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I was recently talking to someone who just broke up with a girl he had been seeing for three or four months. When I asked him what happened, he said “It just didn’t have that ‘it factor.'” He said everyone who meets her thinks she is the most amazing person in the world? She is warm. She is attractive.…

Preparing for the work Life is full of preparatory work isn’t it? (give examples) God did preparatory work on you before your conversion, or maybe it is work being done now. Paul’s preparatory work included his heritage, his education and progress in his Jewish faith. Preparatory work continued in Damascus,…

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…

The Lord’s Supper The Lord’s Supper is a memorial to remember the sacrifice that Jesus Christ made on the cross for you and me. He gave Himself to be tortured and to be put to death as a sacrifice for our sins. After three days, He rose again in confirmation that God accepted His sacrifice. If you trust…

Living up to Our Family Name What’s in a name? Green Boots - Sleeping Beauty, The German woman, etc. Is the name “Christian” a good name? What does “Christian” mean? How do we live up to His name? Who will draw conclusions about Christians because they know you? Alexander the Great once learned that…

Why do we do things that we know aren’t good for us? I eat too much bread. I put too much sugar in my coffee. I don’t eat fruits and vegetables like I should. Those things I do but rarely feel conviction about them. But over the last few weeks I’ve noticed that I watch and read too much news. It’s not…

Review 1. Joined by one Spirit (12-14) A. Christ being our Head, we being body, as we belong to Him and one another B. The formation of that Body started in eternity past and was formed by the Spirit of God at conversion. 2. Composed with diverse purpose (15-27) Paul continues the discussion of the church…

Intro: Giving in the life of the Church is so important. It is one of the best ways to put what we know about God into practice. Some talk to much about giving and we have to question their hearts desires. Others, and I fall into this camp, talk to little about giving and leave the congregation underfeed…

Key themes in this passage: Antioch becomes the central place for missionary work in the Gentile world. The disciples are called “Christians.” Paul and Barnabas are the new leaders in this narrative for spreading the Gospel message. 11:19 – Luke connects this incident with chapter 7 where Stephen was…

Today we will be in Acts 11 , and then Acts 13 . Now those who had been scattered by the persecution that broke out when Stephen was killed traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus and Antioch, spreading the word only among Jews. Some of them, however, men from Cyprus and Cyrene, went to Antioch and began…

Introduction Today we’re going to look at Building a Christian Community. You will note that each point that I share begins with Christ - the reason is that Christ must be first. Our lives must revolve around Christ This is not simply the life of the pastor - but it’s the life of a Christian. If you…

A. Rapport for the time Size of Mississippi river in Memphis crosses some ___________________Yrds. But did you know in Minnesota you can walk over the Mississippi river? Everything that is found after the source gets larger and larger as different river pour into the Mississippi river. B. Reading of…

13 But as for me, when they were sick, My clothing was sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting; And my prayer would return to my own heart. 21 Then I proclaimed a fast there at the river of Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek from Him the right way for us and our little ones…

Acts 11:19-30

Intro: Coming into any community as a preacher. Hard to get things moving. To serve this church has been a dream come true for me, but never in a thousand years would I have expected it to have gone the way it has. When God is on the move, so is our enemy. The last thing Satan wants is for CPCC to be…

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

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.

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…

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,…

Missional Church Model Whenever we want to chase a goal, start something new, or just change direction we usually look at someone or something to be the model for that change. As a church, we want to do good work for the kingdom of God and the Glory of Christ. We want to be a church on mission so that…

Two Churches 1. Church at Jerusalem - Aramaic-speaking Jewish Christians 2. Church at Antioch - Greek-speaking Jewish Christians After the death of Stephen believers fled for their safety. Antioch Third largest city in the Roman Empire. Next only to Rome and Alexandria. Had between half a million to…

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.

Unnoticed and Unstoppable In Acts 1-7 we see the origin of the church begins with the resurrection and ascension of Jesus. It explodes with the coming of the Holy Spirit and the preaching of Peter and the 12 on Pentecost. It grows in the face of opposition as God continues to work miracles and change…

19 Now those who were scattered because of the persecution that arose over Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except Jews. 20 But there were some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who on coming to Antioch spoke to the Hellenists also, preaching the…