Avoiding Hypocrisy
SERMON
Text: Matthew 6:19-24
Description: We pause our walk through Acts to examine more closely the exact hypocrisy the jews were guilty of during the church's persecution. Jesus warns of this religious formalism, or godless law keeping in Matthew 6:19-24.
God’s Transcendence for You and Me
SERMON
Text: Acts 6:8 - 7:60
Description: God is not interested in religious formalism like we see among the Sanhedrin in Acts. His transcendence demands that we see The Law as something more than a rulebook to follow. God is seeking to save a people who follow His Law but through the atoning work of His Son, while being enlivened by His Holy Spirit.
You Were Made to Work
SERMON
Text: Genesis 1:26-28
Description: Man’s mandate to work and take dominion does not shrink in the New Covenant era. It takes on a glorious expansion.
Ministers For The Word
SERMON
Text: Acts 6:1-7
Description: Believers are called to preserve the ministry of God’s word. This preservation takes many forms of obedience and requires that we be overflowing with this Word in order to be effective.
The Indomitable Root Of God’s Blessing
SERMON
Text: Acts 5:17-42
Description: God’s Word is the root of the church and must always be supreme.
True Assurance
SERMON
Text: Psalm 125
Description: An adapted sermon that contrasts true assurance of salvation with false assurance, asserting that genuine faith is an obedient faith and is ultimately grounded in the unchanging promises of God.
The Headwaters of Pentecost
SERMON
Text: Ezekiel 47:1-12
Description: We live in a Pentecosted world where the Holy Spirit flows like a mighty river, bringing life, renewal, and the promise of Christ’s kingdom filling the earth. Ezekiel 47:1–12 unveils this glorious vision.