The church in Acts is a thriving church, growing in togetherness, and seeing new converts added to its numbers. Because this is so, the evil one is intent on subverting this oneness by causing disunity among the people of God. What we see in this...

This section in Acts highlights an early situation in which opposition to the church was intensified. In the face of social pressure, the response of the Christians was to pray for social courage. They prayed to be bold for Jesus and to not cowardly...

After healing a lame man, Peter and John face the first recorded persecution of the Church. The reality of the resurrection of Jesus Christ compels them to suffer for his sake, to believe that Jesus alone saves people from their sins, and to tell...

After the miraculous healing of the lame man, Peter is presented with the unexpected opportunity to preach to an astonished group of people who have come running to the sounds of the healed man’s praise. As they are all huddled together, staring at...

The opening scene in Acts 3 shows us that what Jesus began during his earthly ministry, is now being continued through Peter, John and the rest of his immediate followers. The miracle worked by Peter, in the man born lame, points beyond the moment, to...

In these important final verses in Acts 2 we have what is a template-like description for all churches. These are the basics we must stick to and the activities we must not stray from. The dawning days of church-life in Acts, sets the mold for the...

What’s the role of the listener in preaching? That’s the question that we unpack together in our ongoing study of Acts 2. Previously, we discovered through Peter’s example what a Christian sermon is to sound like. As he read the Scriptures, explained...

In this middle portion of chapter two, we hear the Apostle Peter preach his first sermon. In it, he refutes the accusation of drunkenness made against the followers of Jesus and explains that the bewildering events that are happening are what the...

On the day of Pentecost, God’s Spirit came upon the people of God, and stayed with them in a never before known way. With his presence and dwelling came new days of spiritual liveliness and power for God’s people. In the first part of this study on...

In this sermon, more of the vision and details are laid out for our new building campaign. There is a need for us to raise additional funds amongst ourselves, for the financing of our future building and we hear how we have the opportunity to marshal...