take the discipline and punishment we deserve. Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here. Let us know what you are learning or any questions you have. Email us at TextTalk@ChristiansMeetHere.org. Join the Facebook community and join the conversation by clicking here . We'd love to meet you. Be a...
Aug 06, 2020•17 min•Season 1Ep. 124
Acts 25:9-12 Paul uses his Roman citizenship, but never forget that he is a Christian before he is a Roman. Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here. Let us know what you are learning or any questions you have. Email us at TextTalk@ChristiansMeetHere.org. Join the Facebook community and join the conversation by clicking here . We'd love to meet you. Be a guest among the Christians who meet on Livingston Avenue. Click here to find out more . Michael Eldridge wrote ...
Aug 05, 2020•16 min•Season 1Ep. 123
Acts 25:6-12 What incredible opportunities Paul had to share the gospel with some shocking folks: governors, kings, prominent men. Edwin and Andrew discuss several aspects of these opportunities. How we should be praying for our opportunities. Recognizing the opportunities we do have. Seeing how good opportunities are sometimes disguised under bad circumstances. Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here. Let us know what you are learning or any questions you have. ...
Aug 04, 2020•16 min•Season 1Ep. 122
Acts 25:1-5 Paul has been in Caesarea in prison for two years. The Jews still want to kill him. What's up with that?! Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here. Let us know what you are learning or any questions you have. Email us at TextTalk@ChristiansMeetHere.org. Join the Facebook community and join the conversation by clicking here . We'd love to meet you. Be a guest among the Christians who meet on Livingston Avenue. Click here to find out more . Michael Eldri...
Aug 03, 2020•14 min•Season 1Ep. 121
Acts 24:22-27 Did you catch Paul's conversation with Felix. Not exactly the topics the modern world or even modern Christians claim should be first on the evangelism list. Yet, here we are. Let's discuss this business of righteousness, self-control, and the coming judgment. Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here. Let us know what you are learning or any questions you have. Email us at TextTalk@ChristiansMeetHere.org. Join the Facebook community and join the conv...
Jul 31, 2020•16 min•Season 1Ep. 120
Acts 24:20-21 Did Paul completely forget what he actually said on trial? Is there a contradiction in the Bible? What is up with the fact that before Felix, Paul claims he said something to the Jewish Council, but we know he said something different. This gives us some insight into Bible apologetics and responding to the critics who find contradictions everywhere, even when they aren't really there. Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here. Let us know what you are...
Jul 30, 2020•16 min•Season 1Ep. 119
Acts 24:5, 14-15 Paul said he served according to the Way. Not according to a way. Further, he was correcting the notion that the Way was a sect of any other philosophy or religion. That has some big implications for modern Christianity. Let's talk about that today on Text Talk. Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here. Let us know what you are learning or any questions you have. Email us at TextTalk@ChristiansMeetHere.org. Join the Facebook community and join the...
Jul 29, 2020•17 min•Season 1Ep. 118
Acts 24:5-21 Tertullus claimed one thing about how they found Paul. Paul claimed another. Yesterday seemed pretty tough learning that we are just going to get folks mad at us. So mad, they will make false accusations. Today, though, we learn that isn't our goal. Paul wasn't found stirring up trouble. Neither should we be. Let's talk about that today on Text Talk. Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here. Let us know what you are learning or any questions you have....
Jul 28, 2020•15 min•Season 1Ep. 117
Acts 24:1-9 Jesus had promised that His disciples would face persecution. But he proclaimed when we do and we suffer false accusations and beatings and mockings, we should rejoice, because that is when the kingdom belongs to us. Therefore, Paul didn't need to be too worried about all the false accusations being made against him by Tertullus. It just mean Paul was in the kingdom. Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here. Let us know what you are learning or any que...
Jul 27, 2020•15 min•Season 1Ep. 116
Acts 23:23-35 It's Jackson Cook's last episode with Text Talk! We're sad to see him go. But we're excited to talk about sincerity, hypocrisy, personal image consultants, and the modern attempts to simply make ourselves look good. Whether we are fudging facts or even convincing ourselves our lies are true, we have a tendency to make ourselves look the best in ever situation. Today, Edwin and Jackson talk about the Roman Tribune and his self-gratifying letter. Read the written devo that goes along...
Jul 24, 2020•18 min•Season 1Ep. 115
Acts 23:12-22 Vows and oaths were serious things. Jesus takes it a step further. Today, Edwin and Andrew talk about honesty, faithfulness, loyalty, and keeping your word. Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here. Let us know what you are learning or any questions you have. Email us at TextTalk@ChristiansMeetHere.org. Join the Facebook community and join the conversation by clicking here . We'd love to meet you. Be a guest among the Christians who meet on Livingsto...
Jul 23, 2020•16 min•Season 1Ep. 114
Acts 23:6-11 What was Paul's hope? What is our hope? Our hope is not what the culture wants it to be. And increasingly, it is not what is popular in the mainstream "Christian" world. Today, Edwin and Andrew talk about the hope of the resurrection. Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here. Let us know what you are learning or any questions you have. Email us at TextTalk@ChristiansMeetHere.org. Join the Facebook community and join the conversation by clicking here ....
Jul 22, 2020•17 min•Season 1Ep. 113
Acts 22:30-23:5 What on earth is a whitewashed wall? Edwin and Andrew jump into that discussion and talk about hypocrisy. How do we overcome the whitewashed wall syndrome? Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here. Let us know what you are learning or any questions you have. Email us at TextTalk@ChristiansMeetHere.org. Join the Facebook community and join the conversation by clicking here . We'd love to meet you. Be a guest among the Christians who meet on Livingst...
