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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 Luke highlighted two of Paul’s messages in Acts chapter 20. The first message was noteworthy because while Paul was preaching, a young man named Eutychus went asleep, fell three stories, and died. God restored his life again. We saw that God’s favor is shown towards us as He chooses. We don’t…

Mission Control “This is Paul, I’m ready to go again.” Paul has returned to Antioch after this trip, just as he had his first missionary trip. Between trip one and trip two a two year interval passed, but a trip to Jerusalem did happen for Jerusalem counsel Paul did spend sometime, but not long in Antioch…

Bottom Line: The key to courage and confidence is understanding our identity. ME: Personal Connection Is this the right thing to do? Early on, once I started following Jesus, I developed a strong desire to know God’s will in a major decision I was wrestling with. I felt like I had just sort of stumbled…

Paul A Man on A MISSION Scripture: Acts 20 through ch 28 Topic: Endurance GOAL: encourage saints that are ready to quit 1. To Know: Where their strength comes from 2. To Feel: Empowered 3. To Do: Get up INTRO: Main Idea --> Pauls Heartbeat We are going to look at a few chapters that comprises the end…

As we have been studying our way through Acts, we have been seeing the theme which is spelled out in the very beginning of the book. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” This…

The book of Acts moves fairly quickly from one place to the next and it is easy to get the impression that all the events happened in a very short period of time. But in reality this book covers a span of 32 years from the ascention of Jesus to Paul’s imprisonment in Rome in about AD 62. And his third…

Thegospel is opposed byboth Wolves and Wolvs masquerading as sheep.

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.

God knows what's next.

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…

GOOD MORNING CHURCH! LET’S PRAY In Acts 21–23, therefore, to which we have now come, Luke depicts the reaction to the gospel of two communities—of the Jews who were increasingly hostile to it, and of the Romans who were consistently friendly to it. The two themes of Jewish opposition and Roman justice…

Friendship and Devotion Intro Can I be honest with you? The older I get, the harder it is to maintain meaningful friendships. I’m sure it’s the same with some of you if not all of you. But what if I told you that God desires us to have deep, meaningful, and lasting friendships. Have you ever thought…

Countdown to Jerusalem Paul wanted to be in Jerusalem by Pentecost, wanting originally to be there by Passover, so time was limited to get there. Here is what we have seen time wise so far. From Philippi to Troas 5 days, stayed there 7 days =12 days (Act20:6) From Troas to Miletus, 2 day journey =14…

Disagreements Friendly - My team is better than yours Preferences Fun spirit of competition Unfriendly - You are evil if you don’t do it my way Politics Human Rights and Responsibilities Belief Systems Disagreements are not new. Cain and Abel kicked things off in a big way and humans have been struggling…

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…

I Will Build My Church… these are the words promised by Jesus Christ in Matthew 16:18 … and the gates of Hell will not overpower it!!! Christ when He left gave a mandate… Matthew 28:19-20 “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the…

People often ask, and if we are honest, we all want to be able to know the Will of God. One of the problems is that, we, our culture, think we are smart. If you think about it. I have seen Nuclear Bombs detonated when they were tested. I remember when we first sent a person into space and then landed…

This Week’s Theme: Purposed Restored Word for the Week is Restoration: The returning of something or someone to their original state. Through the redeeming work of Jesus Christ, both humanity and creation will eventually be restored. Memory verse: Galatians 6:1 Brethren, if a man is overtaken in any…

Introduction I began to name this the ‘Bible Person Study’, but chose to go with the ‘Bible Character Study’. I hesitated to name it that, as I don’t want to diminish the fact that these are real people we’ll be examining. But the reason that it’s named the Bible Character Study is because we’ll be focusing…

22 All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet: 23 “Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel” (which means, God with us). 8 Prophecies of Birth Over 300 prophecies in the OT pointing to Jesus. Peter Stoneman, Chairman of the Department…

Before we begin today, I want to encourage you to go back and read all of Acts 11 . We will not read any of that chapter today. I want us to go to chapter 12. We will begin reading at verse 1. What kind of trials are you facing today? What kind of persecution are you facing? The things we go through…

We’re now several chapters in to 2 Samuel, specifically following the life of David. 1 Samuel tracks a lot of David’s young life, and 2 Samuel has been tracing his path to kingship. David’s been anointed king over all Israel, and we’re going to see what happens next. Of course, we need to remember David…

We had a birthday party for Michelle’s mom yesterday. It was a great party. And she was surprised… always a plus. What a Welcome! Small group of disciples on their way back to Jerusalem. It’s about 65 miles up hill from Caesarea… The small group has grown thanks to some friends from the church in Caesarea…