This week we looked at Simon the Sorcerer and the danger of mixing the word and the world. Just like Samaria lost its discernment, we’re reminded how easily believers can grow comfortable with things we should be on guard against. Pastor Nathan urged us to keep our sword of the Word sharpened and ready for whatever spiritual battles we come up against.

As persecution struck, God turned the church’s scattering into sending, urging believers beyond familiar ground and into the fields waiting for the gospel. This week’s message calls us to look closely at our own hearts and ask if we’re scattering the seed faithfully.

Sometimes we bring the world’s ambitions into the church, seeking influence or a position that gives us a sense of importance. Yet the first appointed ministry in the early church was the ministry of a servant, with the only true aspiration being to reflect Christ. In Stephen’s example, we see how a servant’s heart becomes the ground where genuine Christlikeness is formed and displayed, even unto his final moments.

The apostles were jailed for preaching, yet an angel sent them right back to the same place to preach again. Pastor Nathan reminds us that obedience matters more than comfort or immediate results. Even when the road gets rough, we keep moving in obedience because the God who calls us also sees the end from the beginning, and He’s weaving a bigger story than we can see.

This week, guest preacher Jeff Harris shares a powerful message about reclaiming what the enemy has stolen. Drawing from 1 Samuel 30 and his own testimony, Jeff reminds us that the enemy may come to steal, kill, and destroy—but in Christ, we have the authority to take it back.

The early Church was marked by power, generosity, and unity, but their hearts were tested as selfishness threatened what God was building among them. What seemed like a small deception exposed the seriousness of sin before a holy God. In its wake, the believers learned that grace and reverence must walk hand in hand if the Church is to remain faithful.

When Peter and John stood before the religious leaders, they carried something greater than earthly authority—they held the keys to the Kingdom. Pastor Nathan calls the Church to reclaim the power and boldness that come from walking in the authority of Jesus.

When Peter heals a lame man in Acts 3, the crowd is amazed—but Peter makes it clear the power wasn’t his. In this message, Pastor Nathan unpacks what happens when we stop chasing fame and start pointing people to Jesus. It’s a call to humility, repentance, and the reminder that the same name that healed then still brings life and renewal today.

Sometimes we stop praying because it feels like nothing will change. In Acts 3, we see a man lame from birth healed by Peter and John—even though he had sat every day in a place Jesus Himself likely passed by. He may have believed he was overlooked or forgotten by God, but his story became a testimony that God sees, God remembers, and God does not forget.

Are we allowing the Spirit to truly move in our lives, or settling for a powerless faith? Pastor Nathan unpacks Peter’s first sermon in Acts 2 and shows how the Spirit is the only way we can be effective and enduring ministers of the gospel.