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A church was debating what color to paint the church building. One group passionately wanted white, while another was equally passionate about painting it blue. After several heated discussions, they finally decided to settle it with a vote. In the end, white won by a narrow margin. The next Sunday,…

Too good to be true Today is the first Sunday of Advent. You may know already that Advent, the 4 Sundays before Christmas are a time of preparation. We know this because we are getting our houses ready … decorating and all Spiritually we look back to how God was preparing his people for the arrival of…

Easter and Christmas are probably the most significant days in the Christian faith. The birth of Jesus and His resurrection, major components of the gospel. Instead of spending just one week focusing on the Easter event, I wanted us to spend a few weeks after Easter reflecting on the resurrection and…

Review As we come back into the book of Acts, the church at Jerusalem has been growing, not just in number, but in godly men. One of those men was Stephen, who we learned about last week. Stephen was remarkable because when you look at his life you don’t see Stephen as much as you see Jesus! His life…

We continue our review of Simon and Philip in Samaria: Acts 8:14-25. We deal with the meaning of the belief of Simon, and examine whether he is indeed saved.

Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life. What is Baptism? Calvin…

Announcements SNAT - Sunday Night At Church Missionary Jennifer Andrews - Bring Gift Cards Meeting for NBT volunteers Will pass out information regarding two recommended changes to our church By Laws. Memorial Day Barbecue @ The Campbell’s Community Barbecue @ The Pines, Saturday, June 3 Calvary Quartet,…

NCCSA Elementary Fine Art Academic Testing: Joann George (3rd) - Science 2nd Brighten Wheeler (4th) - 2nd in Math and Science Joanna Uit de Flesch (6th) - 1st History Art: Brookelyn Russel (5th) - 1st place in Mixed Media Bible Sword Drill (Team): 3rd grade - 3rd place 6th grade- 2nd place Music: 3/4…

Text Reading: Acts 8:1-4 . Title: Cultivate Love Review & Summary Saul made havock of the church. Last week, I turned my attention to the brief phrase in vs. 3: Acts 8:3 (KJV 1900) As for Saul, he made havock of the church , entering into every house, and haling men and women committed them to prison.…

Text Reading: Acts 8:1-4 . Title: Havoc in the Church Review & Summary Stephen preached; he gave the high priest and the religious leaders a history lesson that they could not forget! However, their hearts were hardened. They could not hear; they could not receive the truth. So, when conviction set in,…

The Expansion of the Gospel The idea of this chapter is that the early believers were scattered after Stephen’s death. However, this does not mean that God is done with His program. This does not mean that the Holy Spirit God is done with the expansion of the Gospel mission. But THIS is the beginning…

31 ‘Give no regard to mediums and familiar spirits; do not seek after them, to be defiled by them: I am the Lord your God. 19 And when they say to you, “Seek those who are mediums and wizards, who whisper and mutter,” should not a people seek their God? Should they seek the dead on behalf of the living?…

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.

In this series on Discipleship, we have already spoken of the dangerous doctrine of “cheap grace.” Grace covers everything, so just act as you wish, as if there has been no change in your life as a result of following Jesus. Rather, we encourage every believer to understand the concept of “costly grace,”…

The Gospel of the Cross has no residency requirements!

In Acts 8, the church grows beyond its cradle of Judaism. In Samaria a famous sorcerer, Simon, is wooed by the power of the Holy Spirit, but his response is disastrous. What did Simon get wrong, and what can we learn from it?

I want to begin a short series called The World of Knockoffs. When anything from food, clothing, movies, technology gains popularity, then some version of a knockoff is created to profit off of its counterpart’s successes. Usually a logo is similar but changed just a bit. For example, in China you can…

Video of Retreat... 18 Then he said, “Now pick up the other arrows and strike them against the ground.” So the king picked them up and struck the ground three times. 19 But the man of God was angry with him. “You should have struck the ground five or six times!” he exclaimed. “Then you would have beaten…

Introduction The subject of tongues is just like any other doctrinal study. Many churches teach many different things. Such diversity invariably leads one to ask the question: “How do I know which church and which teaching is right?” Obviously, differing views cannot contradict each other and both be…

In a post Brexit COVID 19 world, the catch cries of Freedom of Movement and open borders seems like a distant memory. The allure of globalisation, free trade and almost effortless international travel has been curtailed somewhat. Who you can see, where you can go - those who are in and those who are…

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…

Order of Service Welcome 27 Turn away from evil and do good; so shall you dwell forever. 28 For the Lord loves justice; he will not forsake his saints. They are preserved forever, but the children of the wicked shall be cut off. 29 The righteous shall inherit the land and dwell upon it forever. Hymn…

Introduction Acts 8 features snippets from the ministries of Peter and Philip. Against the backdrop of Jesus’ words that the disciples would take the gospel to Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and the “uttermost parts of the earth” ( Acts 1:8 ), as well as the messaging of the place names in Acts 2 , it is…

After Stephen’s death, the disciples were scattered because of the violence. Stephen may have been buried by the Apostles or other devout Jews. Someone had to lead those who stayed behind as more homes were invaded and people were imprisoned, tortured, and killed. After Stephen’s death, Saul was emboldened…

Is your faith genuine? See what fake faith can look like in this message from Acts 8:8-24.