Category Archives: Adult Bible Classes

“The promise is for you and your children” (Act 2:39 ESV) 39 “For the promise is for you and for your children and for all who are far off, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to himself.” “Promise” is … Continue reading →

“In the name of Jesus Christ” Let’s begin by fixing the translation. When we modern Americans read “Christ,” we miss the point. Peter really said, “in the name of Jesus the Messiah” or even “in the name of King Jesus.” … Continue reading →

Wendy asked, Jay, DOES Acts 2:38 “certainly suggest that the simultaneous receipt of water and Spirit would be the normative Christian experience”?  … Where in the Scriptures does it tell us that children of first generation converts or thirty-third generation … Continue reading →

There is additional significance to the baptism Peter insisted on. “Be baptized” “Be baptized” is in the passive voice. We often miss the significance of this fact, but it’s very important. It’s passive because, unlike a cleansing under the Law … Continue reading →

The mikveh and uncleanness The Torah speaks of many kinds of washings that were to be done to remove ceremonial uncleanness from a Jew. We modern Westerners struggle to grasp the idea of cleanness today, and so we tend to … Continue reading →

* A better theory. Consider what the gospels really say. (John 13:8-11 ESV)  8 Peter said to him, “You shall never wash my feet.” Jesus answered him, “If I do not wash you, you have no share with me.” 9 … Continue reading →

Jerry asked, What I was taught growing up in the Churches of Christ (1940′s & 50′s) was that the apostles were baptized by John, who taught men to believe on the one who was to come. There is presumptive evidence … Continue reading →

While the blog was down for the holidays, the crash, and all, I typed up notes on the rest of Acts 2. I’ll be posting these every other day for a couple of weeks, until we get to the end … Continue reading →

Conclusion The teaching in Acts is usually “repent” or “have faith in Jesus” — one or the other — and we tend to hear in “repentance” a call to moral living, whereas in “faith” we hear a call to a … Continue reading →

Acts We now turn to the later verses in Acts — (Act 3:13-21 ESV)  13 The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, the God of our fathers, glorified his servant Jesus, whom you delivered … Continue reading →