Apostles Church Sermons
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Total Sermons: 108
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LIfe in Another Kingdom
Paul prays that the Colossians would have imaginations captured by God's dream for them and that they would live out that imagination with conduct that expresses their loyalty to Jesus who has saved them and brought them into His Kingdom.
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Jesus and Caesar
When Paul traveled throughout the Roman Empire, he was not simply inviting people to a new religious experience. He was declaring that Jesus is King and Caesar was not. He was announcing a different Kingdom and a different King.
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Knowing our Origin; Living our Destiny
Compelling people know their origin and they live their destiny.
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Compelling Love
Followers of Jesus are to be marked with compelling love - actively securing the good of another at cost to yourself without requiring merit or payment in return.
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Compelling Generosity
The earliest Christians were marked by compelling generosity. They embodied generosity having seen that pattern in their Lord.
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Compelling Joy
The earliest Christians were a people of compelling joy. Their joy was rooted in remembrance of what God had accomplished for them in Jesus Christ, and expectation of what He would do in bringing about the renewal of all creation in Christ. The emphasis in the New Testament book, The Acts of the Apostles, is on joy being rooted in our experience of what God is actually doing among us now to heal and restore this broken world.
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A People of God's Presence
Jesus left 120 people on this planet and this small, marginalized movement became the most dominant cultural influence in the urban world. What made them such a compelling people that shaped cities, forged culture and conquered the Roman Empire: The presence of the Spirit of God in their midst.
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Living Lives of Consequence
The Resurrection of Jesus Christ gives us confidence that living all out for his purposes will not be a life lived in vain. To live lives of consequence means paying the cost in prayer, giving, and service.
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The Community of the Spirit
God is not only saving individuals; he is saving a people for himself through Jesus Christ and by the Spirit.
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