In our wider culture, and our own personal circles, we’ll always find cultural ‘gatekeepers’ who like to set the boundaries of ‘acceptable truth’. As the Holy Spirit sends Paul and Barnabas into the gentile world to proclaim the Word about Jesus, they meet an interesting opponent well versed in...

Angry Herod, the Roman Tetrarch, likes to be called “King”, even though he only controls a quarter of the Kingdom. In fact, he even likes to be praised as “a god.” That puts him at odds with the growing but unimpressive group who people now call “the Christians.” It’s a clash of the kingdoms, and...