https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzZphX84IO4 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…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvjXFS83an0 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…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pmnHQB7wXU 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….
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08ivVKu4uqs 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…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OsxBlrrcTU 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,…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYK7KZQ1s2c 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…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpbOa7KTEGU 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…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sriBahPjpWU God is working in your life, in the foreground and background, to bring about His will for you. Scripture: Acts 8:26-40…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQJwmCXWjbY&feature=youtu.be 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,…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuDlQyx_5FA 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…
