Acts 21:1-22:29 – Ever have those moments where you sense God wants you to do one thing, but logic, experience, or even the advice of others suggest otherwise? While Acts 21-22 may seem like a travel log at first, Paul’s journey back toward Jerusalem provides us a valuable lesson on how to listen for the Holy Spirit and follow in obedience and trust.

Sunday, February 18, 2024 - Acts 20:1-38 – Like a ship without a captain or a plane without a pilot, the church will struggle and fall into disaster without godly leadership who are humbly grounded in God’s truth and ensure the entire body is as well. What should a church expect from her leaders and how can they support them? Paul shows us the model.

Sunday, February 11, 2024 - Acts 18:18-19:41 – It can be easy to treat the Gospel as an insurance policy that covers our eternity or a supplement that is just designed to make our lives a little better. Paul’s journeys to the city of Ephesus show us, however, the fullness of what God has for our daily lives as we see what full devotion to Jesus produces in our homes and in our communities.

Sunday, February 4, 2024 - Acts 17:1-18:17 -Often what stands in the way from growth and learning is that we’re closed off to the possibility of thinking in new ways about ourselves or the world around us. But the Gospel is a direct challenge upon every single one of us, a message that will either bring us closeness with our Creator or judgment and death.

Sunday, January 28, 2024 - Acts 15:36-16:40 - Convinced that God wants him to do one thing, Paul’s journeys take a dramatic turn (literally!) to places, people, and circumstances he wasn’t expecting. And despite personal conflicts and suffering Paul once again experiences the sure victory of the Gospel and its power to grant true freedom.

Sunday, January 21, 2024 - Acts 14:21-15:35 - As modern Americans we take our “rights” seriously and believe my personal freedoms must be protected at all costs. But Paul writes that while all things may be permissible, not all things are beneficial to the life of the church. The Council of Jerusalem, therefore, is a major event in the history of the church as these early believers sought out how to live fully in the freedom of Christ while loving one another inside and outside the church.

Sunday, January 14, 2024  - Acts 13:1-14:20 - As we pick the story back up we rejoin Saul (now Paul) and his call to take the Gospel to the ends of the earth. We see as he takes his first missionary journey that though the context and locations may change it’s the same message of Jesus that confronts the same idolatry and objections in each of our lives.

Sunday, December 31, 2024 - Philippians 1:3-11 – Sometimes in relationships, whether it be due to exhaustion, hurt, or just apathy, we find ourselves just going through the motions. We’re here, without actually being here. Church can be just the same way, where we’re in the routine, but not actually committed with all our mind, strength, soul, and body. Where do we need to be as Chesapeake Church? Where are we going and how are we going to get there? Let’s find out how to get fully bought in this New Year’s Eve.

Sunday, December 24, 2023 - Luke 1 & 2 – The world is packed full of all sorts of symbols and shows of power. In gender, athletics, politics and more, we see claims of authority and demands for loyalty. But in Christmas, we’re invited into a totally different look, gazing not to monuments or thrones but to a lowly feeding trough and what lies within. This, here, is the true King!

Sunday, December 17, 2024 - Luke 1:39-56 – From wars, famines, natural disasters, economic turmoil, political and social division, the world seems pretty messed up. Very little feels safe and secure and, worst, we feel so helpless and powerless to do anything about it. But God’s promises reveal to us His plans to topple the proud and mighty and exalt the hurting and the lowly. Jesus is coming back to heal this broken world and make all things new, and that is our PEACE.