This is our final sermon in our Acts series. The details Luke chooses to focus on in the final chapters of Acts show us where his emphasis lies. In this sermon, Jonathan Cothron points to what that focus is and what it means for this generation of Spirit-empowered witnesses.

After two years in prison, Paul finally got a chance to appeal for his freedom. But what did he do? He preached the gospel. When we get squeezed, what will come out of our lives?

Paul made many close friends through his work of spreading the good news about Jesus. There’s something about the mission of Jesus that makes us a strong, flourishing community.

Philippi had a special place in Paul’s memory. He’d been especially mistreated there. But the discomfort Paul felt in Philippi was like good soil for unbelievable fruit.

Phil Bonasso is a co-founder of Every Nation Churches & Ministries, and in this sermon he explores the importance God has placed on relationships. Whether or not we’re willing to accept it, we can’t be who God wants us to be unless we embrace the relationships he wants us to embrace.

The Jerusalem council is pivotal in Acts but uninteresting for modern readers at first. In this sermon, Pastor Justin looks at how the challenge facing the Jerusalem council can make or break the mission of the church in any generation.

We love stories, and the truth is that we see our lives as part of a story. But is it the right story? In Acts 13, Paul preaches the gospel to a city of Jews and Gentiles, and he tells them the story they’re meant to be living.

Behind the moments when God seems slow, silent, absent, or confusing is the feeling that God seems… wrong. When Jesus decided to wait for Lazarus to die, everyone thought he was wrong. This moment from the ministry of Jesus helps us know what to do when we feel like God is wrong.

We like things to move fast… like 2-day shipping with Amazon. But God doesn’t always work quickly, even though he has more power than Amazon. What do we do when God seems slow? In this sermon, we look at two people who knew a slow process, Abraham and Sarah.

This is the first sermon in a new series, When God Seems Gone. Everyone who follows Jesus can feel at one point or other that God seems distant. How do we handle those moments? What should we do?