Different Ways of Winning for Jesus
Continuing on with Paul and Silas’s Second missionary journey, from Antioch to Athens. We find God working in different ways in the opposition they encounter, to carry out their mission
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As Paul starts his second missionary journey in chapter 15 – 16 he has a difference of opinions with Barnabas and each part ways to do what God has convicted
Continue readingPaul and Barnabas First Missionary Journey
Paul and Barnabas traveled to many towns in the surrounding area always going to Jews first to preach the good news, even in great opposition. Paul also had an attitude
Continue readingA Series of Adventures!
Often our plans don’t work out quite the way we thought. For the Christians of the early church, the key was listening to the Holy Spirit and following his direction.
Continue readingThe Good News Spreads
We have a tendency to see others that don’t have the same religious practice as ours as “not doing it right”, and feel the need to set them straight. The
Continue readingLiving Life on Mission
In good times and in bad, in persecution and in peace, the Christians of the early church lived a radical, no-holds-barred faith, characterized by patience, perseverance and obedience. If they
Continue readingThe Immigrant
Stephen, Philip the evangelist and five others were picked to serve the neglected members of their community. When Stephen was brought in to the authorities for questioning, he described a
Continue readingGod is Present and Active
A key distinction of the early church was that the presence and intervention of God’s Holy Spirit was undeniable and unavoidable, even as the religious leaders of the day tried
Continue readingThe Day The Church Started
We start our summer series on the book of Acts with the day the Church began: Pentecost, when the disciples were filled with the Holy Spirit and Peter boldly preached
Continue readingThe Dead Church
The letter to the church in Sardis in Revelation 3 is a fascinating look at a church that no longer strives for God and His glory. It’s a warning to
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