Posts with the category “year-one”

From the world's perspective, Jesus is not good for business! In this week's text, the lost world is angry once again with those that follow Jesus, but for reasons we have not yet seen in our story. W...  Read More

All miracles and gifts are given to glorify God and draw us to Jesus! The Bible teaches us that through the Holy Spirit, followers of Jesus will be blessed with many gifts.  They will be filled with s...  Read More

Continuing from last week’s sermon in Acts 17, the message that boldness is a necessity in this world still rings true.  Paul is in a much different season of life in Acts 18, compared to when he was ...  Read More

Last week, with the death of Voddie Baucham, the church lost a bold and faithful man who dedicated his life to preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ.  Voddie's death was one of many that the church has...  Read More

In my opinion, Acts 16 is one of the greatest and most fun chapters in Acts to preach through.  This chapter is filled with twist and turns, different angles of God at work, and a happy ending that se...  Read More

Reading this week's scripture, I honestly feel sadder than I did when I read the stories of the stones that were thrown and the prison doors shut on the people of God earlier in Acts.Yes, it was scary...  Read More

This week in our text, we see one of the hardest parts of ministry and walking in faith: unavoidable conflict between fellow believers. Inside the church, good leadership consist of being a peacekeepe...  Read More

God is good, the road is hard, Jesus is always with you. For the last two weeks, we have spent most of our time and attention on the reality of just how hard that road of faith actually is.  We covere...  Read More

"God is good and the road of faith is hard."  This was a quote from last week's message that I told everyone would ring true from here on out in our study through the book of Acts.  Not only is this t...  Read More

Salvation is not free, nor is walking in faith easy. Salvation comes at a great price.  Your salvation could be seen as free to you, but it came at a great price to God through the death of His Son.  ...  Read More

As we begin chapter 12, we see two major defining points in God and for His church. We see that no matter if man is on a peak or in a valley, God will always accomplish His desired will.  God will mov...  Read More

How quickly we forget......In this week's text, the people of God come to grip with the new reality that the love of God is for all people.  That the blood of Jesus that is offered for the sins of the...  Read More

Even though chapter 10 might be hard to understand when reading, it is some of the greatest news ever spoken by God. In all of the book of Acts, chapter 10 is one of the most important chapters we wil...  Read More

What's greater than a miracle?  Very few things are. Healing, restoration, revival, new life, very few things are greater than experiencing God's miracles. Just reading this week's text fills my soul ...  Read More

This week in Acts 9, we begin to focus on a man who was first mentioned in Acts 7 and 8. In Acts 7:58, during the stoning of Stephen, the scripture tells us: And the beginning of Acts 8 scripture tel...  Read More

If you have been following along with us in our study, you most likely felt the heaviness of last week's text and message. In Simon, you have a man who believed, baptized, and amazed by the power of G...  Read More

This week's text is a heavy reminder of Jesus's words spoken in Matthew 7:"Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father in he...  Read More

"The world's stones will be our God's seed" At the end of last week's text, the church looked defeated by the hands of the enemy.  The religious leaders who killed Jesus, alongside all those who were ...  Read More

I hope and pray that as we read and teach through the book of Acts, you are seeing the patterns of reality alongside the promises of provisions. God is real, God is good, and the enemy hates what is f...  Read More

The church has grown, but the enemies' attacks have not ceased. In year one of the church, they have experienced growth and faced challenges. As the number of followers increased, a conflict arose fro...  Read More

"What God loves, the enemy hates." This is a saying that we often express through messages in our church and a truth that has been experienced since the beginning of time.The truths of God and the fai...  Read More