Sermons at Addison Street Community Church

What is the help that all people need?

What does God use to grow his church?

What does Gospel missions actually look like? What is the goal? And, if Christ-centered proclamation is what missioners say, what are they to expect on a whole and in the day-to-day?

Much could be said about the contemporary missionary enterprise, but today's text lays out 2 abiding and indisputable principles about gospel mission: it starts in local churches and is primarily Word-centered.

Wouldn't it be better for all of us if Jesus were actually, physically present on earth? No, not for now, argues the story of Acts. Here's a review of the last twelve chapters and a short preview on the next sixteen. The risen Lord Jesus...

"How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them?"

"I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles or the does of the field, that you not stir up or awaken love until it pleases."

"I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous and the wicked, for there is a time for every matter and for every good work."

"God gave Solomon wisdom and very great insight, and a breadth of understanding as measureless as the sand on the seashore."

"My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, from the words of my groaning?"