Do you believe Jesus knew what He was talking about? He said that it is more blessed to give than to receive. Have you found that to be the case? When did you discover that giving is better than receiving? Have you acquired the taste for generosity? 

Tune in as we continue in the book of Acts where Paul reminds us of Jesus’ reflection on how this life actually works best.

Listen in as we continue studying the Book of Acts in our series, The Church On Fire.

In Acts 17, Paul builds bridges that can bear the weight of Resurrection when he engages the Epicureans and Stoics of the Areopagus in Athens. Join us as we look at Paul's deep concern and care for those with a very different yet similar perspective as his. God is near to all and wants all to reach out and find Him. He is near to you and to your neighbor.

How will you respond to the Good News of the Resurrected Jesus?

Check out the continuing series, "The Church On Fire" and dive into the Book of Acts.

Excerpted from a wide swath of the Book of Acts (7:51-8:4, 9:1-31) and taking a cue from the Old Testament prophet Isaiah's recognition that the will of the Lord will prosper (Isaiah 53:10), this talk explores how God works His purposes through real people. We consider how the Christian message proclaimed by the martyr Stephen was, ironically, later re-transmitted to new communities by (the former persecutor) Saul-turned-Paul. Paul's work hinged on his conversion--from control to surrender--as he journeyed 175 miles from Jerusalem to Damascus. While we each are on different "Damascus Road" journeys, we, too, have an opportunity to surrender to the faithfulness of God.

What might you continue that others have begun?

What might you begin that others will continue?

Join us as we continue the series “The Church On Fire,” teaching from the book of Acts.

Father’s Day. Here’s an important question: When your Heavenly Father thinks about you, what do you imagine his thoughts are? Is he pleased or displeased? Is he excited, angry, tenderhearted? Maybe he’s just a little disappointed? 

A second question is, what would you say is God’s defining quality? What is the main thing that makes God, God? Mercy, Justice, Wisdom, Wrath, Love? 

A third question: When you answered the first question, were you thinking of God in the same way as you did when answering the second question? I wonder how many would say God is Love, but when God thinks of them personally, he is something else. 

In this episode we’ll talk about the Hebrew word “Hesed” and what it indicates about our Heavenly Father.

Most of us have something we keep avoiding because it feels too small, too thankless, or too far beneath what we think we should be doing. We're waiting for the work that finally feels significant.

But Acts 6 tells the story of a man appointed to manage food distribution for a group of overlooked widows, and he did it with everything he had. That unglamorous faithfulness led to one of the most consequential moments in the entire New Testament.

In this teaching, we're talking about the invisible work, the stuff nobody applauds, and why God seems to pay the most attention to exactly that.

If the most important work you ever do turns out to be the work nobody saw, would that be enough for you?

The early church in Acts wasn't held together by shared politics or similar personalities. They were held together by something far more durable: a common allegiance to a risen King and a willingness to let that allegiance cost them something. They sold land. They shared resources. They carried one another's burdens without keeping score. And the result wasn't just a tight-knit community. It was a community that turned a city upside down.

That kind of unity doesn't happen by accident. It requires people who are willing to set aside their preferences, lower their defences, and lean into something bigger than themselves.

What would it look like for you to take one deliberate step toward deeper community?

The disciples had already received the Spirit at Pentecost. So why did they need to be filled again?

Because the Spirit isn't a one-time gift you open and set on a shelf. He is a continuously available, repeatedly renewable presence for whatever you're carrying right now.

Acts 4 shows us a community that had just been arrested and threatened. When they were released, they didn't scatter. They gathered, they prayed together, and the Spirit filled them again. Not because they had failed, but because they loved each other enough to need more together.

That's the kind of church we all want to be part of.

So here's the question worth sitting with: Are you still drawing on a filling from years ago, or are you learning to return to the source again and again?