Acts 18:1-23: Tentmakers and Truth Tellers

The Rev. David Boisclair, pastor of Faith and Bethesda Lutheran Churches in Pine Lawn, MO, joins the Rev. Dr. Phil Booe to study Acts 18:1-23.

The Apostle Paul forges connections in Corinth and Ephesus. In Corinth, Paul finds camaraderie with tentmakers Priscilla and Aquila, and together they kindle a new faith community. While the Gospel message flourishes, challenges arise, prompting divine reassurance for Paul in the depths of the night. Then, as he reaches Ephesus, he plants the seeds of faith, ensuring the Gospel's roots spread deeper and wider.

The Book of Acts takes us back to the earliest days of Christianity, unveiling the incredible acts of the apostles and the growth of the early church. Acts offers a firsthand account how the Apostles and Jesus’ disciples respond to his death and resurrection. It makes us witnesses to the beginning of fulfilling Jesus’s command to spread the Gospel from Jerusalem to the ends of the earth. We encounter miracles and wonders, we see the church struggling to organize itself in the absence of Jesus, and we learn of the trials and tribulations the early Christians faced in a world that rejected them.