Pastor’s Blog

In our chapter reading, we witness the Holy Spirit speaking, leading, and guiding Peter. He begins to tell of the vision that the Holy Spirit gave him and how He spoke to him. Peter then tells how three men, Cornelius’s messengers, came to invite him to Caesarea, and how he went with them without hesitation … Read More

All things New!! The tenth chapter of Acts starts with a story that is one of the great turning points in the history of the church. For the first time, a Gentile is to be admitted into its fellowship, and God has made all “unclean” food clean. According to Jewish custom Gentiles were look down … Read More

“Aeneas,” Peter said to him, “Jesus Christ heals you. Get up and take care of your mat.” (Ac 9:34) In this simple verse, Peter shows us what healthy ministry should look like. This is how we should serve all people in all situations: 1. Jesus-Centered / “Jesus Christ” Your job is to help people connect with … Read More

Most of us will never be blinded by a light from heaven and have a face-to-face encounter with Jesus in this lifetime like Paul did. However, God wants to get a hold of your life and make something wonderful out of it. God wants to put a stop to our old way of living so … Read More

The Holy Spirit calls Phillip to leave a great revival happening in Samaria to go down a desert road. Phillip obeyed w/o hesitation but surely questioned what God was telling him. The Holy Spirit had a divine appointment for Phillip with the Ethiopian eunuch. As a result, this important government official came to know Christ … Read More

With such intentionality, Luke selects the story of Philip in Samaria as the first example of the expansion mentioned in verse 4. The principles Luke lays out for the original readers are also important for us to consider in our everyday faith: 1. Read Acts 1:8- When Jesus gave his disciple’s their new mission for … Read More

In our reading, we find Stephen’s speech. Stephen was a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit but, was facing difficult accusations. Stephen begins his speech by telling us of the history of Abraham, Joseph, and Moses. He tells of the assignment that was given to each of them. Although they were God given … Read More

Sometimes Growth Hurts By this time in the book of Acts, the church of Jesus is growing at a rapid rate. People in that day are getting saved, healed, and transformed by the hundreds daily. However, there is one problem with growth, it comes with issues. The first issue that the church encountered was the … Read More

“And every day, in the temple and from house to house, they did not cease teaching and preaching that the Christ is Jesus.” (v42) Every day may not be balanced, but every day should be centered on Jesus.  In this passage, the disciples’ circumstances change from day to day.  Before verse 17, they are seeing … Read More

Acts 4:36-37 Joseph, who the apostles called Barnabas (which means Son of Encouragement), sold a field he owned and brought the money and put it at the apostles’ feet. This was at least one of the acts that earned Barnabas his name, He sold a property that belonged to him and gave the money to … Read More