Acts 19:23-41: The key to removing the idols from our life is worship. Seeing Jesus for who he really is and what he has done for us. And when we worship, it melts our idol-producing hearts and sets us free from their empty promises.

Acts 10-11: We are to be shaped by the good news of Jesus, to herald the grace of God, and spread the news of salvation in Jesus Christ. God commissioned us, the Church, to be the community which embodies the message of the Gospel.

Acts 8-9: Persecution is never to be celebrated. It is also never to be feared.

Acts 4: What led Peter and John to have boldness in the face of adversity was the presence of the Spirit and their nearness to Jesus.

Acts 1-2: There is no way the Church can accomplish its mission outside the Spirit of God who lives within us.

Matthew 16:13-20: The Church, this unique organism that Jesus said will bring the hope of the gospel to the world is powerful, it is privileged, and yet many times we experience it as pitiful.

1 Samuel 30: If we are to show grace in our lives, we have to do what David did. We have to strengthen ourselves in our relationship with our God.

1 Samuel 28: Saul ignored the need to nourish his relationship with God while David lamented and never turned away from God’s steadfast love.

1 Samuel 21-23: What made David a man after God’s own heart was not a character attribute but his never-stopping pursuit of God.

1 Samuel 20: The reality of peace/shalom is found not merely in the bonds of a great friendship but rather in the security of the covenant.