Sermons

I want to compare and contrast 2 visions, one given to Peter and the other given to Paul. Peter’s vision is recorded in Acts 10:9-15. It involves God dealing with Peter’s prejudice against the Gentiles and his perception that they are unclean and therefore unworthy of receiving the gospel. In some ways, you can’t blame […]

One of Satan’s tactics is to cause us to focus on non-essential, peripheral things. Acts 20:25-38 – During Paul’s tearful farewell with the Ephesian elders, Paul warns them about keeping guard against those who distort the truth. In fact, some of the chief offenders who will end up distorting the truth will come from their […]

Acts 19-8-9. Paul is converted in Acts 9 and then 10 chapters later, the message has spread to the point that their religion is known as the WAY, and they publicly maligned these weirdos. Jesus called himself the way, the truth, the life and now those who followed Christ were called “Christians” (or mini-Christs) at […]

Today, we will cover Acts 9 and Saul’s conversion experience, his very first repentance, from which the great Apostle Paul was birthed. We will see that this story serves as a good model for regular, continuous repentance, not just a single, dramatic salvation moment. Specifically, we’ll explore the connection between how we act or fail […]

I want to talk about living a life of faith vs. living a life by sight. And in particular, we’ll be looking at 2 characters found in this chapter – Simon the Sorcerer and Philip. Last week, we studied Stephen being martyred. Now this week in the very next chapter, the church is under persecution […]