Sermons

This week, Pastor Shaq focused on Stephen’s trial before the Sanhedrin, recorded in Luke 7:1-53 (NIV). Stephen, who has been charged with blasphemy for speaking against the temple and the law of Moses, speaks with conviction and courage to the Sanhedrin. He identifies three idols: the temple, the law, and the land. In a sense,… Read...

Julia Allan walks through Acts 6:8-15 (NIV), the story of Stephen on trial before the Sanhedrin. The Jewish religious leaders enlist people in bearing false witness against Stephen who, in his conversation with the Sanhedrin pokes at some of the people’s religious idols: the temple and the law. Luke ends the passage by saying of… Read...

This week, Pastor Shaq Hager walks through Acts 5:17-42. It’s a story about the apostles being brought before the Sanhedrin. This is becoming a regular occurrence for the apostles – trials before the Sanhedrin, questioning, veiled threats, and now a physical beating. All because they continue to heal people and teach the crowds the Gospel… Read...

This week Pastor Shaq Hager discusses Acts 5:12-16. It’s a brief and descriptive passage in which Luke describes the ways the Spirit is at work through the apostles to bring physical healing and restoration to people’s lives and bodies. And not just for people within the nascent church community, but also people outside the community.… Read...

Pastor Dennis Allan continued our Acts study by walking through the story of Ananias and Sapphira recorded in Acts 5:1-11 (NIV). Ananias and Sapphira want to be leaders and hold positions of honor in the early church, and so they devise a plan to deceive Peter and the apostles. They want to appear good without… Read...

This week Pastor Dennis continued our study on the book of Acts by leading a conversation on Acts 4:32-37. It’s a summary passage in which Luke describes the way the early church met the needs of vulnerable people until, according to Luke, “there were no needy persons among them.” What values and ethics did the… Read...