The God Centered Church—A Ministry of the Word and Tables, Part 2
Acts 6: The Spirit of the Lord can change us from being greedy for ourselves to wanting to ...
The God Centered Church—A Ministry of the Word and Tables, Part 1
Acts 6: The church is meant to preach humility and meekness, and we are told that the world ...
The God Centered Church—Don’t Try to Stop God, Part 2
Acts 5:17-42: Why do people today think that Christians are intolerant, and what can we do about it? ...
The God Centered Church—Don’t Try to Stop God, Part 1
Acts 5:17-42: Today Christians face persecution all around the world. Even in countries where persecution isn't a risk, ...
The God Centered Church—No Church Unity without Church Discipline, Part 2
Acts 4:32-5:16: People today are looking for the real deal, for the real Jesus experience. They are looking ...
The God Centered Church—No Church Unity without Church Discipline, Part 1
Acts 4:32-5:16: This passage about Ananias and Sapphira is included because Luke is a truthful historian, and also ...
The God Centered Church—Irrepressible Proclamation and Importunate Prayer, Part 2
Acts 4: We start with the view of God's sovereignty, where he is in charge and everything that's ...
The God Centered Church—Irrepressible Proclamation and Importunate Prayer, Part 1
Today the one thing you must not say is the words of Acts 4:12. You can get excited ...
The God Centered Church—Jesus, Not Money, Part 2
Even in the godliest of Christians there is something reprehensible. It is not our godliness that makes another ...
The God Centered Church—Jesus, Not Money, Part 1
Acts 3: The story of the lame man asking for money yet receiving healing from Peter is important ...
The God Centered Church—Biblical Church Growth, Part 2
Acts 2:42-47: Paul urges his readers to keep worship easy for outsiders to understand. Today, worship can be ...
The God Centered Church—Biblical Church Growth, Part 1
Acts 2:42-47: Having a biblical church is the real way to have church growth. Josh Moody talks about ...
The God Centered Church—Multicultural Outreach, Part 2
Acts 2:1-13: What is it that makes us put out the Spirit's fire? Perhaps is it sin? A ...
The God Centered Church—Multicultural Outreach, Part 1
Acts 2:1-13: Western Christianity often fails in communication with our culture today. When we say "God," they say ...
The God Centered Church—Apostolic Authority, Part 2
Acts 1:12-26: If you go into any school today, you will find difficulties with discipline because there is ...
The God Centered Church—Apostolic Authority, Part 1
Acts 1:12-26: Sometimes we expect God to interact with us like a GPS. We expect clear directions from ...
The God Centered Church—Empowered Witness, Part 2
Acts 1:1-11: Often people think of being empowered by the Spirit as like plugging into electricity. But really, ...
The God Centered Church—Empowered Witness, Part 1
Acts 1:1-11 We are asked to be missionaries in our own backyards, and yet we struggle to do ...
The Heavenly Places: Be Strong in the Lord, Part 2
The Apostle Paul says that we should stand against the schemes of the devil. This takes confidence and ...
The Heavenly Places: Be Strong in the Lord, Part 1
As the world gets more confused, and the media gets more convoluted, it is increasingly significant that we ...
The Heavenly Places: The Household, Part 2
The Master's master principle of leadership is service. Jesus' lordship must shape our daily lives, and his lordship ...