Tag Archives: 2018

Imagine with me for a minute: how does this story finish? (You’ve probably heard it before): “Muuum! I was playing with that toy and Billy took it!” Does the story end with: “But I forgave him and it’s all okay”? What about this story? “There are more people who ticked “No religion” in the 2016 Census thanContinue reading “Persecution Leads to Joy (Acts 8:1-8)”

What is your approach to living as a Christian in these days, when it is an unpopular thing, an unusual thing for people to say that they belong to the Lord Jesus? Do you try to fly under the radar? Can you be a Christian and not draw attention to it? Jesus says that weContinue reading “A Cruel Death & A Heavenly Reception (Acts 7:54-8:1)”

Does it matter what sort of church you belong to? There are churches where the bishop calls the shots or what the minister says, goes. There are churches governed by elders. Does the way the church is organized matter? Really? Maybe you’re thinking, ‘Oh, great. A sermon on church government.’ But even though how theContinue reading “Service with Strategy (Acts 6:1-7)”

Time and again, Bible-believing Christians are told that we are on the wrong side of history. The message is, ‘Society is changing. You need to keep up.’ And if we don’t, we deserve to be swept out of the way. But the bigger issue for Christians is not whether we are on the wrong sideContinue reading “God’s Unstoppable Gospel (Acts 5:17-42)”

We saw last week how the prayers we pray show the God we believe in. When we pray as if God isn’t big enough to change our lives, when we pray as if God is as scared as we are, when we pray believing that God is taken by surprise, then our God is notContinue reading “God’s Generous Gospel (Acts 4:33-5:3)”