Sermons About Paul
Becoming a Christian: The Road to Eternal Life
Saul was on the wrong road, persecuting Christians and despising Christ. How did he become the greatest missionary in the history of the church?
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Plots and Providence
Paul's circumstances in Jerusalem remind us that God is in control and is working out His plan no matter what our situation seems like.
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A Lesser Virtue
Christians don't hear enough about the virtue of perseverance. We hear a lot about faith, hope, and love, but not about what keeps us going through hard times. Perseverance is essential to the faith. We must run and (most importantly) finish the race.
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The Holy Spirit Equips the Messenger and Reveals Truth
In this sermon from Acts 17 we are reminded that the One who holds the power of life & death; the One who holds the power of resurrection, also holds the power to put the world right. The resurrection of Jesus creates and then makes available the reality in which we are formed as new creatures in Christ by the Holy Spirit.
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The Vital and Victorious Connection: The First Church Council
One of the worst ways to do life is to do it alone. That applies to absolutely everybody, but it especially applies to Christians and churches. The truth is, Lone Rangers never win alone. Today in the Word, as we continue our study of Acts, we come to Luke’s account of the first church council in Jerusalem. As meetings go, this one wasn’t boring - great issues were at stake. In fact, the integrity of the gospel was at stake. And great lessons are to be learned by the early church. As we progress through the Book of Acts and think about the risen Lord, the life-giving Spirit, and the original emerging church, keep asking yourself, “Who are we now and what should we be like?”
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Creator and Re-Creation (II Cor 5 17) 8-23-09
In our fallen world, the most important aspect of God as Creator is God as re-creator. Our hope is to be remade by God through Jesus Christ.
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Sacred Life: Titus 1.5-9, 15-16
Purity is not regarded today as a highly sought quality. So it was in the church in Crete. The churches throughout Crete were lacking in the area of purity from its members to even those given the platform to teach. The culture was polluting and contaminating the church. The church was lacking purity of doctrine and purity in living. Such purity is needed from the leaders of the church and throughout the church.
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The Wider Christian Mission: Encountering Estranged New Worlds
The book of Acts is a missionary book. Like the rest of Scripture it is about God’s mission to redeem a broken world. The missionary God sent is His one and only Son. He sent him into an estranged world so that rebels can be restored. The missionary Son sends His 12 disciples into the world to spread the good news (gospel) of God’s saving love. The Father and Son sent the missionary Holy Spirit to effectively call people to Himself. And in each place “all who were appointed for eternal life believed.” (13.48) Today in the Word we look at Acts 13 and 14. It chronicles the first missionary journey of the church through Paul and Barnabas. Here we see the wider Christian mission - beyond Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria - into all kinds of strange and estranged new worlds. But in each place, the gospel is supremely relevant to the needs of all kinds of people. This was their mission, but it is our mission as well. A look backwards, will help us go forward as we encounter other strange new worlds the gospel must enter.
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