Acts #63 The Two Very Different Responses to the Message of Grace in Jesus

by Jeffrey Evans | Jul 7, 2024

A sermon on Acts 13:42-52.  There are those who love the message of grace and those who hate it.  How do we respond when we are persecuted for the sake of preaching the message of grace in Jesus. Matthew 5:11-12, Acts 16:22-32, 1 Peter...

Acts #62 The Good News: Justification by Jesus and Not the Law

by Jeffrey Evans | Jun 16, 2024

A sermon on Acts 13:13-41.  We are only and fully justified (made right with God) through Jesus. Deuteronomy 7:7-10, John 1:19-23, 29-34, Luke 24:25-27,...

Acts #61 The Adventure of Following Jesus & the Spirit’s Teaching

by Jeffrey Evans | Jun 9, 2024

A sermon on Acts 13:4-12.  Paul & Barnabas head out on their first missionary journey with John Mark.  They are met with opposition by a sorcerer.  There is never a question of who will win when good and evil clash.  Jesus does. Deuteronomy 18:21-22, Hebrews...

Acts #60 New Testament Prophets: Does God still speak to and through people today?

by Jeffrey Evans | Jun 2, 2024

A sermon on Acts 13:1-3.  Does God still speak to us today in ways other than through the Bible?  What is the nature of New Testament prophecy versus Old Testament prophecy? Matthew 7:15-20, 1 Corinthians 14:26-33, 1 Thessalonians...

Acts #59 When People Make Politicians into Gods, God Proves them Human and Carries on His Work without Them

by Jeffrey Evans | May 26, 2024

A sermon on Acts 12:19b-25.  God killed Herod because he accepted worship as a god not because of the evil things he did to the early Church.  If God did not command the worship, adoration and praise of His name, it would suggest there were other things more...