No one is beyond the redeeming reach of the cross of Christ. The gospel can save even the most unlikely of people. The risen Jesus can rescue anyone from the blindness of sin. God can even transform a violent persecutor of the church into a great preacher of the gospel and there is perhaps no great example of the gospel’s saving power than in the conversion of Saul.

The king is coming! That's what Zechariah and many of the other prophets often talked about. What will the king be like? What will he do? For us today, we rejoice in the promises fulfilled at the first Christmas. What does God promise us with the return of the king?

The king is coming! That's what Zechariah and many of the other prophets often talked about. What will the king be like? What will he do? For us today, we rejoice in the promises fulfilled at the first Christmas. What does God promise us with the return of the king?

The Jerusalem church faced many challenges: deceptive church members, increasingly hostile rulers and organizational strain. Yet God enabled the church to overcome these problems and God continued to grant them numeric growth and powerful signs and wonders. The church was thriving. However, in the midst of its success, the church was failing in a critical way: it wasn’t pressing forward with Jesus’ mission to take the gospel to all nations. The gospel had not gone beyond Jerusalem. So God had to give the church a little push.

The Jerusalem church faced many challenges: deceptive church members, increasingly hostile rulers and organizational strain. Yet God enabled the church to overcome these problems and God continued to grant them numeric growth and powerful signs and wonders. The church was thriving. However, in the midst of its success, the church was failing in a critical way: it wasn’t pressing forward with Jesus’ mission to take the gospel to all nations. The gospel had not gone beyond Jerusalem. So God had to give the church a little push.

Do you know when Christmas was first mentioned in the Bible? It wasn’t when the angels appeared to Mary or Joseph announcing the coming birth of Jesus. The first mention of the birth of the Savior came at the very beginning of human history, in the garden of Eden.

Do you know when Christmas was first mentioned in the Bible? It wasn’t when the angels appeared to Mary or Joseph announcing the coming birth of Jesus. The first mention of the birth of the Savior came at the very beginning of human history, in the garden of Eden.

This text looks at the story and speech of Stephen. We'll see how the Risen Jesus empowers Stephen to preach the gospel boldly and we'll see how the dead hearts of the religious leaders lead them to murder Stephen, the first martyr for Jesus. At the end of this story, who is dead, and who is alive? Is your faith dead or alive?

This text looks at the story and speech of Stephen. We'll see how the Risen Jesus empowers Stephen to preach the gospel boldly and we'll see how the dead hearts of the religious leaders lead them to murder Stephen, the first martyr for Jesus. At the end of this story, who is dead, and who is alive? Is your faith dead or alive?

We often think of heroism as involving great power, beauty as external appearance, and wisdom as lofty philosophy. The book of Proverbs, however, ends with a powerful poem that shows us true heroism, true beauty, and true wisdom