Little Country Church on the edge of town

Do do do do do do

People coming every day from miles around

For meetings and for Sunday school

And it's very plain to see

It's not the way it used to be.

Welcome to the Word for today, featuring the Bible teaching ministry of Pastor Chuck

Smith, founder of the Calvary Chapel Movement.

This radio program is a chapter-by verse by verse study through the entire Bible.

And on today's edition of the word for today, Pastor Chuck continues his message,

Paul Disciples Timothy, as we pick up in Acts chapter 16 verse 1.

And now with today's study, here's Pastor Chuck.

Shall we turn now in our Bibles to the 16th chapter of the acts of the apostles?

We remember at the end of our study last week, there arose a contention between Paul and Barnabas, who had been close companions

on the first missionary venture of the church. But because Barnabas was insisting on taking

his nephew, John Mark, who deserted Paul and Barnabas on the first trip.

Barnabas was wanting to take him on the second trip, and Paul was objecting because of his

defection on the first trip. They had a dispute over this, contention so great,

that Barnabas took Mark and headed off for Cyprus.

And so Paul took Silas, and they headed for Asia Minor.

So in chapter 16, then he, Paul and Silas, came to Derby and Listera.

Derby was one of the few places where Paul had a very peaceful, uneventful kind of a ministry.

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