Major turning points are often the perfect opportunity to reshape our perspective and re-ground our priorities. We follow Paul on his farewell tour of the churches in order to see his priorities for serving in the kingdom of God.

As Paul enters Ephesus, amazing gospel fruit occurs and also dangerous opposition. The interplay of advance and opposition in the book of Acts is ultimately a spiritual battle. And yet nothing can stop the advance of the gospel!

We’re going to take this journey together from city-to-city round the Mediterranean and we are going to learn three important lessons about the mission of the church.

Paul and Silas are thrown in jail as they encounter opposition from spiritual powers and earthly powers. How do they respond? And what will God do to advance the gospel through this persecution?

The work of the Kingdom of God comes with joys and struggles. It is not the easy path, but it is the path that glorifies God and points others to the salvation that only comes through Jesus Christ.

There are two transformations here: The conversion of Cornelius and the transformation in Peter’s heart regarding who he thinks can be accepted into God’s family.

The gospel is good news for all who are proud and self-righteous. Saul of Tarsus had sought to prove that he was worthy of God through earning and achieving a works-based piety, only to realize he also was empty and needed Christ.

This is the story of a man from ancient Ethiopia who had sold out to achieve wealth and power and who was making a desperate and dangerous journey to seek God. We learn that the gospel is for all who are desperately searching.

The gospel must capture your heart. It is all-encompassing, it exposes the depths of your heart and whether you truly surrender to God or whether you are still the god of our your life.

We are going to look at a new problem in the early church, something that has the potential to derail and destroy the brand new community of faith in Jerusalem: complaining and competition.

Our text this morning will show us that this prayer was answered as God enabled the Apostles to speak boldly, and as God did miraculous wonders to heal people. And yet this answer to prayer doesn’t make the believers’ lives easier.

Receiving the free gift of forgiveness and the indwelling of the Spirit of God through the gospel of Jesus Christ should turn self-centeredness into generosity, lies into truth, and deception into integrity.

This passage is an account of a miracle, the healing of a man who was lame from birth, and in this text we see Peter explain the unique and exclusive work of Christ for our salvation

We have a mission, and because it is ultimately God’s mission, we embark on this mission by first waiting upon the Lord and praying.

How is the ministry of a local church actually carried out? How is the Body of Christ organized and mobilized to serve one another and to accomplish the Great Commission as we make disciples? The answer: Deacons

This sermon examines the qualifications and qualities of biblical Elders, then summarizes the four central leadership responsibilities of Elders described in the New Testament.

Paul gives Timothy a list of priorities for his pastoral ministry. This will help us build a gospel-centered understanding of the church and of biblical church leadership that stands on the solid foundation of Christ as the cornerstone.

We are starting a new series that we’re calling “Biblical Church Leadership” where we will set the foundation for how we understand the nature of the church and church leadership. We must start with this: Jesus Christ is the Head of this church!

We have now reached the peak of the gospel of John. Jesus is risen! The resurrection secures our ultimate hope for new spiritual life today, and new resurrection life tomorrow in the new heavens and new earth. What now?

In this passage, we are going to look at the early believers in real time as they encounter the risen Jesus. The message for the church today is that there is a special blessing for those who have not seen and yet believe.

This chapter is centered on a key word: “believe” which means more than simply believing that someone exists: It means “to trust”. It is a word that defines your heart’s devotion, what you give your life to, what you rely upon in an ultimate sense.

Jesus is our representative and substitute, paying the price for our sin, saving us from the wrath of God, and single-handedly defeating sin, evil, and death. He declared “It is finished!”

Jesus is literally engaging with the powers of a worldly kingdom, revealing the truth about the supremacy of his own Kingdom and his sovereign reign over all as the Son of God, yet still being rejected as he takes one more step toward the cross.

This is the account of Jesus’ arrest and Peter’s denial. This passage develops a contrast between Jesus and Peter as a way of highlighting the unique redemptive work that Jesus is about to do.

Jesus prays that his followers would be unified in the message of the gospel, finding our oneness in him, and showing the world the glory of Christ and the love of God by our love for one another and our steadfastness in proclaiming Christ.

What if we stood as a contrast to the world of instant gratification and instant results and instead embodied a long obedience in the same direction, a persistent and faithful walk with the Lord, knowing that God is not in a hurry to bear fruit in us, but that he will prune and cultivate our hearts and our lives for his glory.

We are going to talk about the glory of Jesus Christ. In a manger in a stable in a little town called Bethlehem, we witness the arrival of the Son of God, the sudden appearance of the Word made flesh, the glorious dawning of the fullness of deity in bodily form. God has entered the room and has spoken.

Jesus presents a picture of what life will be like after he is resurrected and ascended to Heaven. He says, “Troubles won’t go away in this world, in fact things might get more difficult if you say you follow me. But I need you to remember this, despite present circumstances: I have overcome.”

One of the most important things you can know about being a follower of Jesus is this: You are not alone. You are not alone because when you trust in Jesus Christ by faith, you have the personal presence of God indwelling in you: The Holy Spirit.