Grace Alone
The gospel can be threatened. The Good News of how a person can be saved can be threatened by persecution or obscured by false teaching. False teaching changes the good […]
Missions – The Work of the Spirit, Part 2
Today, “missions” has become any work a local church does outside of its community to improve the lives of people living in other places. But in Acts 13-14, the clear […]
Missions – The Work of the Spirit, Part 1
When a Christian shares the gospel with someone, we typically call that “evangelism.” People who are not Christians typically call that “proselytizing,” and it usually has a negative connotation. Christian […]
Tale of Two Kings
Acts 12 is like a door that closes the first half of the book, focused on the Apostle Peter and the gospel going to the Jews, and opening to the […]
A Model Missionary Church
At it’s best, a model is a pattern of something to be made, a design to be followed. You use a model when you want to sew a dress, construct […]
Grace Enough for Everyone
This text is about how the gospel penetrates a new people – the Gentiles. It shows us the conversion of Cornelius, a Roman Centurion and his household. But it also […]
God Can Save Anyone
Most commentators say that Peter and Paul are the two most pivotal people in the book. This passage, Acts 9:1-31, is the story of Saul’s (soon to be known as […]
Philip and the Ethiopian
God is working in your life, in the foreground and background, to bring about His will for you. Scripture: Acts 8:26-40
Scattered with the Gospel for the Joy of the City
At this point in Acts, the church has experienced significant growth. Thousands of people have come to faith. At the same time, the Apostles have faced significant trouble: arrests, imprisonment, […]
The Seed of a Faithful Church
Jesus promised His disciples that we would be hated as He was hated. We would be mocked, misrepresented, shamed, even killed for following Him. The persecution of Christians began within […]
