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 […]
In this message, Pastor Phillip covers Acts 5:12-41 where great signs and wonders were being performed by the Apostles and the Disciples are arrested for continuing to preach the Gospel of Christ. He points out the importance of understanding that the gifts of the Spirit are still in operation today but just because God is […]
In this passage of Scripture, Pastor Phillip teaches through the story of Ananias and Sapphira in Acts chapter 5. The honeymoon phase of the early church is over and God allows something to happen that brings great fear upon the church. When Ananias and Sapphira sin, God brings judgement upon them by their death. Many […]
One term people shy away from is the term religion. Is religion bad or does it just have a bad connotation because of the empty nature of most people’s display of religion? What does the Bible say about it? In the book of Luke while reading the Christmas story in Chapter 2, we see the […]