Today we are continuing our conversation through the book of Acts. As we talk through Acts 8 today, we need to remember the movements of Acts. Jesus called his disciples to go to (1) Jerusalem--the God-fearing Jews, (2) Judea--people just outside of traditional Jewish culture, (3) Samaria-...

Today we are continuing our conversation through the book of Acts. This is the narrative, a window into the followers of Jesus getting started after Jesus’ life, death, resurrection, and ascension. Jesus commissioned His followers: “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you...

Today we are continuing our conversation through the book of Acts. As we read the stories, it can be easy to think, if I had been there it would be a lot easier to believe. But even then it was complicated: Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to...

Today we come to week three of our conversation through the book of Acts. It’s been kind of a crazy progression up to this point. After Jesus’ death and resurrection, He told the disciples to wait for God’s Spirit in Jerusalem. He spent 40 days with them and then ascended to heaven. The disciples...

Today we are continuing our conversation through the Book of Acts. Acts, in a gross oversimplification, is the actions of the disciples following Jesus’ ascension; a window into the beauty and complexity of the early church; an opportunity to see God empowering imperfect people in less than ideal...

After spending the first 285 days of 2021 looking at the Gospel of John, today we are taking a logical next step in our studies and conversation. Today we are going to start walking into the book of Acts. Not because it is on the next page--it is actually written as the continuation of the book...

Here we are 36 weeks into our study of the book of John and we come to the end today. We turn the final page to chapter 21. How did we get here? John started with his statements in chapter 1 about the deity of Jesus: He is God, He is distinct in God, He is God with us, He is Messiah. John the...

This Fall Retreat, our theme has been LIFE. Zach has shared about LIFE in relationship with God. Greg has shared about what that LIFE looks like. And this morning we are going to walk into the tension LIFE walks us into, the tensions between what we do and who we are. This morning I am going...