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In Acts 4:32–5:11, Luke pulls back the curtain on the inner life of the early church and shows that the power of its witness was not driven merely by bold preaching in public, but by what was happening among the believers in private. This was a...

In Acts 4:32–5:11, Luke pulls back the curtain on the inner life of the early church and shows that the power of its witness was not driven merely by bold preaching in public, but by what was happening among the believers in private. This was a...

After Peter and John are threatened and released, they return to the believers and the church does what faithful churches have always done in hard moments: they gather, they pray, and they place the situation before God. In Acts 4:23–31, the early...

After Peter and John are threatened and released, they return to the believers and the church does what faithful churches have always done in hard moments: they gather, they pray, and they place the situation before God. In Acts 4:23–31, the early...

On Easter Sunday, we return to the place where the church remembers both the cross and the empty tomb and then follow the story into Acts 4, where the message of Easter collides with resistance. After the healing of the lame man, Peter and John stand...

On Easter Sunday, we return to the place where the church remembers both the cross and the empty tomb and then follow the story into Acts 4, where the message of Easter collides with resistance. After the healing of the lame man, Peter and John stand...

In Acts 2:42–47, Luke paints a rich picture of the life of the early church in the days immediately following Pentecost. This message explores how the same God who powerfully moved in Jerusalem continued his work in the ordinary rhythms of shared...

In Acts 2:42–47, Luke paints a rich picture of the life of the early church in the days immediately following Pentecost. This message explores how the same God who powerfully moved in Jerusalem continued his work in the ordinary rhythms of shared...

In Acts 2:13–41, Peter preaches the first great sermon of the early church and shows how God still works today. As confusion and mockery swirl around the events of Pentecost, Peter opens the Scriptures, exposes spiritual blindness, confronts the crowd...

In Acts 2:13–41, Peter preaches the first great sermon of the early church and shows how God still works today. As confusion and mockery swirl around the events of Pentecost, Peter opens the Scriptures, exposes spiritual blindness, confronts the crowd...

In Acts 2:1–12, we see the moment God launched the early church with the gift of the Holy Spirit by turning waiting disciples into bold witnesses and making the gospel understandable to people from every nation. From the crowded festival atmosphere of...

In Acts 2:1–12, we see the moment God launched the early church with the gift of the Holy Spirit by turning waiting disciples into bold witnesses and making the gospel understandable to people from every nation. From the crowded festival atmosphere of...

In Week 2 of Unstoppable: Lessons from the Early Church, we visit the Upper Room and see how God prepares his people before Pentecost. The disciples obey Jesus by waiting together in Jerusalem. They devote themselves to united prayer. Scripture helps...

In Week 2 of Unstoppable: Lessons from the Early Church, we visit the Upper Room and see how God prepares his people before Pentecost. The disciples obey Jesus by waiting together in Jerusalem. They devote themselves to united prayer. Scripture helps...

In Week 1 of Unstoppable: Lessons from the Early Church, we begin at the foundation of Acts— Jesus is alive, Jesus reigns, and Jesus sends his people (Acts 1:1–11). From the shadow of the cross and the hope of the empty tomb to the commission given at...

In Week 1 of Unstoppable: Lessons from the Early Church, we begin at the foundation of Acts— Jesus is alive, Jesus reigns, and Jesus sends his people (Acts 1:1–11). From the shadow of the cross and the hope of the empty tomb to the commission given at...