August 3, 2017
Another side of Biblical history is that it is predictive; meaning that you can deduce things that will happen because they have happened in the past. Acts 14 “predicts” what we can expect of people, and, more importantly, of God, when we engage in witnessing.
August 3, 2017
There are times when Biblical history is prescriptive; meaning that we should do as they did… Acts 14 is a history of the first missionary journey that teaches us what is expected of us as Christians when it comes to witnessing.
July 19, 2017
It is very difficult when someone we love and care for rejects the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Acts 13:13ff is full of people who reject the gospel, and yet the text still ends in joyful celebration… how is that possible?
July 12, 2017
There are a lot of exciting things that happen in Acts chapter 13. We see the start of the first missionary journey, we hear of Barnabas and Saul traveling across an island sharing the gospel, and we read of a conflict between the apostles and a magician… but there is something else in the chapter, something often overlooked- how involved the Holy Spirit is in the lives of Christ’s people.
July 6, 2017
Acts 12:20-24 is probably one of those verses we are tempted to read through quickly; maybe even thinking that it has little bearing on us. But this text teaches us at least two things- that God is Sovereign, and that God is to be taken seriously.
June 28, 2017
I should not be amazed at God’s timing, but I often am. Acts 12:1-19 was what I had scheduled myself to preach at the end of last year, I had no idea that I would be preaching it at a time in my life when I often approached God in tears and heart ache. I am so very grateful for God’s word, and I am so very grateful that it speaks to us, and into us.
June 15, 2017
“Christian;” It’s a word that carries a number of meanings to many people. When it first came about in Antioch it was a word that was meant to be funny, it meant “Little Christ.” This message not only takes a look at the origin of the term, but it also gives a charge to those that bear that name.
June 7, 2017
Why would there ever be backlash over someone coming to trust in Christ Jesus? There were early Christians who did not yet understand what Christ achieved on the cross. Some of those misunderstandings had to do with diet, and that spilled over in to how they thought of people from other races.
May 31, 2017
Acts 10 is the story of two conversions, Peter and Cornelius. Cornelius’ conversion teaches us that without Christ, goodness means nothing.
May 24, 2017
If you are a Christian, those who are closest to you should see Christ in you… so should your employer, so should your government, so should your enemies. The indwelling of Christ, the imprint of Christ, is typical for every saint, every disciple of Christ.
