Last week, we talked the story of Ananias and Sapphira. While this is a tough passage, we discovered that their sin was not mere greed, but rather hypocrisy. We talked about this passage again during our small group on Monday evening and had a great discussion. I would challenge you to grapple with this difficult passage with a group of friends, small group, or Sunday school class. We asked a few questions together that I thought I would post in the blog.

1. Were Ananias and Sapphira Christians?

For the past few weeks, we have been studying the story of Pentecost in Acts 2. This study includes the coming of the Holy Spirit. His presence manifest itself in the wind, fire, and sound of various languages being spoken in understanding. As this miraculous situation occurs, some determine that they are drunk with wine. Peter stands up to address the crowd.

Last Sunday in worship we concluded the first chapter of our study called Acts: Chronicles of the Church. The Book of Acts in our New Testament is a history of the early church. In fact, Acts is pretty much our only history of the earliest years of the church, though we can glean much from the other New Testament writings. I approached the study last Sunday by answering the conventional questions of who, where, when, why, and what.

I received a nice email this week. One of our members (Al Coffey) wrote to say that she is enjoying the journey through Acts with us. She does elder care for a family member and is often unable to be in our sanctuary on Sunday mornings. So today I am celebrating the world of technology that allows her to listen to the Sunday messages, read our blogs, and hear our studio podcasts. Because she is using our online resources, she is as up-to-date with our study of Acts as those who attend our services each week.