In addition to the New International Version (2011) of the Bible, the following resources were used to help write this sermon: Mark Adams, Men on a Mission: Barnabas, Redland Baptist Church, Rockville, MD, 4-21-02; James Montgomery Boice, Acts, pp. 91-93, 161, 198-202, 269-72; John Stott, The Spirit, the Church, and the World, pp. 106-08, 177-79, 204-05, 253; Rik B. Wadge, Barnabas: The Encouraging Friend, www.sermoncentral.com.