At Munger in 2021 we’ll be focusing on the Apostle Paul, and we’re kicking off the year reading through the Book of Acts.

Readings are weekdays only, and are usually relatively short: we’ll finish the book the first week of April, just before Easter. (We’ll read Paul’s Letter to the Romans after that.)

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Today’s Scripture

Acts 1:1-5

1 In the first book, O Theophilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do and teach, 2 until the day when he was taken up, after he had given commands through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen. 3 He presented himself alive to them after his suffering by many proofs, appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God.

4 And while staying with them he ordered them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, he said, “you heard from me; 5 for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”

“In the first book, O Theophilus”

Luke is the author of Acts, which is part 2 of his history of early Christianity. Part 1 is the Gospel of Luke. “Theophilus” was most likely his patron, who funded his research and writing.

As Acts begins, Luke reminds us of how his Gospel ends: with the Resurrection of Jesus.

What’s really intriguing is that the Resurrection is not the end of the story, but merely the beginning.

What might the Holy Spirit want to begin in and through your life this new year?