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Faithful to the Finish
Peter's final call to a young and growing church
Grace and Glory
A short series through the highlights of 1 Peter
Entrusted
Gifts, risk, and the return of the King
God uses our uniqueness to build his body
“Unity in Diversity” Acts 11:19-30 Intro: Read “First EZ Church” For many of us, this is our idea of a church. Some of you might have even been scrambling for a pencil to jot down the address. But the truth is, often our churches are not what God designed for them to be. This morning, we want ...read more
Scripture: Acts 11:19-30
Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational
The beginning of missions before Paul even started on his first missionary trip.
Antioch 16 miles E of Mediterranean 300 miles N of Jerusalem Rome, Alexandria & Antioch in importance to Rome Called the First City of The East Antioch's modern name of Antakya, and is now a miserable, decaying Turkish town. Antakya's a hub for the Syrian rebellion. For many months, Turkish ...read more
Scripture: Acts 13:1-4
Denomination: Baptist
Mission and Evangelism start with few who are committed. Evangelism and Church planting are inseparable. Acts of the Apostles have many real stories. The First journey begins now.
Acts 12:24-13:3 First Missionary Journey begins 12:24-25 Missionary Trio: Barnabas, Saul and John Mark 13:01-02 Church at Prayer for Missionary Work 13:03 First Missionary Journey began Introduction: Henceforth, we will know the importance of mission work ...read more
Denomination: Methodist
The Defence of Christian Liberty
Acts 15 v 12 - 41 The Defence of Christian Liberty v 7 - v 11 - Peter Deals with The Lord's Will - The Past v 12 Paul Deals with The Lord's World - The Present v 13 - 21 James Deals with The Lord's Word, Work & Way - The Plan Christian Liberty Defended - The Respect - 12 ...read more
Scripture: Acts 15:12-41
Denomination: Holiness
The fact that no one has done it, doesn’t mean it cannot be done.
It takes me back almost 2.5 years ago when we planted the church in Manila. We were anxious. We did it because we believed that this was God’s direction. Yet, we didn’t quite know what to expect. It is a big step out of our comfort zone. But, as a Church, we pushed some walls down. The fact that no ...read more
Scripture: Acts 13:1-3
Denomination: Foursquare
Acts 13:1-12 shows us some traits of an effective church.
Introduction When you think of an effective church, what comes to mind? What are the traits of an effective church? I typed the following statement into my Google search bar: “Traits of an effective church.” Some of the responses included the following: “Nine habits of highly effective ...read more
Scripture: Acts 13:1-12
Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed
No one can stand in the way of God and not be punished. Christianity has nothing to do with the magic and superstition of the world. The power of God’s Word and the power of the Holy Spirit overcomes them all.
Have you ever wondered what is it like to be commissioned by God to do his work in our world? In the reading we heard from Acts, we see an example of one of the earliest ordinations or commissioning services in the church. Of the five men Luke mentions, four were Jews born outside the Holy Land ...read more
Denomination: Anglican
Reasons why legalism must be resisted.
A Study of the Book of Acts Sermon # 22 "Legalism Rears Its Ugly Head" Acts 15:1-23 Tonight I want to speak to you on the very touchy subject of legalism. I thought, Oh well I spoke on money this morning I might as well ...read more
Scripture: Acts 15:1-23
Fourth sermon in series focuses on the biblical purpose of serving in ministry.
PLAYING MY POSITION TO BENEFIT THE TEAM Doing Life Together—Part 4 The Barnabas File One of the first to sell possessions to help the Christians in Jerusalem First to travel with Paul as a missionary team One of the most quietly influential people in the early days of Christianity Called an ...read more
Denomination: *other
The Holy Spirit initiates, guides, empowers and saves. He is always in our lives to direct us. Are we hearing Him well?
Hello everyone! May the Lord bless you and be gracious to you. Let us continue to enjoy all that God has given us, and that includes the Bible, His holy Word. • Let us pray and ask God to bless us as we feed on His Word. Speak, O Lord, as we come to You to receive the food of your holy Word. ...read more
Denomination: Independent/Bible
What four rules would help Jew and Gentile fellowship over a meal?
Did four rules promote table fellowship between Jew and Gentile? Were the seven laws of Noah a basis for this decision? Let’s look at Acts 15. Did some early Christians believe that circumcision and the law of Moses were still required? But some men came down from Judea and were teaching the ...read more
The Bible assumes that God does speak to those who seek Him. The context in which He speaks is often, almost exclusively, as people worship.
“Now there were in the church at Antioch prophets and teachers, Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen a member of the court of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, ‘Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the ...read more
Let’s join the conversation that is underway and discover truth. Truth never changes, if it is truth today it was true 2000 years ago and it will be true 2000 years from now. Truth does not need to be rewritten but rather we need to discover truth from the source of truth, the Bible.
“The Truth In Scripture” Acts 15:13-21 We are in the place where Paul, Barnabas and others went to Jerusalem in order to confront a problem that they experienced in Antioch; manly that in order to be saved one must become obedient to the Jewish laws and traditions. There was a discussion and the ...read more
Scripture: Acts 15:13-21
To add anything whether it is baptism or good works or whatever it may be as a requirement for salvation is to diminish grace.
“Is It Grace Plus Works?” Acts 15:1-23 Paul and Barnabas had just returned from their first missionary ...read more
God moves powerfully when His people worship, fast, and pray together, listening for the Spirit’s direction and responding with obedient, unified action.
Some of the greatest moves of God begin in the most ordinary rooms. A small circle of friends. A whispered hymn. A hunger that words can’t quite describe. Picture it: believers, shoulder to shoulder, hearts steady and still, waiting in worship. No spotlight, no stagecraft—just saints who want the ...read more
Topics: Spirit-Led Mission, Local Church
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