The church displays their unity through remarkable generosity.

Jesus promises hardship for the His people when the gospel is our sole pursuit, so are how are we to handle it when it comes? We look to the response of the early church when their leadership was persecuted for the first time.

In a crisis of appearances, the religious leaders struggle to respond to Peter's sermon while the Holy Spirit moves the crowds to faith.

The first healing miracle in the early church, discussed last week, prompted an opportunity for obedience in Peter through the Holy Spirit to call the Jews to Jesus.

What did the first church meetings actually look like and why? Scott breaks down the actions and intent of the early church to bring glory to God through Christ-centered community.

Through Peter's sermon at Pentecost, we learn that the Holy Spirit, as the fulfillment of God's promise and by the work of Jesus, is now available to everyone who responds to Jesus in faith.

How do the disciples deal with the aftermath of Judas' betrayal?

The ascension was the fulfillment of prophecies that Jesus would reign eternally as our divine prophet, great high priest, and victorious king of all things.

We are introduced to the book of Acts, which is the gospel of Luke Part 2 or, in other words, the immediate effect of Jesus' ministry on earth as evidenced by the formation of the church, the continued acts of newly empowered apostles, and the rapid spread of the gospel across the known world.

The culmination of an untapped life is God revealed to the world through us. Jesus illustrated this in the Sermon on the Mount when he explained Christians as salt, light, and a city on a hill.