Tag: acts

• Idolatry and Freedom

  Acts 7:35-43 – 6/12/2026 They made a calf, offered a sacrifice to the idol, and reveled in the works of their hands. Acts 7:41 (NRSVue) A god is what you trust. Idolatry, at the must fundamental level, is trusting in and “reveling” in one’s own work, one’s own ability, one’s own creation. Idolatry in its…

  Justin R Marquis

  June 9, 2026

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  acts, acts-of-the-apostles, bible, christianity, exodus, faith, free-will, freedom, god, idolatry, jesus, lectionary, stephen, theology

• A Cure Not a Miracle

  Acts 28:1-10 – 6/5/2026 It so happened that the father of Publius lay sick in bed with fever and dysentery. Paul visited him and cured him by praying and putting his hands on him. After this happened, the rest of the people on the island [of Malta] who had diseases also came and were cured.…

  Justin R Marquis

  June 2, 2026

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  acts, bible, chain-of-becoming, christianity, cure, daily-reflections, faith, god, healing, jesus, lectionary, lutheran, miracles, naturalism, paul, theology