In this week’s message, Pastor Phillip teaches on several concepts we see displayed here in Chapter 8, namely the laying on of hands, the baptism of the Holy Spirit, and the consequent manifestation of that baptism through a miraculous gift of the Spirit. He also addresses the sin of Simon the sorcerer who had proclaimed […]
In this sermon, Pastor Phillip begins studying in chapter 8 of Acts where we see the Saul, who will be shortly named Paul, begin the persecution of the early church as a result a Stephens death. This resulted in a scattering of the believers and particularly one named Phillip, who went around preaching the Gospel. […]
Continuing from last week’s sermon, Pastor Phillip finishes his analysis of Stephen’s defense in Acts 7 and shows how Stephen, by the power of the Holy Spirit, was making a parallel to the spiritual leaders in the Old Testament who persecuted the prophets and the spiritual leaders of his day. They were no different and […]
In this sermon, Pastor Phillip begins teaching through Chapter 7 where Stephen is invited to give a defense before the religious Sanhedrin. He shows how Stephen, led by the Holy Spirit, was making beautiful by powerful parallels between Abraham and Joseph in the Old Testament and Christ, that the religious elite couldn’t refute. This is […]
Today’s message is focused on a young man named Stephen. This was one of the men selected, out of all those who had come to know Christ, to serve the widows in the daily distribution of food – the work of a deacon. However, Stephen was so full of the Holy Spirit that God used […]
In this message, Pastor Phillip begins teaching from Acts chapter 6 where there is an issue that causes disunity on the part of the Hellenistic Jews. Up until this point the early church was in a honeymoon period where there was great unity and harmony, but this issue caused contention. Pastor Phillip shows us how […]
This week, Pastor Phillip begins by sharing the vision God placed on our hearts for 2022 at our annual Pastors Retreat and what that looks like moving forward. Then, continuing on in our study of Acts, he continues to teach in chapter 5 where we left off last week in verse 39. These last four […]