The first conflict recorded in the early church was over a division of ethnicity, but the conflict was resolved through a division of labor.
When the Holy Spirit fills the people with the power to preach, it doesn’t matter how simple the words are or how eloquent, there is power in the simplicity of bringing Good News to people who need to hear Good News.
Acts 2 shows the moment when the Holy Spirit blew into the room where the disciples were gathered and filled them fully. But how does one become “full of the Holy Spirit”? Mostly, it requires surrender of things that are not the Holy Spirit so we can create space for the Holy Spirit to move…
Our friend Tim Walk gives the message about the power provided to the first disciples, and to us, in the form of the Holy Spirit.
Right at the beginning of Acts we see Jesus preparing to depart the earth and ascend to heaven. In his final instructions, he tells the disciples to wait for the power of the Holy Spirit to come into their midst before moving on to Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria and the uttermost parts of the earth. We…
After the miraculous victory at Jericho, the hubris of the Hebrew people caused sin and failure at the next battle of Ai. But what do we do when we fail? How do we handle it well? This message is all about how we confront our failures and sins so that God defines us and not…
As Joshua and the Israelites approached Jericho, God gave them a series of unusual instruction for their battle plan to conquer Jericho. In the end, they wouldn’t even have to fight because God had delivered Jericho into their hands before they even drew the first sword! What walls do you have in front of you…
Being forward – focused is a good thing, but not at the expense of the present or forgetting the past. As the Israelites moved forward into the Promised Land, God directed them to grab 12 stones from the Jordan River to build a memorial as a reminder for what God had done for them in…
Someone had to take the first step to go into the Jordan River, while it was still flowing, in order to get to the other side to claim the Promised Land. Unfortunately, most of us don’t want to get our feet wet so we miss out on the promises God has for us.
Rahab was the least likely candidate to be dealing in international affairs, hiding espionage agents, saving an entire nation and being the only able to save her family in an upcoming battle. And yet, God chose her to be the hero of the story and to redeem her story for all of history.