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We return to our look at how the early church carried the fire of the Holy Spirit - and changed the world!
We welcome Rev. Glenn Maddox, National Missions Director for the BGAV, to the pulpit this week.
As we continue pondering what it means to carry the fire of God's Spirit, we hear the story of the Antioch church and the revolutionary ways they carried the fire - together.
It is so easy to become siloed in our world - to see the world only through the eyes of our own experience and connect with people who are like us. Yet the Gospel tells us that God loves everyone, and the church is to move out of the silos the world tries to put us in and into the joyful reality of a community of believers across all dividing lines. This is a hard lesson to learn, though - even Peter needed divine help to live into God's vision for the church and the kingdom of God.
Carrying the Spirit's fire will often mean we care for and help those who are hurting, grieving, or suffering. Peter showed how the early church did this in the stories of Aeneas and Tabitha.
We continue to ponder how we are called to carry the fire of God's Spirit with the story of Phillip and the Ethiopian eunuch, from Acts 8:26-40. Pastor Adam helps us ponder if there is anyone who we don't think "fits in," and whether or not we can say "no" to someone seeking God when Jesus has said "yes."
We continue our series on carrying the fire of the Spirit by thinking together how we imitate Christ through our humility as we serve God.
Just before the sermon, Pastor Adam also speaks briefly about the recent choices of the Southern Baptist Convention concerning women in ministry.
In the season of Pentecost, we consider how we are called to carry the fire - and this week, we think about how to carry the fire, no matter what!
In the season of Pentecost, we consider how we are called to carry the fire - on this Sunday, the fire of truth.
In the season of Pentecost, we consider how we are called to carry the fire - on this Sunday, for the ignored.
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