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Becoming A Contagious Congregation
Contributed by Brian Atwood on Aug 7, 2001 (message contributor)
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1. When God Lends A Hand
Contributed on Aug 7, 2001
This is the first sermon in the series, "Becoming A Contagious Congregation, A Study of the Church at Antioch".
Notice Acts 11:21 from our scripture reading - "And THE HAND OF THE LORD WAS WITH THEM and a great number believed, and turned to the Lord." The church at Antioch was a CONTAGIOUS CONGREGATION. The fact that "a great number believed, and turned to the Lord", gets our attention. I want to ...read more
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2. The Church God Favors
Contributed on Aug 9, 2001
This is the second sermon in the series "Becoming A Contagious Congregation, A Study of the Church at Antioch".
There was something special about the church at Antioch. We’ve already seen (in the first sermon in this series) that God’s hand was on them because they were a praying, Spirit-filled congregation. Notice what Luke says about the way Barnabas perceived the church at Antioch. In Acts 11:23 it ...read more
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3. Why Did They Call Them Christians?
Contributed on Aug 22, 2001
This is the third sermon in the series, "Becoming A Contagious Congregation, A Study of the Church at Antioch".
Ever wonder why the disciples were first called Christians at Antioch? We’ve already learned in the first two sermons in this series that Antioch was a Spirit-filled, praying, good news-sharing, missions-minded body of believers displaying evidence of God’s power and grace in their ...read more
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4. Thinking Of Others
Contributed on Aug 24, 2001
This is the fourth and final sermon in the series, "Becoming A Contagious Congregation, A Study of the Church at Antioch".
One last paragraph about the church at Antioch. "And in those days came prophets from Jerusalem unto Antioch. And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit that there should be great dearth throughout all the world: which came to pass in the days of Claudius Caesar. ...read more