Sermon Summary - Jesus and His Personal Encouragement to Us - Acts 22:22-23:11
Jesus stands by Paul in his darkest hour with a special intimacy. He stands by His sheep in their hardest times and says, “Take courage.”...
Keep ReadingSermon Summary - Love One Another - Philippians 2:1-4
Paul appeals to the Christian's vertical experience with God through Jesus Christ, and instructs them to allow that experience to drive them to prefer one another in love....
Sermon Summary - Christian Suffering - Philippians 1:29
Five Biblical reasons why God ordains suffering: 1) suffering deepens faith, 2) suffering increases your experience of glory in eternity, 3) God uses the suffering of some to help others, 4) sufferings carry the gospel of Christ's sufferings, 5) the gospel's beauty is made clear through suffering...
Sermon Summary - The Gospel Offends the Proud - Acts 22:17-22
Biblical saving faith removes any valid grounds for boasting. And that's what's so offensive to us as sinners, and to the Jewish crowd who wanted Paul dead. ...
Keep ReadingSermon Summary - Our Testimonies are Servants of the Gospel - Acts 21:27-22:21
Our testimonies are important servants in carrying the gospel to various persons and groups, acting as a bridge connecting our lives to the gospel. ...
Keep ReadingSermon Summary - Paul Becomes a Jew To the Jews - Acts 21:15-26
Paul chose to put aside his freedom for the sake of having favor with believing and non believing Jews. We should live the same way and not use our freedom in Christ as a stumbling block to a fellow brother. ...
Keep ReadingSermon Summary - How Can I Know the Will of God For My Life? - Acts 20:36-21:14
This passage brings up a huge question for us: is there a pre-ordained, hidden plan of God for each of our lives that we are meant to try and discern before we make choices? ...
Keep ReadingSermon Summary - The Joy and Freedom of Being a Giver - Acts 20:32-35
We should love and seek our Lord Jesus seeking to be blessed in joy and freedom by giving, because it is more blessed to give than to receive. ...
Keep ReadingSermon Summary - It Is Good To Give Thanks - Psalm 92
This Psalm gives three reasons to give thanks: 1) it is good to give thanks to the Lord because of who He is and what He has done for us, 2) because the world will eventually be judged, and 3) because He causes His people to flourish. ...
Keep ReadingSermon Summary - Guarding Against False Teaching - Acts 20:29-32
Shepherds are to guard the flock against false teachers. They do this by knowing the truth of the gospel. ...
Keep ReadingSermon Summary - Two Commands to Elders - Acts 20:28-30
Elders are called to pay attention to themselves first and then to the flock, in order to shepherd the people they’re responsible for. ...
Keep ReadingSermon Summary - How To Persevere To The End - Acts 20:22-27
Paul's exhortation to the Ephesian elders is the key to persevering to the end: to not consider this temporal life as more important than faithfulness to the Lord, and the ministry to which one is called....
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