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Pete Kersker - Aug 11, 2026

Certain people came down from Judea to Antioch and were teaching the believers: "Unless you are circumcised, according to the custom taught by Moses, you cannot be saved." This brought Paul and Barnabas into sharp dispute and debate with them. So Paul and Barnabas were appointed, along with some other believers, to go up to Jerusalem to see the apostles and elders about this question (Acts 15:1-2 NIV).

Paul and Barnabas had returned to their home church in Antioch (of Syria), where they shared everything that God had done throughout their travels. Their home community of Jewish and Gentile believers celebrated that people in many more cities were coming together as Christians. This joy was interrupted by visitors who threatened to steal their joy with teachings from their home of Judea.

The church sent them on their way, and as they traveled through Phoenicia and Samaria, they told how the Gentiles had been converted. This news made all the believers very glad (Acts 15:3 NIV).

Paul and Barnabas did not agree with the teachings these believers brought to town with them. When it became clear they weren't going to get anywhere with these visitors, they decided to go to the source of this teaching: Jerusalem. Jerusalem is the city in the territory of Judea where many of the church elders (shepherds) would get together. Paul and Barnabas traveled to Jerusalem, stopping to tell everyone what God had done during their last trip.

When they came to Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and the apostles and elders, to whom they reported everything God had done through them (Acts 15:4 NIV).

Have you ever gotten home from a long trip, just to find out you needed to leave again?
How did you end up feeling about having more travel ahead of you?

What helps you see and celebrate what God is doing
in other areas across the country? around the world?