The Christmas story begins in a garden. Before a manger ever held a Messiah, God came walking toward sinners with mercy and a promise of redemption. This is Eden, where heaven first came down.

In Acts 15, the early church faced pressure to add requirements to the gospel. This message reminds us why we must guard the gospel from distortion, ground ourselves in the truth of grace alone, and carry the hope of Jesus with us wherever we go.

Thanksgiving isn’t about how easy life has been, it’s about how faithful God has been. In Acts 14, Paul and Barnabas return home with stories only God could write. Today, we look back on God’s faithfulness and celebrate all He has done at Ironbridge Church.

Following Jesus is beautiful, but it’s costly. Acts 14 shows us a faith that refuses to quit and a mission worth giving everything for. Be encouraged as we learn from Paul’s resilience and the Savior who makes it all worth it.

In Acts 13, Paul and Barnabas take the gospel farther than it’s ever gone, and the world encounters a brand-new message: salvation not by law, but by grace through faith. When grace steps in, freedom begins.

No earthly power can silence God’s Word. From prison cells to palace thrones, Acts 12 shows us that Jesus is still King and His purposes cannot be stopped. Be encouraged, challenged, and reminded where your hope truly belongs.

What happens when the name we carry sends us in the wrong direction? In Acts 9, Saul believes he’s fighting for God until Jesus stops him on the road to Damascus and changes everything. When grace interrupts our path, we don’t just receive a new identity, we receive a new purpose. We are sent to carry the name of Jesus everywhere we go.

When grace changes your story, it doesn’t stop with you, it sends you. In Acts 8, God uses an ordinary man named Philip to reach an unlikely outsider on a desert road, showing us that every encounter can be a divine appointment. This message reminds us that God still does extraordinary things through ordinary people who are willing to say, “Lord, help me reach one more.”

Every one of us is living for a story, but only one story is truly worth living for. In Acts 6–7, we meet Stephen, a man whose life and death point to a greater story, one centered on Jesus. Discover how a surrendered life, filled with the Spirit, can stand strong in the face of opposition and shine with the hope of the gospel.

As we continue celebrating 40 years of God’s faithfulness, this message from 1 Corinthians 15:58 reminds us to stay steadfast, immovable, and always abounding in the work of the Lord. Every moment of faith, service, and sacrifice matters, because in Christ, our labor is never in vain.