Text: Hebrews 1:1-14, 2:13-18 – We often tell stories to things we were witnesses to. Those stories sometimes begin with something like, “back in my day… A long time ago… When I was your age…” Hebrews tells us that a long time ago God used prophets to speak to His people, but now He speaks […]
Text: Acts 20:17-38 – As Paul heads to Jerusalem he spends time with the Ephesian elders, he commends them to God and the Word of His grace, and he encourages them to take care of themselves and the flock because after his departure wolves will come to attack the flock and wolves that look like […]
Text: Acts 17:16-34 – As Paul wanders around the city of Athens, a city full of idols, he finds an altar to an unknown god. Having had conversations in the synagogue, marketplace, speaking about Jesus’ death and resurrection, he is brought to the Areopagus, and Paul takes the opportunity to witness to the people, to […]
Text: Acts 16:16-34 – After an earthquake, Paul and Silas are freed from their chains in prison, and the jailer thinks they’ve escaped. After announcing all the prisoners are still there, the jailer asks, “what must I do to be saved?” This question is still important for us today. What must WE do to be […]
Text: Acts 11:1-18, 15:1-11 – As the Word of God, the Gospel of Jesus Christ, spreads throughout the world, many people, Jews and Gentiles believe. Some Christian Jews thought that the Gentiles needed to be circumcised (a sign of God’s covenant with His people) in order to be saved. After much debate it was decided […]
Text: Acts 9:1-22- Saul, the one who persecuted the Christ followers, was there approving the stoning of Stephen, goes from persecuting the Church of Christ, to being persecuted himself. What would make someone change their entire way of life? Nothing less than meeting Jesus Christ, the One whom he also persecuted. But this isn’t really […]
Text: Acts 6:8-7:2a, 7:44-8:3 – On Father’s Day, we give thanks for the fathers or father figures that God has placed in our lives. We might even thank them by allowing them to sleep in. We may also think about the impact they have had in our lives, and the message they would leave us […]
Text: Acts 5:12-42 – What are you willing to stand up for in this life? Is it the things that you believe in? Is it things you don’t believe in? I mean, who would stand up for things they don’t believe in, or things that go against God’s Word? Sinners. Like me. Like you. And […]
Text: Acts 2:36-47 – The Christ followers of the early Church, that expanded rapidly at Pentecost, devoted themselves to the apostles teaching, to the breaking of bread, to prayer, and to fellowship. As we take a look at the Church of our world today, is it characterized by those same things, or is it different? […]
Text: Acts 2:14a, 22-36 – God is Trinity, Triune, Three-in-one, one God yet three persons. That means 1+1+1=1. That’s how the Trinity works. On this Trinity Sunday, we don’t just confess our faith in the Trinity, we get to hear the Confirmation class confess their faith in the Trinity. That faith that was planted in […]