The first recorded sermon of Paul centers on the person and work of Jesus Christ as the climax of God's story, the fulfillment of God's promises, and the Savior of God's people.

The story of Peter's miraculous escape from a Roman prison is a familiar one -- but a story in which the context is often completely ignored. In reality, Peter was delivered right on the heels of James being executed. And our theology needs to be big enough and honest enough to account for both deliverance and death.

It was in the predominantly Gentile church in Antioch where believers were first called "Christians." What was it about this community of faith that led others to recognize them as followers of the Jewish Messiah?

In this revolutionary, 5-act narrative, God welcomes Gentiles into the Church by grace through faith in Jesus, just as he had welcomed Jews.

This text obliterates all forms of racism and demonstrates the true nature of Christ's Gospel for all people.

The two miracles in this text are linked by several astonishing similarities that drive home one main point: God commands the impossible; but the good news is that what God requires of us, He empowers in us.

There are times in your life when you're disappointed with God. All honest people know this is true. Maybe something didn't go how you thought it would. Maybe something doesn't seem to line up with his goodness or his love or his sovereignty. So how do you find hope at times like this?

In the days and even years following the conversion of the persecutor, Saul, the Christian community was suspicious of him. So this text gives us three ways to observe the genuineness of his faith experience.

Saul was one of the leading persecutors of the Early Church, hellbent on silencing the Christians commitment to Jesus, whether by imprisonment or murder. But then the Jesus he said was dead confronted him - and everything changed in an instant.