Sermons About Acts
Ordinary People...Gospel Intentionality
After Stephen's death, all but the apostles fled Jerusalem. Satan's plan for wiping out the church seemed to be working. However, as these ordinary people were running for their lives, they encountered people who asked them why they had hope (or at least why they were running), and they were ready. They shared the gospel, and the Spirit of God continued moving powerfully. In this message we look at what it means for God to call ordinary people into His mission.
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The Story That Changes Everything
Paul, like Jesus before him, is forced to defend himself before the authorities. His common threads hold lessons for us.
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Assaults on the Church Part 2: Corruption from within
Today in our service we honor our fathers and the critical role they play in marriage, family, children’s lives, the marketplace and government. More than ever, we need fathers who receive our Heavenly Father’s love, who live to please Him, and who model both His strength and His love. Today in the Word we will continue our series through the Book of Acts. We are taking a prolonged look at the early church in order to get a better understanding of what CCPC should be as a church. Today’s text from Acts 4 and 5 speaks about a second assault on the infant church, to thwart its effectiveness and push it off track. Notice there is something in this passage for everyone.
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Persecution Begins
In this message we cover around four years. We see extraordinary things that God did, but we also see the beginning of persecution.
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"Peter... You Broke the Rules!"
Jesus told Peter. Break the Rules, and Peter had to deal with this personally. But now, in Chapter 11 1-18, part of the Church is Criticizing him for breaking the rules. Instead of dismissing them, Peter lives in community with them by explaining, loving and patiently dealing with the issues. In return God is Glorified.
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How Can You Fall for This Stuff?
An honest examination of why at times and for many people Christianity is hard to believe. Why I believe and have given my life to Christ.
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The Initiative & Inclusiveness of God's Salvation
God takes the initiative in the lives of those He intends to save. He wants you more than you could ever want Him!
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Counterassaults on the Church Part 1: Destroy the Church By Force
One of the dangers in looking backwards (as we are in our study of the book of Acts) is that we tend to romanticize the past. We have a very selective, even idyllic view of things that happened and we forget the hard things. That is especially true with the church. Christians often think that everything was wonderful and easy in those early years. Yet as we carefully read the book of Acts, we find all kinds of challenges. But most of all, we find a counterassault against the church by the enemy of Christ. In Acts chapters 4-6, Satan is only named once, but he is behind a threefold assault on the existence and mission of the church. Today in the world we will look at his first counterassault—the assault of persecution. Unfortunately, this story is not “long ago and far away” because we are now living in the greatest age of persecution. So why did it happen? How did they respond? And how did they pray?
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