In Acts 9, we read about Saul’s conversion. While we might not all experience the same dramatic type of encounter with Jesus that causes us to convert, we all follow a similar process to what Saul experienced. First, Saul was confronted. Jesus appeared to him in a way that was unexpected to Saul and challenged […]

The story of Phillip and the Ethiopian Eunuch in Acts chapter 8 is a great demonstration that the Gospel of Jesus is for everyone. In this story, the Holy Spirit sends Phillip to a desert road where he encounters this man from Ethiopia. The man fears God and is reading the Scriptures, but he would […]

In the first part of Acts chapter 8, three responses to the Gospel are clearly laid out. Saul illustrates the first response. He is resistant to the Gospel. He sees the Gospel message as a threat and starts to persecute the church. Phillip and the Samaritans he preaches the Gospel message to represent a second […]

The early church wasn’t perfect. They had their problems, and those problems are a lot like the ones facing us today. There was discrimination and prejudice in the early church. The apostles didn’t ignore it. They were honest about it and worked to prevent it. This made the church even more appealing to their community. […]

Acts chapter 5 tells a strange tale. As people in the early church are willingly selling their possessions in order to provide for other church members, a husband and wife team get an idea. They sell a field, give some of the proceeds to the church, but keep back some of the proceeds for themselves […]

In this week’s passage we find the story of Peter healing a lame man. This miraculous event caused quite a stir. Pastor Brad explains that there are three sets of characters in this story who represent three aspects of God’s work: some were the disrupters, some were disrupted, and some were disturbed. Peter and the […]

Last week, Pastor Brad talked about how the Holy Spirit descended on the disciples on the Day of Pentecost. They were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in tongues. People who saw and heard them started asking, “What does this mean?” This week, Pastor Alex focuses on the explanation that Peter gave […]

In Acts chapter 2, God’s promise to the disciples is fulfilled. The Holy Spirit is poured out on them. A great wind blows through the room where they are at and tongues of fire appear on top of their head, signifying that God is present with them. They are enabled to speak in other languages. […]

The second half of Acts chapter 1 gives us a glimpse into what these disciples did while they were waiting for Jesus’ promise of the Holy Spirit to be fulfilled. First of all, the disciples obeyed Jesus’ direction. He had told them to go to Jerusalem and wait, so that is what they did. Though […]

This week, we begin our study of the book of Acts in chapter one. Within the first 11 verses, Pastor Brad notes four things that are happening in this passage. We can all relate to these today as well: waiting, wanting, witnessing, and watching. Jesus tells his disciples to wait for the Holy Spirit. The […]