Pentecost: God’s Expansive Church
Acts 2 Pentecost is one of my favorite church holidays. Maybe even my very favorite. Christmas and Easter are great, but they feel cultural as much as spiritual. But nobody […]
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Pentecost: an Expansive Church is Born
Acts 2 and Galatians 3 Pentecost is one of my favorite church holidays. Maybe even my very favorite. Christmas and Easter are great, but they feel cultural as much as […]
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Our Faith Is Not Magic
Acts 19:11-20 This is our last Sunday in the book of Acts, and we are going to read one of my favorite stories. It’s a short but very rich little […]
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Fighting Fire with Snow
Acts 15:1-35 We only have two more weeks in our series following the adventures of the early church in the book of Acts. In August we are going to follow […]
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Conversion and Community
Acts 9:1-31 As we continue following the adventures of the early church, I want to invite you to think this morning about what it takes to change your mind. One […]
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Obedience and Freedom
Acts 8:26-40 This morning I want to talk to you about obedience. Obedience is an important characteristic in the story we are going to read and an important characteristic in […]
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Does Everything Happen for a Reason?
Acts 6:8–8:4 The longer we live in this Covid-19 world, the more I realize that there is no such thing as going back to normal. We are never going to […]
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Truthful New Community
Acts 4:31–5:11 This week as we continue with our study in the book of Acts we are going to read one of the most disturbing passages in the whole book, […]
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What is Pentecost For?
Acts 2 I’ve got to be honest with all of you this morning. I love Pentecost. But it has never felt less like Pentecost to me. And I have never […]
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Big Questions: Trust AND Acts: Week 1
This is the final week in our big questions series and also the beginning of a new series studying the New Testament book of Acts. It’s a transition. It’s an […]