Sermons on Providence

Rome or Bust (Acts 27)

Introduction Paul’s 3MJ ended abruptly with his unlawful arrest. Now, more than two years later, he is still in custody awaiting a hearing before Nero in Rome. That hearing as apparently been granted. Read Acts 27 The length of this account points to its significance for Luke. God doesn’t fulfill his promise to Paul in predictable fashion. We can better understand an episode like this when it happens to someone like Jonah. In his case, the storm was a means…

A Plot to Kill (Acts 23:12-35)

Introduction Paul has just received the encouragement of the Lord (11). Read Acts 23:12-35 In February 2008, I was called into the boss’s office and let go… > Carrie was only weeks away from delivering our third daughter… > Within a few months we sold our car and our house and moved to Mississippi. The circumstances that brought us there were not planned, but looking back, we see God’s hand guiding us. ”Providence, like Hebrew letters, must be read backwards.”…