Satan doesn’t care so much if you’re a Christian as long as you don’t act like one. And do you know what? It’s likely there are people like that in every church. They act religious but are not born again. They talk about Heaven but don’t demonstrate a walk of holiness. They may know the date of their baptism but there is no evidence (fruit) of a changed life. In today’s passage, Acts 8:9-25, we’ll see how Satan influenced a religious racketeer named Simon to exhibit false faith. Thanks for listening. God bless you! To find out more about our church please go to www.whccnb.org.

Today we’re going to talk about Zechariah’s 4th and 5th visions as found in chapters 3 and 4. These chapters focus on Joshua and Zerubbabel, the two leaders of the Jewish remnant who knew how tough it was to lead. Joshua was high priest and had the concern for the spiritual life of the people. Zerubbabel was governor and had the responsibility of managing the civil affairs of the nation. But their work wasn’t easy. Zerubbabel was trying to motivate people who were discouraged and selfish and Joshua was trying to educate people who were disobedient and sinful. Is there any hope for a defiled and discouraged nation or a defined and discouraged church or individual? Thanks for watching. Blessings and love in Christ! Thanks for listening. God bless you! To find out more about our church please go to www.whccnb.org.

In today’s passage, Acts 8:1-8, we’re going to see how God used persecution to propel His people into a decaying and dark world. The first Christians had become comfortable meeting together to grow. Now it was time for them to go and tell others about the Gospel. Thanks for listening. God bless you! To find out more about our church please go to www.whccnb.org.

Today in Part 1 we’re going to focus on God and His people and we’ll study Zechariah’s first 3 visions over chapters 1 & 2. We’re going to learn that God watches the nations and knows what they are doing—He judges the nations for their sins, especially for their mistreatment of Israel. And we’ll see that there is a glorious future planned for Jerusalem and the Jewish nation when Jesus returns to cleanse them and restore the glory of God to their midst. Thanks for listening. God bless you! To find out more about our church please go to www.whccnb.org.

What Stephen does in Acts 7 is masterful as he retells the history of God’s people, drawing a line from Abraham to the present day. He quotes extensively from the Old Testament to show how far they had fallen. This is the longest sermon in the Book of Acts and is saturated with Scripture. Every point he made was backed up in the Bible, which is an obvious application for each of us. We’ll also see how the Christian message is fully consistent with, and is the fulfillment of, the Old Testament. Get your Bible of Bible app ready and let’s go! Thanks for listening. God bless you! To find out more about our church please go to www.whccnb.org.

Our values and priorities are reflected in how we use our resources—time, money, strength and talent. Often our actions contradict our words. We say God is number one, but then we relegate Him to a lesser number on our “to do” lists. 25-Centuries ago, a voice was heard, calling men and women to the right priorities. Haggai knew what was important and what had to be done and he challenged God’s people to respond. Thanks for listening. God bless you! To find out more about our church please go to www.whccnb.org.

Last week we were introduced to Stephen who became a key player in resolving an internal conflict in the church. Now Stephen is about to find himself in severe opposition with those outside the church. How did he respond when the people pushed back? There are several things we can learn from him so let’s talk about it. Thanks for listening. God bless you! To find out more about our church please go to www.whccnb.org.

The Edomites were blood relatives of Israel. As the nation of Babylon invaded Judah, the Edomites, of all people, should have rushed to help their brothers and sisters. But instead they gloated over their problems, captured and delivered the Israelites to the Babylonians and even looted their towns. And because of their indifference and defiance of God Obadiah would now deliver the message that they stood condemned and would be destroyed. Thanks for watching. Blessings and love in Christ!

The early Christian church had a big problem. People’s needs were not being met and it led to some hard feelings. In fact, the problem threatened to split the church right down the middle and kill it in its infancy. Only, the church found a way to deal with the problem. And instead of splitting and dying, they grew even bigger and stronger. How did they do it? Let’s find out. Thanks for listening. God bless you! To find out more about our church please go to www.whccnb.org.

Welcome to Part 2 of our study of Joel. Joel’s message to Judah (and to us) is reaching its end. He has described the Immediate Day of the Lord, the terrible plague of the locusts. This led to a description of the Imminent Day of the Lord, the impending invasion of the Assyrian army. All that remains is for him to describe the Ultimate Day of the Lord when God will judge all the nations of the earth. Thanks for watching. Blessings and love in Christ!