Category: Sermons
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Marks of A Maturing Church
In the third snapshot of the Antioch church, Luke shows a church which was making great progress in spiritual maturity. Blessed with great teaching and shepherding, the church manifested a growing maturity through responsiveness to the word, serving the needs of others, and respecting proper church government. Through this series of pictures Luke provides insight…
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Reproducing Churches
Having narrated the history of the planting of the Antioch church, Luke transitions to show how it became a church planting church. A seasoned pastor named Barnabas came down to Antioch and mentored the church into an estate of spiritual maturity through the ministry of the means. As the church grew into maturity it began…
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Fundamentals of Church Planting
The believers “scattered” from Jerusalem on account of persecution began speaking the gospel wherever they went but to Jews only. When they made their way to Antioch years later, they made a determination to begin speaking the gospel to the Greeks also. This change in evangelistic practice marked a major turning point in the history…
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Taking A Stand With God
Peter’s main appeal to his antagonistic Jewish audience was a simple but penetrating question: who was I that I could stand in God’s way? Of course, neither Peter nor the members of his audience would dare consider taking a stand against God, but the question of Gentile inclusion into the church left some Jewish believers…
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No Respecter of Persons
In view of Peter’s vision, the visit from Cornelius’ servants, and Cornelius invitation to speak everything God had commanded, he received a whole new insight: God does not respect persons. The theological basis of this declaration is the universal lordship of Christ as Peter summarizes his main point in verse 36 saying, that, “Jesus Christ…