As disciples of Jesus, we're called to do the work of the kingdom with urgency; that said, it's really hard to maintain a strong sense of kingdom urgency, especially in times like this when our entire discipleship pathway is lived as a virtual reality.

In this sermon, Pastor Mark looks at the calling of Paul and Barnabas to the work of mission, and their initial missionary encounters in Cyprus, from Acts 13:1-12. This text helps us to renew our sense of kingdom urgency so that we experience the Holy Spirit's power to the glory of God.

Have you ever changed the default settings in your podcast app? How about the default settings of any other piece of hardware or software? Did you even know that you could tweak settings like how much time the skip forward button actually skips forward?

As disciples of Jesus, we have default settings. Unfortunately, those defaults are based in our fallen nature, and discipleship is about changing those default settings to reflect the character and nature of God and his kingdom. 

In this sermon, Pastor Mark takes one last look at Acts 11:27-12:25 and discovers some of those default settings that we can change for God's glory.

How should we think about the protests that have spread across the US and around the world? In this episode, Pastor Mark looks at the story of Herod Agrippa in Acts 11:27-12:25 to give us a framework to understand and respond to injustice.

How do you understand the nature of prayer? In this sermon, Pastor Mark looks at Acts 11:27-12:25 to give us help in understanding the nature of prayer on the unexpected path of discipleship.

In this sermon, pastor Mark takes a look at two stories from Acts 11 that deal with the implications of the Holy Spirit coming to the Gentiles.

In this final look at Acts chapter 10, Pastor Mark discusses three different ways the story reveals the character and nature of God.

In this sermon, Pastor Mark looks again at the story of Peter and Cornelius in Acts 10, exploring the cultural background and looking at Cornelius' side of the story. 

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Each of us is walking around with false beliefs--things we think are true but actually aren't. The apostle Peter had a moment of reckoning with a false belief, and Luke tells the story in Acts 10. In this sermon, Pastor Mark looks at the story and its lessons for our discipleship.

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We seem to have reached an inflection point in our handling of the COVID crisis--a point at which our resolve is slipping and the edges are starting to fray. In this video, Pastor Mark looks at two miracle stories from Acts 9, and reminds us that the same God who did those miracles is also in control of this situation.

 

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In this sermon, pastor Mark investigates the story of Paul's early ministry in Damascus and Jerusalem from Acts 9. We see how Paul's ministry was helped by Barnabas, and how important advocacy is in the life of Christian discipleship.

 

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