Proclaiming the Trinity

Canon Maria Tjeltveit Church of the Mediator, Allentown Then Paul and his companions set sail from Paphos and came to Perga in Pamphylia. …they went on from Perga and came to Antioch in Pisidia. Acts 13:13-14 Paul and Barnabas set off on the first missionary...

Brought out of Prison

Canon Maria Tjeltveit Church of the Mediator, Allentown [Peter]motioned to them to be silent, and described for them how the Lord had brought him out of prison. Acts 12:17 In Acts 12, Peter is miraculously brought out of prison by an angel. Peter’s chains fall off his...

Things are Shifting

Canon Maria Tjeltveit Church of the Mediator …it was in Antioch that the disciples were first called “Christians.” Acts 11:26 Things are shifting in the pilgrimage of the Jesus movement (Acts 11). Peter has gone to Jerusalem and shared his story of the Gentiles...

Transforming Prayer

Canon Maria Tjeltveit Church of the Mediator, Allentown …Peter went up on the roof to pray. Acts 10:9 Prayer is at the heart of the pivotal story of Peter and Cornelius (Acts 10). Cornelius is a Gentile, a centurion, or Roman soldier, “a devout man who feared God with...

To the Ends of the Earth

Canon Maria Tjeltveit Church of the Mediator, Allentown “You will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea, and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” Acts 1:8 By the time we get to the 9th chapter of Acts, the progression of the witness of Jesus’ followers beyond...