Jul 21, 2020•18 min•Season 1Ep. 112
Acts 22:30-23:5 Paul claimed to have lived in all good conscience his entire life. But isn't this the guy who tracked down Christians, threw them in prison, and even voted to have them executed? How can he have a good conscience about that at any time in his life? Edwin and Jackson discuss this question and learn a good bit about relying on God's Word instead of our own think-sos. Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here. Let us know what you are learning or any q...
Jul 20, 2020•16 min•Season 1Ep. 111
Acts 22:22-29 When the Roman Tribune explains how he became a citizen, we learn why the disciples were so surprised rich people wouldn't enter Jesus's kingdom. Edwin and Jackson talk about citizenship in the Roman Empire and in Christ's kingdom. Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here. Let us know what you are learning or any questions you have. Email us at TextTalk@ChristiansMeetHere.org. Join the Facebook community and join the conversation by clicking here . W...
Jul 17, 2020•16 min•Season 1Ep. 105
Acts 22:17-21 We must not overlook what a blessing it is for most of us today that Jesus met Paul in the temple and sent him to the Gentiles. The gospel came to most of us because Paul heeded that instruction faithfully. Praise the Lord! Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here. Let us know what you are learning or any questions you have. Email us at TextTalk@ChristiansMeetHere.org. Join the Facebook community and join the conversation by clicking here . We'd love...
Jul 16, 2020•16 min•Season 1Ep. 109
Acts 22:12-16 Edwin and Jackson have a Q&A about baptism in the Bible. What's it for? Do we need to be baptized? What does it accomplish? What does it not do? Let's talk about baptism on today's Text Talk! Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here. Let us know what you are learning or any questions you have. Email us at TextTalk@ChristiansMeetHere.org. Join the Facebook community and join the conversation by clicking here . We'd love to meet you. Be a guest amo...
Jul 15, 2020•16 min•Season 1Ep. 108
Acts 22:6011 Paul recounts his conversion on the road to Damascus. The blinding light. The voice of Jesus. The revelation of truth. It is one of the most significant moments in all of history. It was the moment when Paul learned the gospel. He talks about it again and again in his writings. Let's discuss the revelation of the gospel to Paul on today's Text Talk. Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here. Let us know what you are learning or any questions you have. ...
Jul 14, 2020•16 min•Season 1Ep. 107
Sometimes we are shocked by Paul's about face when we see his conversion on the road to Damascus. In today's reading, though, we discover why that about face was so "easy" for Saul to make. Let's talk about Saul's zeal for God that allowed him to become the apostle Paul. Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here. Let us know what you are learning or any questions you have. Email us at TextTalk@ChristiansMeetHere.org. Join the Facebook community and join the convers...
Jul 13, 2020•15 min•Season 1Ep. 106
Acts 21:27-40 How amazing is it that Paul, a suspected assassin and seeming troublemaker, simply asks the Roman tribune if he can speak to the crowd, and because he can speak Greek, the guy says, "Sure"? Can anyone else see God working behind this? Let's talk about that on today's Text Talk. Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here. Let us know what you are learning or any questions you have. Email us at TextTalk@ChristiansMeetHere.org. Join the Facebook community...
Jul 10, 2020•16 min•Season 1Ep. 105
Acts 21:17-26 We get a real life of example of Paul living out his claim that he would be all things to all men that he might by any and all means save some. He was even willing to participate in some votive sacrifices to keep from having an obstacle between him and the Jews he wished to teach and have saved. Let's talk about that today on Text Talk. Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here. Let us know what you are learning or any questions you have. Email us at ...
Jul 09, 2020•15 min•Season 1Ep. 104
Acts 21:17-20 The Christians in Jerusalem were scattered by persecution in Acts 8. However, by Acts 21, James is able to say there were thousands of Jewish Christians again. What a powerful testimony to the work of God and also to the role of developing leaders who will work hard. Let's talk about that on today's Text Talk. Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here. Let us know what you are learning or any questions you have. Email us at TextTalk@ChristiansMeetHere...
Jul 08, 2020•16 min•Season 1Ep. 103
When Paul would not be swayed by the pleas of the brothers and sisters to stay out of Jerusalem, they resigned themselves by saying, "Let the will of the Lord be done." And really, that is just how we need to live at all times, isn't it? Let's talk about that on Text Talk today. Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here. Let us know what you are learning or any questions you have. Email us at TextTalk@ChristiansMeetHere.org. Join the Facebook community and join the...
Jul 07, 2020•16 min•Season 1Ep. 102
Acts 21:7-16 Paul was ready to walk into Jerusalem, be arrested, go to prison, and even die for the Lord. What kind of faith and commitment does that take? Let's talk about that today on Text Talk. We reference Scott Hafemann's book " Suffering and the Spirit " in today's episode.* Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here. Let us know what you are learning or any questions you have. Email us at TextTalk@ChristiansMeetHere.org. Join the Facebook community and join ...
Jul 06, 2020•16 min•Season 1Ep. 101
Acts 20:26-27 Paul was innocent of the blood of all people. Why? Because he taught the whole counsel of God. He held nothing back. He taught it all to everyone he could. Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here. Let us know what you are learning or any questions you have. Email us at TextTalk@ChristiansMeetHere.org. Join the Facebook community and join the conversation by clicking here . We'd love to meet you. Be a guest among the Christians who meet on Livingston...
Jul 03, 2020•15 min•Season 1Ep. 100
Acts 20:22-35 Paul was willing to walk into Jerusalem, get beaten, get arrested, get thrown in prison, and even die? How did he pull that off? Because he had his values and priorities in line. That leaves us with a question. "What do I value?" Edwin and Andrew talk about values today. Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here. Let us know what you are learning or any questions you have. Email us at TextTalk@ChristiansMeetHere.org. Join the Facebook community and jo...
Jul 02, 2020•14 min•Season 1Ep. 99
