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-ch chapter verse by verse study through the entire Bible.

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

Paul Shipwrecked, as we pick up in Acts chapter 28, verse 1.

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

final chapter to the story of the beginning of the church and the ministry of Paul the apostle.

Paul was on the ship that was being torn up by the waves.

Those that could swim went first to shore.

The rest of them grabbed logs or planking that was being torn off the ship

and they floated on into the beach.

As Paul had declared, all of the souls would be saved, though the ship would be destroyed.

So, verse one, and when they were escaped, that is from the ship that was being destroyed by the waves,

then they knew that the island was called Malita or the island known today as Malta,

which is south from Sicily. And so the ship finally ended here at the island of Malta,

having been driven by the storm for 14 days.

And the barbarous people showed us no little kindness.

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