Discover The Book MinistriesOSL-24 060806AM We have gathered today to celebrate the power of endless life that we have as members of Christ. Life, endless life, abundant life, Christ’s life lived out in and through us is what we celebrate this morning. Please open with me to Acts 5:20 as we study this morning the power of our shared life. […]
Where Did the Church of Today Come From? Q&A
NR6-05 040111PM Acts 19 How do you connect together the Early Church to where we are today? This is all of Church History. 1. The first era is up to the death of the Apostles. 2. We started out with what we would call the Catholic Church. We are not talking about Pope’s or Rome, […]
The Gospel Explained by Peter
MMG-06 040201AM There are golfing heroes who inspire; basketball and football heroes who inspire; entertainers and authors who become heroes and inspire; political and civic heroes who inspire; medical, rescue and military heroes who inspire…(can you even look at that 911 photo of the twisted cross of steel and the firemen raising the flag without […]
The Experience of Peter
MMG-05 040125AM Remember what we learned about Peter last week? No one ever followed Jesus more closely than Peter. No one ever listened to Jesus more intently than Peter. No one ever knew Jesus better than Peter. And – No one ever wanted to imitate Jesus more completely than Peter. Peter’s life is synonymous with […]
Hearing the Message of Jesus in Acts
MMG-02 000604PM Twelve men changed the world. Eleven of them ate, slept, sailed, and walked with Jesus. The 12th man was a latecomer, so he had three years alone in the desert with Jesus[1]. Who were these men? The Apostles, the sent ones, those entrusted with the Gospel of God’s Grace. Peter and the eleven and then, […]
The Gospel Presentations in Acts
MMG-01 000604AM Have you ever wished you could sit in the back of the crowd and listen to the greatest man who ever lived, Jesus Christ, and hear what He said to the lost and seeking crowds? Have you ever wondered how Jesus led someone to salvation? We have the records of Nicodemus, the woman […]
Athens, Mars Hill and Seekers
KGD-37 021117PM Between Alexandria and Asia Minor there was a daily shipping connection (Ramsay, Letters to the Seven Churches, 18, 435). According to Pliny one traveled from Spain to Ostia, the port of Rome, in four days, and in two days from Africa. The tomb inscription is known of a Phrygian merchant who not […]
Seeing Christ in the Books of Acts
KGD-21 990908WE To show you what I mean, look at Acts 1:8 “But you shall receive power (they were plugged in to the power source) when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me (they were tuned in to Christ) in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and […]
When Christ is Magnified and Believers Consecrated – God’s Word
EBG-43 070805AM What Does a Grace-Energized Church Look Like? A grace-energized church is where believers are empowered by God to magnify Christ, when God’s Word is prevailing in and through their lives, and they are willing to consecrate their lives and rid themselves of anything that hinders or displeases God. As you open in your Bibles, we will […]
Q&A – Where Do All the Denominations Come From
EBG-20 040111PM How do you connect together the Early Church to where we are today? This is all of Church History. The first era is up to the death of the Apostles. We started out with what we would call the Catholic Church. We are not talking about Pope’s or Rome, but the Church that […]
The Power of Our Shared Life
060806AM EBG-06 THE POWER OF OUR SHARED LIFE Acts 5:20 We have gathered today to celebrate the power of endless life that we have as members of Christ. Life, endless life, abundant life, Christ’s life lived out in and through us is what we celebrate this morning. Please open with me to Acts 5:20 as […]
David’s Epitaph – Nine Words
060115AM DSS-03 David’s Epitaph .doc David’s Spiritual Secret David’s Epitaph–God’s Servant Acts 13:36 One of the most fascinating branches of history is the study of tomb inscriptions. Most famous among these are the Pharaohs and their pyramids and their guilded remains among intricate inscriptions hidden away among the rock hewn tombs in the Valley of […]