Sermons About Early-church
Send and Receive
Last week we looked at the incredible story of the welcoming of Cornelius and his household into the family of God. The continued advancement of the Gospel at this time was unheard of. The culture was fragmented and separated by numerous factors working to split up and segregate various groups. Historians tell us that until Christianity, religion always divided people. Religions were always geared towards a particular region, race, or socio-economic class.
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Transformissional Conversion Part II
We've been looking at the story of Paul's conversion and early ministry, how an enemy of God who was spiritually an orphan was welcomed in to become a child of the Father. Luke, however, abruptly shifts from Paul's life to Peter's life and the two miracles mentioned at the end of chapter 9.
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Transformissional Relationships
We are back in the great historical narrative of Acts. One of the great joys of this book is its seemingly inconsequential detail from Luke the historian, yet in these details are found treasures if we’re willing to dig a bit for them. We’ve been on a quest to determine what it was that so captured the hearts and minds of the early Christians that it created such an explosive spread of the Gospel in such a hostile environment.
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Catalyst - Who, US?
Ever since the first human beings walked away from God, God has been at work to form a community of people who would bring the world back to Him. There is a sacred calling on the church and REUNION to fill that role.
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Kingdom, Calling, Suffering
Last week we looked at what true conversion is. This week we’re looking at what true conversion believes. What is the motivating factor behind those who have been called?
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Controversy in the Early Church
As the controversy between the Judaizers and the preachers of the Gospel flares, Paul returns to Jerusalem to get things straight. In Galatians 2:1-5 the Apostle Paul sets an example for us to follow when dealing with doctrinal controversy that arises in the church. We need to be wise & courteous, unyielding to false brothers, and preserve the gospel at any cost. Galatians 2:1-5
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A Tale of Two Gospels (SDSU)
Last week we looked at the result of God-ordained persecution. We’re told that all “who were scattered went about preaching the word†wherever they went (v. 4). This is incredible because at this point it wasn’t only the apostles; it was those who were scattered.
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A Tale of Two Gospels
Last week we looked at the result of God-ordained persecution. We’re told that all “who were scattered went about preaching the word†wherever they went (v. 4). This is incredible because at this point it wasn’t only the apostles; it was those who were scattered.
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Scattered for Joy (SDSU)
We’ve been asking how it could be that a group of small, marginalized, powerless people like the early Church, could sweep through the most powerful empire in the world in a few decades and turn the world upside-down, or right-side-up, depending on how you look at it.
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Scattered for Joy
We’ve been asking how it could be that a group of small, marginalized, powerless people like the early Church, could sweep through the most powerful empire in the world in a few decades and turn the world upside-down, or right-side-up, depending on how you look at it.
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