Florida Coast Church

In Stephen's speech before the Jewish Council, he gave a master class on the meaning of Old Testament history, which culminated in Jesus.

When church growth led to a conflict, the church chose a few good men to direct the ministry and enable the church to keep growing.

Because God's power is greater than ours, we ought to obey God, knowing that the joy he gives is greater than suffering humans can inflict.

God's presence in the early church produced awesome acts of community giving and healing but also an awesome judgment against hypocrisy and deception.

The religious leaders arrested Peter and Jon, but could not resist the force of their testimony about Jesus’ death and resurrection, which provide the only way of salvation.

After the Lord healed a man lame from birth, Peter announced the gospel to the crowd along with the promised blessings for those who would repent of their rejection of Jesus and believe in him.

In the second part of his sermon, Peter emphasized that God raised Jesus from the dead so that even those who had a part in his death could be forgiven and receive the Holy Spirit.

Once Jesus ascended on high, he sent the Father's promised Spirit to light up the church and empower her for her mission.

In Peter’s first of eleven speeches in Acts, he showed how Judas needed to replaced with another apostle so that the remade Israel would be complete and ready to be a witness to the nations.

In his second volume, Luke revealed that the promise of the Father would be the baptism in the Holy Spirit to empower Jesus’ followers to be witnesses to the ends of the Earth.