Acts 8:1-8 | Sermon Resources | 1 March 2020 “The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church.” This is perhaps the most well-known quote about the persecution of the church. It …
Acts 6:8-7:60 | Sermon Resources | 23 February 2020 We come this week to the story of Stephen. Last week we saw that he was one of the seven men “of good repute, full of …
Acts 6:1-7 | Sermon Resources | 16 February 2020 There were lots of things to be excited about in the early church – scores of people coming to faith, a deeply unified body of …
Acts 5:21-42 | Sermon Resources | 9 February 2020 For a second time now, the apostles find themselves at odds with the religious authorities and consequently confined to a prison cell. Their imprisonment does not …
Acts 5:12-21 | Sermon Resources | 2 February 2020 We believe that when we pray God not only hears but answers our prayers. This is a conviction we come to own from the testimony of the …
Acts 5:1-11 | Sermon Resources | 26 January 2020 We come this week to one of the most difficult to understand passages in the book of Acts. Ananias and Sapphira, two members of the early church, …
Acts 4:32-37 | Sermon Resources | 19 January 2020 In an earlier sermon in this series we considered the “day by day” activities of the early church. We saw that their activity fell into five categories—the …
Acts 4:23-31 | Sermon Resources | 12 January 2020 In an effort to silence the apostles, the Jewish authorities arrest Peter and John and bring them to trial before the Sanhedrin. The proceedings do not go at all …
Acts 4:1-22 | Sermon Resources | 5 January 2020 As Peter and John were being hauled away into prison I can’t be help but wonder what was going through their minds. Were they afraid? Angry? …