Category: Sermons
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Conquest At Midnight
Acts 16:25-34 Deep in the bowels of a Philippiian prison, Paul and Silas prayed and sang praises to the Lord at midnight. Suddenly a quake shook the ground and busted the prison doors open and loosed the prisoner’s chains. When the jailer felt and saw these things he was overcome with the fear of the…
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Encounter With the Serpent
Acts 16:16-24 As Paul heads out for mission at the “place of prayer” he encounters demonic opposition as the slave-girl possessed by the spirit of python meets him in the way. This message explores encounter with the serpent in the form of missionary opposition. In spite of Satan’s best attempts to thwart Christ’s kingdom purposes,…
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Sovereign Salvation
Acts 16:6-15 Sovereign Salvation Luke tells the story here of how this band of missionaries was sovereignly guided step-by-step to a riverside outside of Philippi to bring the gospel to a seller of purple named Lydia. At every point, Luke shows the sovereign hand of the Lord guiding these missionaries. The story culminates in the…
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Strengthened in Faith, Increasing in Number
Acts 15:36-16:5 – Sermon | March 17, 2019 In the aftermath of the Jerusalem Council, the mission of the church moved forward under the apostle Paul’s leadership. Once Paul perceived that wounds had been healed in the church of Antioch, he turned his focus outward toward shepherding and mission. As he launched his second missionary…
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Synods Settle Consciences
Acts 15:22-33 – Sermon | March 10, 2019 The Westminster Confession of Faith leads Presbyterians to confess that “for the edification of the Church, there ought to be such assemblies as are commonly called synods.” (31:3). The reason such assemblies called synods edify the Church is because they determine controversies of faith and morals. The…