Rock Hall Glocal Methodist Charge

Introduction Remember the theme of our series through the book of Acts is the UNSTOPPABLE POWER OF THE GOSPEL No matter what comes… it keeps doing what God intended… spreading… saving… transforming… recreating His Kingdom Acts also serves as a connection between the Old Testament and the New Testament…

We are in Acts 17 today So I was struggling with where to go with this text all week. I read old sermons… I read commentaries… I read from the book of Thessalonians… I listened to other pastors preach it… nothing seemed to click… then something happened and a thread that many of those articles and sermons,…

A Visit to Remember Go back and remember a couple weeks back… a couple verses back and remember… this is important; Paul and the others felt the Lord leading them to Macedonia. Recal their travels Recal the Dream 11 From Troas we put out to sea and sailed straight for Samothrace, and the next day on…

We have spent the last couple of weeks in our study of Acts looking at some pretty important events. Moments of conflict in the early church that actually proved to have dramatic changes in the church back then and they had tremendous impact for us today. First, there was a public conflict over a public…

We are studying Acts 14:1-20 … Dr. Luke, the author, gives us a great picture of staying focused on our mission in spite of difficulty… you can say perseverance in the face of persecution. But before we get there I want to tell you how I found this message. So I was riding my horse the other day around…

FCA Huddle ministry - students leading Discovery Bible Study - an intentional study of the bible led by their peers. A student came in and was noticed as his 2nd time. As they gathered, the kids were playing a game but this kid wasn’t interested in playing. It was obvious he was upset. Hearing the power…

A Spirit Led Mission Set apart for the Holy Spirit --- for the Work of God 1 In the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen (who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch) and Saul. 2 While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting,…

I was recently talking to someone who just broke up with a girl he had been seeing for three or four months. When I asked him what happened, he said “It just didn’t have that ‘it factor.'” He said everyone who meets her thinks she is the most amazing person in the world? She is warm. She is attractive.…

Something much greater than just what we see is happening. BIG IDEA: THE MIRACLE OF HEALING OPENS THE DOOR FOR THE GREATER MIRACLE OF SALVATION Looking at 2 examples of the church growing as a result of the Gospel impacting remote areas INTRODUCTION: In the case of the early church we are going to see…

I was in the gas station… rude to customer I was in grocery store… rude to cashier I was in hardware store… didn’t seem to care At traffic light… guy drove right through Waiting to park… pulled in and took two spaces Politicians… want power… everyone else is the problem Pastors… frustrated b/c they don’tt…