Heavy Branches Podcast

Why was Stephen martyred? What significance did Abraham, Joseph, Moses, and David have to Stephen and the council? What lessons can we learn about bearing fruit from Stephen's final moments in life? Jacob and Tanner discuss these topics and more as they go through Acts 7.

How should church leadership balance attending to physical and spiritual needs? Is one persons role in serving more important than another? What connection do faith and obedience have? What kind of man was Stephen, that the council recognized him as a messenger from God? Jacob and Tanner discuss these topics and more as they go through Acts 6.

What led to Ananias and Sapphira sinning and lying to the Holy Spirit? Why does the world know all about what the church is against, but nothing about what the church is for? What could our impact on the world be if they knew what Christians were for? What exactly are Christians for? In what ways is Christianity about going from death to life? How can people live with no fear of death? Jacob and Tanner discuss these topics and more as they go through Acts 5.

Do all roads really lead to Rome? Are all religions and denominations just different ways to get to heaven? Would people be able to tell that you have been with Jesus? What kind of education and training do you need in order to be effective for Christ? How important is our level of conviction about the hope we have in Christ? In what ways does the early Church still need to be restored? Jacob and Tanner discuss these topics and more as they go through Acts 4. 

How should the local church meet needs of people in the community? Should we be meeting physical needs, spiritual needs, or both? What can we learn from the different titles of Jesus used throughout the New Testament? What role does repentance play in the salvation process? What must we do in order to understand what the Bible teaches about how to be saved? Can we learn everything there is to know about a Bible doctrine from one verse? Jacob and Tanner discuss these topics and more as they go through Acts 3.

How did the first Christians live after they were baptized and added to the Lord's Church? Who in the church were devoted to their new life in Christ? What were they devoted to? How can we be devoted Christians today? Jacob and Tanner discuss these topics and more as they close out Acts 2. 

Why were the apostles baptized with the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost? Why was Peter's first gospel sermon so convicting for the Jewish audience there? How could they know for certain that God had made Jesus both Lord and Christ? When the crowd was convicted by the gospel, and believed that the gospel message was true, what were they told to do in order to be forgiven of their sins and saved? Was that response just for them? How are we to respond to the gospel message today in order to be saved? Jacob and Tanner discuss these topics and more as they continue through Acts 2.

What happened on the day of Pentecost? How were the apostles able to speak in tongues? What is the purpose of speaking in tongues and other miracles done in the Bible? Do people still speak in tongues today? How far was the gospel intended to be spread? What kind of people should we be sharing the gospel with today? Jacob and Tanner discuss these topics and more as they go through Acts 2:1-13.

Jesus called His apostles to be witnesses for Him in Jerusalem, in all of Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the Earth. How does this relate to evangelism and missions in the church today? Are Christians today devoted to prayer, like they were in the Bible? Are there still apostles today? What qualifies someone to be an apostle? Jacob and Tanner discuss these topics and more as they go through Acts 1.

What makes Acts so important to the Restoration Movement as we seek to restore New Testament Christianity? Why is the book of Acts important for us as Christians today? What are some of the key themes of Acts? Who wrote the book of Acts? Jacob and Tanner discuss these topics and more as they introduce their new series through the book of Acts.