Acts of the Apostles (14): Sermon Video Introduction: We see in this passage the formation of the Christian diaconate. The noun for deacon is not used here, but the context makes it pretty ...
The Word That Grows
The Honor of Dishonor, the Grace of Disgrace
Acts of the Apostles (13): Sermon Video Introduction: One of the more remarkable blessings that the presence of the Holy Spirit brings is the ability He gives to believers to suffer scorn gladly. ...
The Unchained Word of Life
Acts of the Apostles (12): Sermon Video Introduction: The Founder of the Christian faith, the Lord Jesus, was murdered by the authorities. This is a fact that cannot be emphasized too much. ...
Great Grace, Great Fear
Acts of the Apostles (11): Sermon Video Introduction: We come now to the famous story of Ananias and Sapphira, the moral of which is sometimes thought to be “look what happens to chintzy ...
God’s Hand and Determinate Counsel
Acts of the Apostles (10): Sermon Video Introduction: The God of all creation is, of necessity, the God of all history. It is not possible to separate the two, and any attempts to separate ...
Reading Both the Word and the World
Introduction: Experiencing blessings without understanding the foundation of those blessing is to dance blindfold along the edge of a precipice. As Cotton Mather once put it, faithfulness begat prosperity, ...
No Other Name
Acts of the Apostles (9): Sermon Video Introduction: The foundation of the Christian church was the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, and because His execution had been perpetrated by ...
Times of Refreshing on the Threshold of Doom
Acts of the Apostles (8): Sermon Video Introduction: Jesus Christ was a murder victim, killed by the ungodly men who ran the ecclesiastical machinery of ancient Jerusalem. They thought that ...
Healing at the Beautiful Gate
Acts of the Apostles (7): Sermon Video Introduction: Faith in the power of Christ is not at all the same thing as faith in the power of faith. In this passage, Peter says explicitly that it ...
Gladness and Simplicity of Heart
Acts of the Apostles (6): Sermon Video Introduction: The evildoers running the Sanhedrin were now confronted with a real problem. The man they had unjustly murdered had come back from the dead—His ...