May 22, 2022 Acts 22:21-29 “Paul’s Defense – Part 2” Service Overview: Paul’s audience was tuned in, that is, until “Gentile” rolled off his tongue. This word triggered the crowd, and it was Rome to the “rescue” once again for Paul. Memory Verse for the Week: “Many are the plans in a person’s heart,...
May 15, 2022 Acts 21:37-22:22 “Paul’s Defense – Part 1” Service Overview: Paul serves as a good example of someone who made a good faith effort to establish common ground with his audience before diving into the controversial things he would have to say. Paul indeed “became like a Jew, to win the Jews” (1...
May 8, 2022 Acts 21:27-36 “Arrest and A Rescue” Service Overview: The rumors of Paul’s abandonment of the law grew, and a mob was stirred. But as fate (or rather providence) would have it, Paul is rescued by none other than the Romans themselves. God’s rescue can come in surprising ways at times. Memory...
May 1, 2022 Acts 21:17-25 “Rumor Has It” Service Overview: Rumor had it that Paul was teaching Jews to turn away from the law, but this just wasn’t true. To prove it, Paul not only participates in a purification ritual with some local Jews, but pays for their participation OUT OF HIS OWN POCKET! Sometimes...
April 24, 2022 Acts 21:1-17 “Worth It All” Service Overview: By this point in Paul’s ministry, nothing was more important than accomplishing the mission Jesus gave him, and relentlessly following the Spirit’s lead in the process; even if it meant death. Paul’s future was in God’s hands, and Paul serves as the ultimate example of...
April 10, 2022 Palm Sunday Matthew 21:1-11 “The King is Here” Service Overview: On the first Palm Sunday, Jesus was widely welcomed as king. Five days later, we find those same people shouting “crucify”. Why? Because their hearts were fickle. God gives mankind the ability to choose who sits on the throne of their hearts,...
April 3, 2022 Acts 20:13-38 “A Race Well Run” Service Overview: Paul, not knowing what his journey to Jerusalem had in store, had one singular focus; to finish his race well, and complete the task Jesus gave him. Memory Verse for the Week: “Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of...
March 27, 2022 Acts 20:1-12 “Midnight Message” Service Overview: Acts 20 records the conclusion of Paul’s third missionary journey. More than just a travelogue, this chapter holds gems of insight for today’s church if we’re willing to dig in. For one particular young man in this text, his fate serves as a perpetual caution for...
March 20, 2022 Acts 19:23-41 “Riot for Riches” Service Overview: “In the great cosmic conflict for the souls of people, every intrusion of good is met by the fierce resistance of evil.” (Grant Osborne) Such was the case in Ephesus; where an idol-maker became threatened by the people’s conversion to the Way, and subsequently caused...
March 13, 2022 Acts 19:1-22 “Power in The Name” Service Overview: There is power in the name of Jesus, but it is never to be used flippantly or for personal gain. God did great things through those who were in step with Jesus, but to those who weren’t, to those merely using Jesus’ name for...
