Anyone can sing “Shout to the Lord” when life is good, your health is good, your marriage is strong, your kids are doing well, and all is right with the world. If with Paul and Silas you can sing praise to God at midnight in jail, then what you’ve got is real.
Text: Acts 16:25On one occasion, while he was eating with them, he gave them this command: ‘‘Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait […]
Sermon Series: Standalone MessagesChristians disagree about almost everything. And when we disagree, we usually start a new church. Which reminds me of a […]
Text: Acts 15:36-41The Gospel invitation begins with repentance. The first step in becoming a Christian is changing your mind about Jesus Christ.
Text: Acts 17:30When was the last time you played with modeling clay? It may have been a while unless you have a […]
Text: Acts 16:6-10When God pours out his Spirit on his people, they are never the same again.
Text: Joel 2:28-32; Acts 2:14-21For the past few months I’ve been preaching a series of sermons from I Peter. We’re taking a break from […]
Text: Acts 20:35How do you know which religion has the truth? Find the one whose founder rose from the dead.
Text: Acts 2:24-32Throughout history, God has grown and moved his church as his people scattered to diverse locations geographically. This pattern has not changed and believers are still called to grow and expand as a church today, whether we move across national boundaries, ethnic and cultural boundaries, or do church planting in our immediate communities. Beginning with the first generation of believers in the book of Acts, we hear of Phillip, who was emboldened and changed by the power of God as he moved out in obedience to spread the Gospel. Despite severe persecution, great joy descended on those who received the truth that came with power. In this present age, we have the account of the phenomenal growth of the church in China. In 1949 all Christian missionaries were evicted leaving less than one million indigenous believers behind. They faced relentless bloodbaths and eradication. Yet the church grew in the midst of that persecution when determined believers scattered and went underground. The challenge to believers today remains the same—to be willing to be moved out of our personal comfort zones, to walk in faith, to make personal sacrifices, and most importantly, to trust God for our personal well-being and needs.
Text: Acts 8:4-8God uses catastrophe and disasters to scatter the church so that His word can be spread to all parts of the world. We can become comfortable and content in our lives, but God in His sovergn nature does things we are not used to.
Text: Acts 8:1-4