Nelsonville Assembly

Paul & Barnabas in Acts 14 demonstrate a radical commitment to the call of God on their lives. In this sermon, Pastor Isaiah challenges us to consider our lives in light of these examples and the powerful commands of Scripture about how we too are to live in this world.

Continuing in Acts 13, we look at the first stop on the first journey of the first formal missionaries of the church to see examples of understanding and passion to proclaim the message of Jesus. Pastor Isaiah points out how Barnabas returned to the island where he grew up while Saul was there operating on foreign soil and yet both are committed to the proclamation of the message of Jesus and serve as examples and challenges to all of us to do the same, wherever God has placed us in this moment.

As we return to the Book of Acts and the Church in Antioch, Pastor Isaiah refreshes us on how God was working through this group of people and draws from the example of how God spoke to and led that church to call our church family to prayer and intentionally seeking the Lord here as well.

Why do we exist? The answer this question is vital for any group of people to answer in order to shape what they do. For Nelsonville Assembly, the answer to that question is rooted in the mission that Jesus has given us, and the way we measure our success and our alignment to that mission is reflected in these five core values that Pastor Isaiah talks about.

In this stand-alone sermon, Pastor Isaiah challenges us through the lives of two figures from church history, and most importantly from the Scriptures, to kill the temptations toward complacency and toward revivalism that can creep into our lives and hinder our spiritual growth.

In the early days of the church, recorded for us in the Book of Acts, there was unity and depth of relationship that marked the people. Pastor Isaiah looks at Acts 2:42-47 to give us a glimpse into what the people did and how we too can pursue and position ourselves through practicing biblical hospitality to have similarly real relationships with those in our church family as well.

In this standalone sermon, Pastor Isaiah talks about the importance of considering the next generation and being intentional to pass on the faith. With that framework, Pastor Isaiah shares a recap of what God did in the lives of our youth during Camp 2022 the previous week.

When Herod Agrippa began to persecute the church in Acts 12, even going so far as to kill the Apostle James and arrest the Apostle Peter, the church responded with earnestly praying to see the power of God at work. Despite their feebleness, God answered their prayers in a mighty way and ended up destroying Herod because of his sinful pride. Pastor Isaiah unpacks how this chapter presses into our lives and challenges us to be persistent in humble and expectant prayer.

In Acts 11, the young Christian believers in Antioch demonstrated an understanding and desire to be obedient to respond to God giving them the opportunity to give. Pastor Isaiah walks us through developing a biblical theology of giving. By understanding the reasoning and intention of the command of God for His people to give a tithe, we are better prepared to then live out the more radical commands in the New Testament to be generous givers who invest in eternity.