Acts

Acts 2 and Ephesians 4 show small groups as a vital setting for every-member ministry and equipping the saints. The sermon teaches that healthy small groups help the whole church function in Spirit-filled service.

Acts 16 shows active obedience in ministry, reminding believers that God calls them to faithfulness rather than guaranteed visible success. The sermon urges the church to obey while leaving the results to God.

Acts 7 traces Stephen's faithful witness and the church's suffering under persecution. The sermon holds out hope that God can save even hardened sinners, as Saul's story would soon prove.

Acts 2 presents the shared life of a healthy church as the context from which true evangelism flows. The sermon urges the church to keep growing in worship, fellowship, intentionality, and gospel life together.

Acts 2 shows the church multiplying through Spirit-empowered preaching and God's sovereign work. The sermon rejects a mere numbers game and points to real growth through the Lord's appointed means.

Local Church

Acts 1 calls the church to radical dependence on the Spirit of God for ministry, power, and witness. The sermon encourages confidence in the Spirit's work and insists that the glory belongs to God.

Acts 2:22-24 shows the church preaching the truth about Jesus, the truth about man, and the hope of God's sovereign saving work. The sermon calls the church to proclaim clearly and rest in the Lord's power to save.

Acts 2 helps proclaim the complete Easter story: the cross is complete, the tomb is empty, and Christ reigns at the Father's right hand. The sermon calls the church to worship and serve the risen Lord.

Acts 12 teaches perseverance in prayer by showing that God hears, answers, and delays according to His perfect wisdom. The sermon calls believers to keep knocking because nothing is too hard for the Lord.

Acts 6 presents Stephen as a servant whose life and death testified to worthy worship and faithful service. The sermon holds him up as a hero not only in martyrdom but in the way he lived.