In Acts 8, the gospel spreads beyond Jerusalem. The first place it goes is very unexpected—Samaria. Will it work in Samaria? Can it overcome 900 years of bad blood?

Jesus knew Lazarus would die and yet chose to wait to do something about it. Why? He had something important in store for Lazarus’s sisters, as well as for those around the family. In this sermon, Jonathan Cothron explores what this amazing story means for our lives today.

Jesus’ miracle of feeding the 5,000 appears in all four Gospel accounts. However, in John’s account, the people who get fed miss what the sign signifies. When they find Jesus again, he tells them what the sign truly meant.

When Jesus heals the man at the pool of Bethesda, he asks him, “Do you want to be healed?” Why does Jesus ask him this question and what does it mean for our lives?

Matthew and Luke introduce us to Jesus by telling us the details surrounding his birth. John introduces us to Jesus by calling him “the Word.” In this sermon we see how this links to the promise in the Bible of a prophet like Moses, and why this is really good news.

What comes to mind when you hear the word priest? Jesus is the promised Priest who comes to gather a kingdom of priests. In this sermon we look at what it means to be a priest and what that means for our lives as followers of Jesus.

Jesus’ arrival is the fulfillment of a promise—a promise made throughout the entire Bible. In this sermon, we go all the way back to Genesis to show the first facet of the promise—the promised Son who will crush the head of the snake.

The event that catapults the gospel of Jesus outside of Jerusalem is the martyrdom of Stephen. What does the death of Stephen teach modern-day witnesses? That the gospel is a saving truth, but it’s not a safe truth.

Shortly before describing how the gospel spreads beyond Jerusalem, Luke gives a snapshot of a problem in the church, and it’s a problem that’s cultural in nature. If the church is going to take the gospel to the Gentiles, how will they respond to this small crisis within the church?