Scripture: Acts
Being a Servant
The believers in the first church soon found that growth can create new issues. And where issues of serving are concerned, our pirmary example and guide is always to be Jesus Christ, the Servant King.
The Courage of Christians
The Christian life calls for courage. Christian courage is inspired and empowered by Christ, our courageous captain.
Lessons for All Loving Relationships
The deaths of Ananias and Sapphira are shocking but provide important lessons to help us grow in a loving friendship with God and in loving friendships with people.
Marks of the Spirit
Even in the midst of opposition and difficulty, the Spirit produces brave and persistent obedience through His truth and love.
No Other Name
The Truth of Jesus is universally and exclusively true, and therefore offensive in a pluralistic society; the Truth of Jesus is also powerfully transformative, giving believers courage and love to share it with others.
The First Miracle
The church Jesus founded is now the ongoing extension of Christ’s ministry on earth. The church is to follow Jesus’ pattern of both alleviating temporal suffering, while at the same time pointing to the deeper need and greater hope of ultimate restoration.
The Church of God
The local church is the primary corporate expression of the Holy Spirit. God would have you and every other believer be an integral part in all its functions.
Come to Jesus
How do you become a Christian?
The Coming of the Spirit
When you understand the implications of the coming of the Spirit at Pentecost, your own daily life can be affected and increasingly defined by it, just as the lives of the disciples and early church were from that time on.
Lifted Up
Christ’s ascension brings great benefit to His followers, personally and powerfully.