Acts 5:12-42
Rev. Charlie Phillips
To frame this week’s sermon, let me ask you a question—Given that we ended the last sermon in Acts with the deaths of Ananias and Sapphira, what do you expect to happen next in the life of the early church? This begs another question—What do you expect God to do when things seem to be at a low in your own life? Pray for the Spirit to be working your heart as you come to worship this Sunday!
Acts 5:1-11
Rev. Charlie Phillips
Acts is one of the wildest rides of an adventure you’ll ever read! If you hadn’t read Acts before and didn’t know what was coming next, what would you anticipate coming around the corner after chapter 4? The Spirit has been poured out, the Gospel has been going out, the church has not only survived its first external attack but thrived amidst it and become even stronger. What would you expect to happen next? Join us this week for the next chapter of the adventure!
Acts 4:32-37
Rev. Charlie Phillips
How many of you have continued to pray for boldness since the last sermon?! Stay on it and see what happens! Don’t be afraid to pray “dangerous" prayers! This week we see what happens after the early church first prayed for boldness in unison. See you on Sunday as we dive into Acts 4:32-37!
Acts 4:23-31
Rev. Charlie Phillips
It's a fact that believers, as they build God’s kingdom, will be opposed and maybe even suffer intense persecution. It was promised throughout Scripture and has been experienced heavily since Pentecost. How then believers respond? What can we do to not only survive the onslaught of opposition but thrive while in the thick of it? This week we see exactly how the early church responded to their first major opposition. Pray for the Spirit’s leading and join us on Sunday!
Acts 4:1-22
Rev. Barr Overcast
If Jesus is king, why is the gospel still opposed? It is easy to want and expect an easy march to victory in the Christian life, but this is not what Jesus has told his followers to expect. The reason why is simple but difficult. When you follow Christ, your life will reflect his life: persecution and all.
Acts 3:1-26
Rev. Charlie Phillips
So far in Acts we’ve learned that the Holy Spirit takes what is Christ’s and gives it to us, rippling the Gospel from Jerusalem to the ends of the earth, all the way to our hearts. That said, how has the Gospel been rippling in your heart? What freedoms in Christ are the Spirit delivering to you? What joys that the world holds you back from are taking hold in your life? This Sunday we go deep in the Gospel to explore a whole new way of living, given as a gift in Christ. See you on Sunday!
Acts 2:37-47
Rev. Barr Overcast
The events of our Christian lives today can often feel like a far cry from the vibrant, supernatural world of Pentecost. But when we look at the work the Spirit was doing, we see that it is the same work He is doing in our midst today. Join us this week as we look at the amazing new life that the Spirit offers to all who embrace Christ.
Acts 2:14-36
Rev. Charlie Phillips
What would you expect the first sermon after the Spirit is poured out at Pentecost to be like? What would you expect to mark it—to make it stand out? What would you expect the Spirit accentuate throughout it? Pray for the Spirit to move powerfully in your heart as you prepare for worship this Sunday as we dive into one of the greatest sermons of all time!
Acts 2:1-13
Rev. Charlie Phillips
How would life change if God radically broke into reality…your reality? What would mark His presence? What would be undeniable proof of His work? How far-reaching would be the effects of His grace? Join us this Sunday as we get a glimpse of God radically breaking into our world via Pentecost and the far-reaching effects of the overflow of His grace.
Acts 1:12-26
Rev. Charlie Phillips
Before the Spirit is poured out in fullness at Pentecost we get to see the fruit of His work in the lives of a small nucleus of believers in Jerusalem in the second half of Acts 1. As you prepare for this Sunday, be praying daily for the powerful work of the Spirit in your life. And as you pray, expect God to act! See you soon!
Acts 1:1-11
Rev. Charlie Phillips
This Sunday we’ll be jumping ahead about 700 years from the Jerusalem rubble of Obadiah’s time to a Jerusalem filled with God’s chosen leaders, who are about to hear the most important message of their life. Join us as we learn about their empowered mission…and ours.
Obadiah 15-21
Rev. Charlie Phillips
What one thing would you want to hear from God after being plundered, gloated over, and mistreated by a people that had always been a thorn in your side? As we close our study of Obadiah we hear exactly what God's people wanted and needed to hear in their pain and discouragement. See you Sunday!