Our love for the Lord can go gray, in a sense. We don’t divorce Him, but we can leave our first love for Him, and for His children (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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The apostle Paul inserted “Thank You Notes” in his letters. With the exception of Galatians and Second Corinthians, all of his letters begin with a mention of his thanksgiving. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Paul’s preaching about Jesus angers those Jews who have grown dull-hearted towards the Lord (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Paul shakes-off a deadly Maltese viper that has fastened itself to his hand (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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As the storm drives the ship closer and closer to shore and to destruction Paul and his companions experience God’s amazing providence in saving them and all on board (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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When all hope was ended Paul stepped forward and began to lead the passengers, the prisoners and the crew through the storm (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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The apostle Paul turns the tables on King Agrippa and urges him to make a decision to accept Jesus Christ (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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After two years in a Caesarea prison cell Paul is brought out to be questioned amidst all the pomp of a formal state function (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Governor Felix seems to be convicted by Paul’s preaching but tells him to go away until he has a more “convenient time” to listen (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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A band of forty zealous Jews takes a vow not to eat again until they have murdered the apostle Paul (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Paul plays his cards right and thereby avoids two hostile interrogations (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Paul delivered a sermon on the stairs to the mob that nearly beat him to death (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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While being carried to safety up the stairs the apostle Paul asks permission to share the Gospel with the mob that nearly beat him to death (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Paul agreed to pay the expenses of four Jewish believers who had taken a vow in order to dispel the rumors he was antagonistic to the customs of the Jews (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Paul takes a series of cruises to return to Jerusalem and is warned along the way that chains and tribulations await him upon arrival (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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The apostle Paul warns the elders of the church at Ephesus that God’s spiritual flock will be attacked by predators (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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The apostle Paul raises from the dead a young man who falls out of a third story window after dozing off during Bible study (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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The silversmiths who craft shrines to the goddess Diana stir-up the crowd against the Christians when their business drops off because the Gospel is turning people to God from idols (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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God breaks the Ephesians of their superstitions after the seven sons of Sceva fail miserably to exorcise a demon using the names of Jesus and Paul (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Apollos and the twelve disciples of John the Baptist are instructed about the baptism with the Holy Spirit by believers who were themselves empowered by Him to be witnesses (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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On the return trip to Antioch the apostle Paul completes a controversial vow by cutting his hair (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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The apostle Paul is blessed by a series of events that empower him to preach with boldness in the city of Corinth (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Paul is invited to share his message with the intellectuals on Mars Hill but is verbally attacked when he mentions the resurrection of Jesus (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Paul is twice driven out of cities when envious Jews cause the mob to be stirred-up against him (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Paul and Silas exorcise a demon from a possessed slave girl and are imprisoned because it affects the local economy. Prison becomes a place of prayer and praise as they sing unto the Lord (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Paul sets out on his second mission’s trip and is eventually led by the Holy Spirit to Macedonia where he shares the Gospel with Lydia by the river outside of Philippi (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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The church arrived at a united opinion about what was necessary in order to be saved. But when Paul and Barnabas decided to go back to the churches they established with the good news, they divided over whether or not to take John-Mark with them (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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Certain men begin to insist that Gentiles must be circumcised according to the customs of Moses in order to be saved (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
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