Chris Sheppard

Acts 2:42-47 describes the earliest life of the Jerusalem church after Pentecost. The sermon presents devotion to the apostles' teaching, fellowship, breaking of bread, and prayers as a Spirit-filled model for church life.

Prayer

Acts 2 records Peter's sermon at Pentecost and the saving response of thousands who were cut to the heart. The sermon draws lessons about gospel preaching, repentance, baptism, and the mighty expectation that God saves sinners.

Acts 18, 1 Corinthians 3, and Romans 16 support a call to meaningful church membership. The sermon urges believers to reaffirm love for the church, commit themselves to membership, and pour themselves into the body with accountability.

Church MembershipLocal Church

Matthew 16:17-18 anchors five essential components of a true church in Christ's promise to build His church. The sermon applies those essentials to membership, giving, future building needs, and elder leadership.

Church Membership

Luke 1:26-38 presents the humanity of Christ as the Word made flesh and the saving one. The sermon connects the virgin birth to the grace upon grace given by God in sending His Son.

John 1:14-18 reveals the glory of the incarnation as the eternal Word becomes flesh and makes God known. The sermon calls believers to let the truth of Christ's coming shape Christmas and all of life.

John 1:6-13 shows the varied human responses to the Word coming into the world, including rejection and receiving Him by faith. The sermon urges believers to let Scripture define the meaning of Christmas around Christ the light.

Acts 2 begins Peter's sermon at Pentecost by defending and explaining the outpouring of the Holy Spirit from the Old Testament. The sermon highlights the Spirit's work through Peter as the acts of the Holy Spirit unfold in the early church.

John 1:1-5 declares Jesus to be the divine Word who was with God, was God, and gives life and light. The sermon calls the church to see Christmas through the glory of Christ's eternal deity.

Acts 2:1-13 records the outpouring of the Holy Spirit promised by Christ and foretold by John. The sermon explains that this event prepared the apostles, Israel, and the coming gospel harvest at Pentecost.

Great Commission