Harvest Community Church of Huntersville

Gomer Pyle's famous expression was -Surprise, surprise, surprise-- In Acts 8-1-25, there are three surprises, and all of them point to God's power.

You may have heard the saying, -The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church.- Our passage for today introduces us to the first Christian martyr, Stephen. Even though we may not be called to sacrifice like he did, there is much to learn from his life and death.

Multiculturalism is a rich opportunity that also involves challenges-in society and in the church. Acts 6-1-7 shows us how the early church dealt with the challenge very well.-Context- After Satan's attempts to hinder the church through persecution and moral corruption failed, he tried yet another tactic in Acts 6.

All of us face opposition that takes expression in different ways. The same is true of Jesus' church. Satan will attack it from the outside and the inside. Acts 4-32-5-16 describes opposition from the inside.

When the first church was formed in Acts 2, it had some defining characteristics. Today is the first of four messages based on Acts 2-42-47 that describes church LIFE-then and now-

In the first three chapters of Acts, everything seemed -rosy- for the early church. Now chapter 4 recounts one of MANY instances in which the gospel was opposed and believers were persecuted. That is happening all over the world today, and more frequently in America than before.

Some people face desperate situations in their lives and know it, while others may not have a lot of felt needs. Today's sermon from Acts 3 shows how the early church met felt needs but didn't stop there, always pointing to humanity's greatest need of a Savior.

Prayer is something every Christian and every church does, yet for many it is a struggle. Today's sermon is the fourth of four messages based on Acts 2-42-47 that describes church LIFE-then and now-and describes their devotion to prayer, which serves as a great model for us today.

Worship. Everybody knows what that is, don't they- Maybe, maybe not. Today's sermon is the third of three messages based on Acts 2-42-47 that describes church LIFE-then and now-and describes the essence of biblical worship.