The grace displayed in the gospel of Jesus Christ redirects and reshapes our worship so that it is not focused on ourselves but directed towards God and welcoming of others. Knowing this, Christians are called … Read More
Ruin Rebuild Reform – Requests to Rebuild
In Nehemiah’s return to rebuild Jerusalem, God’s good hand works to provide and protect. Know that God has always been and will always be at work to sovereignly bring about His purposes, fulfilling His promises, … Read More
Ruin Rebuild Reform – The City and People in Ruins
The dust has finally settled. It has been decades now since Jerusalem fell to Babylon. Their unrepentant sins finally caught up with them – God sent in a foreign nation to exile swathes of people … Read More
The Gospel In Motion – The Gospel Grows: in Persecution and Power
As we come to the end of this sermon series at about the halfway point of Acts, we see the gospel is truly in motion. God is committed to the global growth of the gospel. … Read More
The Gospel In Motion – There are no second-class Spirit-filled believers
From individual stories of gentile conversion to an entire church filled with gentiles, Luke continues to show us how the gospel of Jesus impacts anyone who would hear and receive it with faith and trust. … Read More
The Gospel In Motion – The Gospel Is For Everyone
We discriminate in many ways, even when it comes to whom we think the gospel is for. But God shows no favouritism; His gospel is for everyone. In our passage today, we will see that … Read More
The Gospel In Motion – The Wrong and Right Responses to the Gospel
The book of Acts contains some very well-known and equally lesser-known stories. Simon the ‘Magician’ and the Ethiopian Eunuch’s stories are probably not high on our most-read list but they offer crucial answers to a … Read More
The Gospel In Motion – The Spirit-filled Martyr who advances the Mission
They say you cannot teach an old dog new tricks. As we’ll see in this week’s passage, Jewish opposition to Stephen is ultimately opposition to Jesus, which is so typical of their long history of … Read More
The Gospel In Motion – A Deadly Lack of Fear
What’s so bad about having no fear? It depends on what you’re fearing. There’s some things that we should take deadly seriously. Acts 4:32–5:42 shows 2 groups of people who don’t fear God and therefore … Read More
The Gospel In Motion – Spirit-Filled to Continue the Work of Christ
In Jesus’ life, He performed great works, but promised His disciples that they will do “greater works”. The key to these “greater works” was the return of Jesus to the Father and the sending of … Read More