Swat Bible Study

Paul is arrested because the Jews from Asia who were in Jerusalem for Pentecost stirred up a riot to try and hurt Paul. They wanted to kill him. However, God used the Roman soldiers to protect Paul and give him a chance to share why HE WAS DIFFERENT now! Paul shares his life before knowing Jesus and how Jesus rescued him.

Paul arrives in Jerusalem for his last celebration of Pentecost as a free man. He is greeted by James and the elders of the church there and gives a report about all that God has done among the Gentiles. Unbelieving Jews from Ephesus stir up the crowd with lies and Paul is arrested, but through it all, he shows a trust in God's unfolding plan and a humility that comes from a man surrendered to the one true living God!

Paul is enroute to Jerusalem for Pentecost, knowing this will be the last time he sees many of his fellow believers as he stops along the way. He also knows suffering and persecution await him, yet HE PRESSES ON!

Paul's ministry in Ephesus winding down. He is traveling back to Jerusalem and stops in Miletus, calls the elders from Ephesus for some final words of encouragement and challenges them to be the leaders God has called them to be! God uses Paul to raise up a new generation of leaders and the Gospel continues to have impact and spread Westward!

Paul's ministry in Ephesus is starting to wind down. He is traveling back to Jerusalem and stops in Miletus, calls the elders from Ephesus for some final words of encouragement and challenges them to be the leaders God has called them to be! God uses Paul to raise up a new generation of leaders and the Gospel continues to have impact and spread Westward!

Paul's ministry in Ephesus is starting to wind down. He is traveling back to Jerusalem and stops in Miletus, calls the elders from Ephesus for some final words of encouragement and challenges them to be the leaders God has called them to be! God uses Paul to raise up a new generation of leaders and the Gospel continues to have impact and spread Westward!

After a Christmas break, we jump back into Acts and see Paul's ministry in Ephesus starting to wind down. He says his goodbyes, grabs some young disciples, and heads to Troas to meet with believers there and also perform his last miracle. God authenticates His messenger and the Gospel continues to have impact and spread Westward!

This week, we see Paul's ministry in Ephesus having a significant impact. So much so, that the idol makers persecuted Paul and his companions because of their loss of profits. People turned from idols to the living God! We also see God use the town clerk to intervene for Paul and his companions and break up the mob. The Gospel continues to have impact and spread Westward!

This week, Paul goes into Ephesus and has 12 disciples of John the Baptist that have never heard of the Holy Spirit. They were not believers in Jesus even though John pointed his followers to Jesus. We see Paul digging down deep with these men and spending a lot of time in Ephesus to make sure the Gospel continues to penetrate the Western culture. Also, we see what happens when you try and invoke Jesus name without His authority. Join us to see what this text can teach us about discipleship.

This week, we are introduced to Apollos, the first post-Apostolic itinerant preacher. We also see how as the Gospel spread Westward, there were gaps that needed to be addressed. David Gray fills in for Doug this week and the Gospel continues to have an impact in the heavily Greek influenced Europe as God continues to unfold His plan! Join us to see what principles we can learn from this great text.

This week, we see the enemy try to stop the Gospel from impacting the people in Corinth by having Paul brought up on charges in from tof Gallio, but God intervenes again and Gallio actually authenticates Paul's work and tells the accusers to leave. We also see Sosthenes, Crispus' replacement at the synagogue get beaten and ultimately come to faith in Jesus! The Gospel continues to have an impact in the heavily Greek influenced Europe as God continues to unfold His plan! Join us to see what principles we can learn from this great text.

This week, we see Paul heading to Corinth, a cesspool of sexual perversion. He leaves Athens alone after seeing only a couple of converts and now goes into Corinth discouraged and troubled. But God...intervenes and brings him encouragement through Divine appointments, affirmations, alternatives, and displaying His Divine Authority. The Gospel continues to have an impact in the heavily Greek influenced Europe as God continues to unfold His plan! Join us to see what principles we can learn from this great text.

This week, we see Paul defending Jesus and the resurrection in the Areopagus! We see Paul standing alone (not really- He has God on his side)in the Areopagus proclaiming God's message of Hope in Jesus. The Gospel continues to have an impact in the heavily Greek influenced Europe as God continues to unfold His plan! Join us to see what principles we can learn from this great text.

This week, we see Paul pressing on towards Rome as he enters Athens, the city of a thousand idols!! Doug dives further into Acts 17 as we see Paul alone in Athens and how God provokes him to action. How he boldly goes into synagogues, the marketplace, and the Areopagus and proclaimed God's message of Hope in Jesus. The Gospel continues to have an impact in the heavily Greek influenced Europe as God continues to unfold His plan! Join us to see what principles we can learn from this great text.

This week, we see Paul pressing on towards Rome as he enters Thessalonica and Berea. Doug dives into Acts 17 as we see Paul and Silas Boldly going into synagogues and proclaimed God's Word with and inclusive spirit and a trusting heart in the midst of persecution. The Gospel continues to have an impact in the heavily Greek influenced Europe as God continues to unfold His plan! Join us to see what principles we can learn from this great text.

This week, Doug finishes up Acts 16 as we see Paul and Silas singing in prison, sharing with the Philippian Jailer, and leaving the church in Philippi in good hands as the Gospel continues to have an impact in the heavily Greek influenced Europe! Join us to see what principles we can learn from this great text.

This week, Doug looks at Paul and his team encountering a demon-possessed little girl trafficked by her slave owners. He goes further into Acts 16 as the Gospel continues to have an impact in the heavily Greek influenced Europe! Join us to see what principles we can learn from this great text.

This week, Doug goes further into Acts 16 as God calls Paul to move out of his comfort zone and go to a place he hadn't planned on going, ministering to people he hadn't planned on ministering to, and planting a church in a Roman Colony! He, Silas, Timothy, and Luke continue to seek where God wants them to join Him as He takes the Gospel Westward! Join us to see what principles we can learn from this great text.

This week, Doug dives into Acts 16 and observes Paul mentoring and discipling his replacement. He meets up with Silas and picks up Timothy and Luke as they continue to seek where God wants them to join Him as He takes the Gospel Westward! Join us to see what principles we can learn from this great text.

This week, Doug looks at three post-resurrection stories from Luke 24 that will encourage you to consider the evidence that Jesus died, was buried, and rose again! If you really believe that happened, then what difference is it making in your life!!