Sermons About Acts
The Birth of the Church
In the second message in this series on the book of Acts, we look at the birth of the first church. As we will see, this was in no way planned by any man. This was all orchestrated by the Spirit of God, and from here on, for the next 33 years, we see a group of ordinary men and women desperately trying to keep up with what the Spirit is doing.
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Walking With Christ: Cooperating Outside the Box
Please join us this week as Pastor John speaks about cooperating outside the box. It's our prayer that you are encouraged as you listen. For more great things happening at The Walk check out our events page.
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Joy
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. 24 And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 25 If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit. The Philippian Jailer Converted 25 About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them, 26 and suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken. And immediately all the doors were opened, and everyone's bonds were unfastened. 27 When the jailer woke and saw that the prison doors were open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped. 28 But Paul cried with a loud voice, “Do not harm yourself, for we are all here.” 29 And the jailer [1] called for lights and rushed in, and trembling with fear he fell down before Paul and Silas. 30 Then he brought them out and said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” 31 And they said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.” 32 And they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all who were in his house. 33 And he took them the same hour of the night and washed their wounds; and he was baptized at once, he and all his family. 34 Then he brought them up into his house and set food before them. And he rejoiced along with his entire household that he had believed in God.
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Being Guided By God's Spirit
Another amazing truth is that we serve a God who communicates with us! What are we to make of prophetic words today?
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Elders: Pressing into Jesus
Stand alone message. Celebrating the ordination of MDC's first elder on June 7, 2009. Done at Missio Dei Church in Mokena, Illinois (www.mdchurch.us).
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Shared Life
In Greek, the word for community is koinonia—what’s been called fellowship for most of recent church history. Typically, “fellowship” is Christianese for have fun with other believers. Bowling, eating, watching the Super Bowl, standing around with coffee after church—it’s all fellowship as long as you’re with “Christians” and there is food involved. Since there wasn’t bowling or football in the ancient church, koinonia must mean something else. We will discover the revolutionary way of following Jesus – the shared life.
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Introduction to Acts
Today we begin a 10-week series on the Book of Acts. Resources for the study can be downloaded on this site.
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Sacred Parenting: God's Covenant
This week we begin a three week teaching series on Sacred Parenting. As Christian parents we are called to know, to remember and to grow when it comes to God-centered parenting. All this for the good of our children, but even above that, for the glory of God. As we begin we will lay such a foundation as we focus on our faithful God who keeps covenant with families.
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