In this passage of Scripture, Pastor Phillip discusses the Macedonian vision and why God redirected Paul, Silas and Timothy there instead of Asia as they had planned. Many times in our own lives, God redirects us to go where He wants us to go, not where we ourselves want to go and Pastor Phillip urges […]
In this message, Pastor Phillip begins studying in Chapter 16 where we see Paul encounter Timothy and discerning his desire for the Lord, brings him into ministry. As a young man born to a Jewish mother and a Greek father, Timothy would have had difficulties engaging the Jewish community. Paul addresses these concerns and we […]
In this passage, Pastor Phillip dives in to the controversy surrounding the instructions given by the counsel in Jerusalem to the church in Antioch – specifically how many people wrongly interpret this passage to mean Christian’s should keep the Law of Moses. While doing this, he provides a very practical and helpful way for us […]
In today’s message, Pastor Phillip continues in our study of Acts and begins chapter 14. One of the powerful points made in this sermon is that our story can be found in the story of Acts. We look at people like Paul and Barnabas and think that because we aren’t being used in the same […]
Today’s message focuses on the gift of prophecy and how the Bible instructs us to be pursuing the gift of prophecy. Pastor Phillip digs into this discussion based on Acts 11 where we see a prophet named Agabus deliver a message about a coming famine in the land. What is prophecy? How does prophecy differ […]
Today, Pastor Phillip focuses in on why disciples of Christ are called Christians, which is taken directly from our text today in Acts chapter 11. It has been widely taught that the name Christians was a derogatory term to mock the early followers of Jesus, but Pastor Phillip challenges that assumption and shows from scripture […]
In this message, Pastor Phillip continues in our study of Acts chapter 11. Here we see the evangelists begin to catch the vision about God’s desire to bring in the gentiles and other gentile nations being to have the Gospel shared with them. We also get to hear from one of our missionaries about the […]