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Mission - be witnesses (martyrs) Method - Prayer & Proclamation Means - Holy Spirit Opposition Attacks from without Attacks from within Prejudice Mahatma Gandhi shares in his autobiography that in his student days in England he was deeply touched by reading the Gospels and seriously considered becoming…

Have we reached a final age for Christianity, a post-Christian age? Or have we never been in a Christian age at all? The last verses of Acts reveal a startling reality about how Christianity interacts with the surrounding cultures which just might turn our ideas about our nation and its history on their heads.

We've come to the end of Acts and we summarised it from the perspective that it's a Spirit-empowered, boundary-crossing GROWTH story. It encourages us in our faith journey of growth, and as we boldly share the gospel.

Believing in the transformative power of the Gospel, we must NEVER hesitate to share it with others!

Peter on the roof He stared at him in terror and said, “What is it, Lord?” He answered, “Your prayers and your alms have ascended as a memorial before God. Now send men to Joppa for a certain Simon who is called Peter; he is lodging with Simon, a tanner, whose house is by the seaside.” About noon the…

Our world is full of conflict. We see this in almost every area of life: relational, political, geographical, and even spiritual. Our world is more polarized. Here is what I mean: there is very little room for middle ground. We have become an either/or society. We have a choice! We are never powerless.…

Selfless Love Marches Victorious over Self-glorification GOAL: Understand the surprising value of Love as God bestows it, and practice it. MALADY: We emotionalize love, which makes it subject to our unreliable feelings. MEANS: The means to the goal is the carefully considered understanding of the fullness…

What’s the problem here? Contagious Holiness We still things through the lens of “clean” and “unclean” There’s a problem for us, on the inside: “The voice spoke from heaven a second time, ‘Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.’ From Jews and Gentiles to us and them What other us and them…

Acts 29 We spent the last 37 weeks traveling through the book of Acts. It has been a joy and a journey for me and I’m sure for you as well. What I want to do this morning is highlight some key insights into the book and then I want to give you all the opportunity to speak up and out about how we can…

Acts 11 This class continues with the expansion of the early church. In the wake of Cornelius’ conversion, early Christians (who are mostly converted Jews or converted Jewish proselytes) are learning that the gospel is meant for Gentiles as well. This episode focuses on why that was news, how the book…

Sometimes we feel like some people are beyond saving. See how God taught Peter that anyone can be saved as we look through Acts 10.

Today we will jump back into our trek through the book of Ephesians. It’s been a few weeks now since we were last in it’s pages... But if we remember... Paul, in chapter 2 of Ephesians - really HIGHLIGHTED what it meant to be - IN CHRIST... Paul has been pointing to this relationship between Jew and…

Adelphos (adelphoi) – is the word for brother (brethren). It occurs some 346 times in the New Testament. 1. A brother - born of the same two parents, or only of the same father or the same mother. While walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon (who is called Peter) and Andrew his brother,…

I. The Biblical Purposes of Tongues A. Share the Gospel in Many Languages Acts 2:11 11 Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God. This was fulfillment to the prophecy of Joel. 16 But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel; 17 And it shall come to…

Grace for All For the last couple of weeks we have learned about Saul. We talked about his Conversion and subsequent persecution. Luke is going to take a step back from Paul for a minute and highlight an important turning point in the mission of Christ. Remember when we started this journey through Acts…

Introduction Have you ever heard that someone came to know Christ and wondered how did they receive Christ? Thieves, Tattooed people, Murders, Prostitutes Republicans, Democrats Peter was the leader of the Disciples - Jewish men A Rule of Three A three fold testimony was crucial in Israel to establishing…

Filled With The Spirit Holy Spirit — God, person, putting yourself under the control of the Holy Spirit Paul gave us a command to be always allow the Holy spirit to control us And do not be drunk with wine (in which is dissipation), but be filled by the Spirit, is the same as Let the word of Christ dwell…

Are you standing in God’s way? A good leader can catch a vision and be able to communicate it well to those he is leading. You can tell his reputation, with those closest to him, to bring the vision to life by whether they follow and work with him or not. But a good leader is able to listen, adapt and…

In Jesus' final instructions, he set the stage for what we are doing as believers. Hear what we are called to do as we follow God's plan in God's power as we surrender to his schedule.

From another view The bible is full of descriptions from different view points and each may give additional details. Examples 1&2 kings/1&2 Chronicles, The Gospels, and tonight we are looking at the conversion of Cornelius from Peter’s view vs. Luke’s which we looked at last week (Act10:1-48) (insert…

1 Now the apostles and brethren who were in Judea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God. 2 And when Peter came up to Jerusalem, those of the circumcision contended with him, 3 saying, “You went in to uncircumcised men and ate with them!” 4 But Peter explained it to them in order from…

Shocking Mom came to visit on Halloween How do you respond? Today’s message is about how our God works in shocking ways and how our responses reveal our hearts true loyalty. Pray Read 1 Now the apostles and the brothers who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God.…

Palm Sunday Foretold by the Prophets 9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; He is just and endowed with salvation, Humble, and mounted on a donkey, Even on a colt, the foal of a donkey. 22 The stone which the builders rejected…

Where do we start? 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; A good understanding have all those who do His commandments; His praise endures forever. What do we tend to fear? The unknown…