What makes us feel alive? Jesus tells us that without him we are dead. Jesus gives us new hearts enabling us to live like him. What are the signs of…
Luke tells us the key question "What does this mean?" Jesus was risen and ascended and could have treated Jerusalem very badly or ignored it. He chose to send the…
When the church lives differently the church grows but also faces opposition. In the shadow of the temple Paul focused on Jesus not on blaspheming Diana. In 1 Corinthians Paul…
What makes Christians keep on? Only a solid confidence in God's sovereignty. We must keep on preaching and not try to second guess God's plan. God can use any means…
The Church is unique because it is where God dwells by his Spirit. The early church showed unity and generosity. The church is also a threat to Satan
The apostles faced opposition from the Sanhedrin which had recently condemned Jesus. The Holy Spirit gave them great boldness before the Sanhedrin and afterwards in prayer. We can learn to…
"What would Jesus do?" we ask ourselves sometimes. Paul was faced with a difficult situation in which the sensibilities of Jewish christians were upset. How Paul dealt with this is…
The Old Testament prophets had foretold a great day when the lame would leap. Peter tells his hearers that that day has come because of the death and resurrection of…
The results of this sermon were astonishing - 300 new believers. Peter shows the crowd who Jesus is - a prophet accredited by God, the Messiah and the Lord. He…
The early Church lacked many things the modern church thinks essential but it had the Spirit. The Risen Christ (1) asks the Church to wait, (2) helps the Church to…