Acts of the Apostles (21): Sermon Video Introduction: We come now to Luke’s first account of the conversion of Saul of Tarsus (there are three accounts total). Remember that Saul is not his ...
The Great Turnaround
Ethiopia Stretches Out Her Hands
Acts of the Apostles (20): Sermon Video Introduction: Remember that the Lord had said the gospel would progress from Jerusalem to Judaea, to Samaria, and then to the uttermost parts of the ...
Your Money Perish With You
Acts of the Apostles (19): Sermon Video Introduction: After the apostles had laid hands on the seven men who were to help administer aid to the widows, two of those men come to the forefront ...
Quicksilver Evangelism
Acts of the Apostles (18): Sermon Video Introduction: The early church father Tertullian once famously said that the “blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church.” This aphorism has ...
The God of Glory Appears
Acts of the Apostles (17): Sermon Video Introduction: We have already looked at the overall theme of Stephen’s speech to the Sanhedrin, which is that God’s presence is not locked in a box ...
Where the Lord Is
Acts of the Apostles (16): Sermon Video Introduction: A superficial reading of Stephen’s speech will mislead you into thinking what George Bernard Shaw once said, when he argued that Stephen ...
In the Place of Moses
Acts of the Apostles (15): Sermon Video Introduction: One of the hallmarks of worldliness is when the curators of museums subvert the legacies of the men they are ostensibly honoring. This ...
The Word That Grows
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 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. ...
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 ...