Fellowship Church Middlebrook

Stable and Steadfast

June 1, 2025 • Devon Accardi • Colossians 1:3–14, Colossians 1:21–23

This Sunday, Devon continues our summer series on Colossians. In Paul's letter to the Colossians, he meant to center the early church on the unchanging truth of Christ. Using the example of Epaphras, who heard the gospel and brought it home, he reminds us that ordinary people can carry extraordinary truth. Paul prays for the believers to be filled with wisdom, to live lives that reflect Jesus, to bear fruit, endure trials with joy, and grow in gratitude, offering a spiritual guide for a gospel-shaped life. We were once alienated from God but have been rescued and transferred into Christ’s kingdom through His death and resurrection.

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Through Him and for Him

May 25, 2025 • Greg Pinkner • Colossians 1:15–20

This Sunday, Greg began our summer series on Colossians, focusing on its profound theological depth. Paul wrote this letter to correct false teaching that diminished Jesus and instead presented Him as the image of God and the creator of all things. Jesus is not just part of creation—He is above it and holds it all together. Believers should see their identity as part of God's new creation, made to reflect His glory and rescued through Christ’s supremacy, sacrifice, and resurrection.

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Constrained by the Spirit

May 18, 2025 • Greg Pinkner • Acts 20:18–38

This Sunday, Greg finishes our series in the Book of Acts. In Acts 20, Paul’s farewell to the Ephesians emphasizes that true faith often comes with suffering, and he urged the believers to be “constrained by the Spirit”—willing to obey God even when it’s costly or uncomfortable. He warned against false teaching, especially messages that appeal to comfort and avoid hard truths, reminding the church that a gospel that doesn’t confront us isn’t the real gospel. The church is to live boldly for Christ, anchored in Scripture and empowered by the Spirit, even when it means letting go of safety, ease, or reputation.

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Mars Hill

May 11, 2025 • Greg Pinkner • Acts 17:16–34

This Sunday, Greg continues our series on the Book of Acts. In Acts 17, Paul engages the philosophers of Athens at Mars Hill—a city filled with idols and intellectual pride. Surrounded by temples to false gods, Paul boldly proclaims the one true God who made the world, gives life and breath to all, and cannot be contained by human temples or served by human hands. He confronts both Stoic and Epicurean worldviews, contextualizing the gospel in their language, and calls them to repent because God has appointed Jesus as the righteous judge, proven by His resurrection. The idols of our own culture—pleasure, power, success—are empty, but the gospel of Jesus is full of life and truth.

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A Woman, a Slave Girl, and a Jailer

May 4, 2025 • RD McClenagan • Acts 16:11–40

This Sunday, RD continues our series on the Book of Acts. In Acts 16, we see how the gospel meets three very different people—a successful businesswoman, a spiritually oppressed slave girl, and a hardened Roman jailer—and transforms them each in unique ways through an encounter with Jesus. The gospel is for everyone; it transforms and disrupts, overturning personal lives and societal systems with the love and authority of Jesus. The result isn’t just individual salvation but the formation of a radically diverse, Spirit-filled community called the church.

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A Door of Faith

April 27, 2025 • Devon Accardi • Acts 14:8–28

This Sunday, Devon continues our series on the Book of Acts. In Acts 13–14, Paul and Barnabas are sent out from Antioch. They preached across multiple cities, faced strong opposition, and ultimately saw the gospel begin to spread among the Gentiles, marking a major turning point in the early church. In the same way that God called Paul and Barnabas, He still calls ordinary people to walk through "doors of faith" to expand His Kingdom. Believers need to tune into the Holy Spirit, be intentionally present in the lives of those who don't know Jesus, and be committed to the long, patient work of spiritual influence.

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Therefore

April 20, 2025 • RD McClenagan • 1 Corinthians 15:51–58

This Sunday, Easter, RD spoke from 1 Corinthians 15:51-58. The resurrection is not just a past event but a present power that changes lives, frees us from sin, and anchors us in grace. Paul’s story shows how encountering the risen Christ transforms even the most broken lives, reminding us that we are not defined by our sin but by God’s grace. Through Christ's resurrection, we have a real and lasting hope beyond death and beyond this world. The call is to trust Jesus fully, walk in the freedom he gives, and live anchored in His unstoppable hope.

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The Christians

April 13, 2025 • Greg Pinkner • Acts 11:19–30

This Sunday, Greg continues our series on the Book of Acts. In Acts 11, we see the gospel spreading beyond the Jews to the Gentiles, especially in Antioch, where believers—fleeing persecution—boldly preached Christ across cultural lines. This moment marks a massive turning point in church history, as Peter’s vision and Cornelius’s conversion clear the way for the ceremonial law to be set aside, opening the door for all people to receive the gospel. Barnabas, a Levite and encourager, is sent to Antioch, and he brings Paul to help teach and establish the growing church—where believers are first called “Christians.” As more Gentiles believe, tension arises with Jewish Christians who still cling to the law, leading Paul to confront Peter’s hypocrisy when he withdraws from Gentile fellowship. The message is clear: the gospel is for all people, and the church must go out—just as Palm Sunday represents people coming in, Antioch becomes the mirror image, sending God's people out with the good news to the whole world.

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What God has Made Clean

April 6, 2025 • Greg Pinkner • Acts 10

This Sunday, Greg continues our series on the Book of Acts. Acts 10 focuses on the radical transformation of Peter. Once a devout Jew who strictly followed the law, Peter is confronted by a vision from God telling him not to call anything unclean that God has made clean—challenging his deeply ingrained beliefs. This vision prepares Peter to enter the home of Cornelius, a Roman centurion and Gentile, something no faithful Jew would have done. As Peter witnesses the Holy Spirit fall on Cornelius and his household, he realizes the gospel truly is for all people—it is God’s grace that makes us clean, not our background, law-keeping, or social standing. Peter's obedience marks a turning point in the early church, where God uses him to help open the door of salvation to the Gentile world.

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A Chosen Instrument

March 30, 2025 • Greg Pinkner • Acts 9:1–31

This Sunday, Greg continues our series on the Book of Acts. Acts 9 focuses on Saul’s conversion to Christianity—a moment that changed the course of the world. Saul, was a brilliant Hellenized Jew, a Roman citizen, and a fierce persecutor of Christians before Jesus appeared to him in a blinding light on the road to Damascus. This encounter, where Jesus calls Saul personally, transforms him from a man of violence into a passionate teacher of the gospel. His story parallels many biblical themes—blindness and sight, suffering and calling, Old Testament arcs being fulfilled—and Paul becomes a chosen instrument to carry Jesus' name to the Gentiles. Like Paul, every believer is uniquely called by God to walk in good works He prepared in advance—even if it means suffering along the way.