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Tim Brown

Dr. Timothy Brown is the Henry Bast Professor of Preaching and President Emeritus at Western Theological Seminary where he served from 1995-2021. Tim continues to actively coach and encourage former students and pastors who seek help in their preaching life and he has become a certified public school substitute teacher so that he can continue investing in the lives of young people. He is married to Nancy and together they have three children and ten grandchildren.
Devotionals

Talking to Your Neighbor

Read: Acts 18:1-17 And [Paul] left there and went to the house of a man named Titius Justus, a worshiper of God. His house was next door to the synagogue.

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Courageous and Vocal

Read: Acts 17:16-32 Paul, standing in the midst of the Areopagus, said: “Men of Athens, I perceive that in every way you are very religious.” (v. 22) As I read

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Believe in the Lord Jesus

Read: Acts 16:25-40 About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them. (v. 25) A book I prize greatly is

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Painful Divisions

Read: Acts 15:36-40 The disagreement became so sharp that they parted company. (v. 39 NRSV) One of the saddest stories in the history of the church is our tendency to

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Encouraged Together

Read: Acts 14:21-28 They remained no little time with the disciples. (v. 28) In her poem “Alone,” Maya Angelou uses this haunting refrain: “Alone, all alone / Nobody, but nobody

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Forgiven

Read: Acts 13:26-43 Let it be known to you therefore, brothers, that through this man forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you. (v. 38) My wife, Nancy, and I have

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Follow Me

Read: Acts 12:1-11 He said to him, “Wrap your cloak around you and follow me.” And he went out and followed him. (vv. 8-9) This isn’t the first time that

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Called Christians

Read: Acts 11:19-29 In Antioch the disciples were first called Christians. (v. 26) It’s astounding to me that there was an actual moment in time with precise geographical coordinates when

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