Acts & Early Church

Many Christians assume that Christianity and Judaism separated almost immediately after the resurrection of Yeshua. In this common understanding, the apostles left Judaism behind, established a new religion called Christianity, and the Church quickly became something distinct from Jewish life.

The relationship between Paul and the Torah. It has created confusion in the Christian world for centuries. Many readers encounter verses in Galatians or Romans and conclude that Paul opposed the Torah, abandoned Jewish practice, or taught that God's instruction no longer mattered. Others point to Paul's own lifestyle and argue that he remained Torah-observant throughout his life. Which view is correct?

Explore how Shavuot points forward to Messianic hope through Scripture, and the outpouring of God's Spirit.

Reading Acts in its Jewish world helps us recover something steady and needed. The earliest believers in Yeshua were not sustained by image, novelty, or religious performance. They were sustained by devotion.

Yet the New Testament does not treat Passover as a discarded framework. It leans into it, draws from it, and assumes its meaning continues to shape the life of believers.

In this lesson, I would like to show how Luke, the writer of the book of Acts, prepares the reader for Paul's ministry among the Gentiles.

Rediscovering Paul by his calling cards.