Passage: 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10 Our guest preacher this morning is Suresh Purra. He is a church planter and missionary in India, God saved Suresh at the age of 17 while he was reading a Bible from the book of Isaiah chapter 1. God then called him to the ministry in 2000 while he was attending […]
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A Prophecy Fulfilled
Passage: Acts 21:1-22:29 In today’s passage, Luke spends 2 chapters covering a two-week period of Paul’s ministry, in contrast with the 16 verses he used to report on 2 years of ministry in chapter 20. This fact alone gives us a clue as to Luke’s emphasis in writing Acts, namely, that God works even in […]
Snapshots of a Model Ministry
Passage: Acts 18:23-19:20 In this morning’s passage, Luke records the first half of Paul’s third missionary journey with special focus on his ministry in Ephesus. There are a series of dramatic scenes showing God’s use of imperfect people to bring the gospel to the hardened, the confused, and the faithful. We would do well to […]
The Five City Tour – Part 2
Passage: Acts 17:16-18:22 During his missionary journeys, Paul faced a variety of people and situations requiring him to be flexible in his presentation of the gospel. The same can be said of us in our culture today. Some people will have a basic understanding of the Christian faith. Some will have absolutely no familiarity with […]
The Five City Tour – Part 1
Passage: Acts 15:36-17:15 For the next two Sundays, we will be looking at Paul’s Second Missionary Journey which, for the first time, brought the message of salvation in Christ alone into Europe. Luke records a repeated pattern of amazing change brought about by faithful gospel preaching, only to soon face significant opposition. As witnesses of […]
Push Out and Push Back
Passage: Acts 13:1-14:28 Our passage this morning is lengthy and takes us through Paul’s first missionary journey with Barnabas. When Paul was converted back in Chapter 9, Jesus said, “I will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name.” These two chapters demonstrate just how true those words were. The […]
The Church in Transition
Passage: Acts 11:19-30 Now that the Gentiles have had their Pentecost, the gospel continues to powerfully move outward from Jerusalem. This morning’s passage serves as a transition in Acts, both in terms of location and main characters, as God continues to push His people beyond their comfort zones.
Crossing Barriers
Passage: Acts 10:1-11:18 We have taken note of two especially important events in the book of Acts: Pentecost and the conversion of Saul. This morning’s passage tells of long-standing cultural barriers being broken down forever as the Gospel is proclaimed to the Gentiles in what has been called the Gentile Pentecost. And praise God, the […]
And the Work Goes On
Passage: Acts 1:1-8 This morning, we begin a new sermon series in the book of Acts entitled To the Ends of the Earth. Acts is the follow-up volume to Luke’s gospel and takes it readers from the ascension of Christ to the birth and growth of the early church. Today, we will get a brief […]