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
The Gospel In Motion – The Gospel Goes Viral
The disciples were told to wait. While they waited they prayed and held a seemingly insignificant election. Then, 50 days after Jesus rose from the grave, their world’s turned upside-down and the gospel they believed … Read More
The Gospel In Motion – The Calm Before the Storm
Any group led by a strong leader with charisma faces huge challenges when that leader is no longer in the picture. So, how will the fledgling church survive when Jesus steps out of the physical … Read More
In The Beginning – Cursed and Blessed Unity
We finish off this short sermon series in these foundational chapters of the Bible and of human history with one more picture of the human condition. Humanity’s sin is given expression as they unite in … Read More
In The Beginning – Creation ‘Reset’
Sin’s escalation comes to a peak in the time of Noah. Great sin results in great judgement, yet God graciously remains committed to His creation. Sadly, the dreadful human condition has remained the same after … Read More