Sermons
In The Name Of Jesus (Acts – Week 6)
Acts 3:1-16 Don’t settle for what you can do, but stir up hunger for what only God can do. To do so, we need to take time to understand what “the name of Jesus” is all about. Acts 3 begins with a story that reveals to us how the name of Jesus is both the source...
The Fellowship of Believers (Acts – Week 5)
Acts 2:42-47 Jesus is not only alive IN His Church, but He is alive THROUGH His Church. As a culture, we idolize individuality, self-expression, and putting our own pursuit of happiness over concern for others. The Spirit is calling us together. We cannot do...
The Age of Fulfillment (Acts – Week 4)
Acts 2:14-41 The Holy Spirit’s mission is bigger than you, but it is not less than you. The disciples were transformed, in an instant, from disciples to apostles. And in that moment, the Church was born. We need to set our bar of expectation at spiritual...
Pentecost (Acts – Week 3)
Acts 2:1–13 Compare your experience of following Jesus here in 2024 with the first group of Christians depicted here in Acts 2. These people are no different from you and me. They have the same worries and pressures and fears that you do. Their culture is not...
Wait In Jerusalem (Acts – Week 2)
Acts 1:6–11 Compare your experience of following Jesus here in 2024 with the first group of Christians depicted here in Acts 2. These people are no different from you and me. They have the same worries and pressures and fears that you do. Their culture is not...
Acts: The Story of the Spirit – Week 1
Acts 1:1–5 Many people want Jesus without the Spirit, or the Spirit without Jesus. They may claim to be Christ centered, but reject the work of the Spirit as unreliable emotionalism. Or they embrace the work of the Spirit manifesting in miracles, joy, and...
Living a Surrendered Life
Discipline is Love
Hebrews 12:5–13 Discipline begins with our parents training our hearts, and then it’s just God our Father disciplining us. None of us enjoy it, but it’s the only way to get that “peaceful fruit of righteousness” mentioned in Hebrews 12. It’s a reminder that we...
The Sanctified Parent
When you first become a parent, you think you’re going to be John Wayne. You might be unconventional at times, but your parenting ideas are going to get the job done. Then a baby is handed to you, and you are pretty sure you’re drowning. But God isn’t...