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Sermons on Acts (Page 3)
We talk about the second mark of the Church, the Baptized people, and how it takes people to make a church. Sermon Text: Acts 2:36-41 [36] Let all the house of Israel therefore know for certain that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified.” [37] Now when they heard…
We start a sermon series about the Seven Marks of the Church with the mark of suffering, or “possession of the holy cross”. Sermon Text: Acts 5:29-42 [29] But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men. [30] The God of our fathers raised Jesus, whom you killed by hanging him on…
About Easter 7/Matthias – Matthias is our last disciple in “Cameo”, and we know the least about him. Nevertheless, his story is not without meaning for us. Matthias is the ultimate cameo as his story gives the ultimate in witness of Jesus Christ, that the Church is not built upon the foundation of the disciples…
Do you confess? As we start a very short sermon series on the Creeds, we look at what it means to confess using these Creeds and how we understand them as statements of belief in the Triune God who has given us life and identity. The Nicene Creed We believe in one God, the Father…
Are you next? Matthias was called up to fill the shoes of Judas – a pretty onerous set of shoes to fill. But his inclusion into the Twelve reminds us that we are being included by God as His disciples, those who are shaped and formed by His love, so that we might show that…
Are you protesting? We live in a world that is filled with sins that are worthy of our protest, just as did Peter and Paul, and yet we often forget how they modeled Jesus Christ in their protests. When we recapture this sense of how we interact with the world, we might find that we…
What makes a family? Family is all about identity and belonging and Jesus gives us both. He gives us identity through His cross and resurrection, and He gives us belonging through His Bride – the Church.