Acts11:19-30; Acts 12: 25 – Acts 13: 3 Big idea: Anonymous believers share the gospel in Antioch and the church is strengthened by Barnabas and then Saul. Mission to this city will result in a gospel hub that then through the Spirit sends Barnabas and Saul out for mission (13:1-3). SERMONVIDEOLINK
Title verse: Acts 9:20 Acts 9:19-31; Joshua 2:1-21 Big idea: The persecutor now becomes a Spirit-filled passionate preacher. Do you still have the passion of Saul? SERMONVIDEOLINK
Title Verse: Acts 9:4 Acts 9:1-19, Isaiah 55 BIG IDEA: God turns the heart of the one who resists him to Christ and makes him a part of his mission. SERMONVIDEOLINK
Bible Readings Acts 8:4-13; Acts 8:9-25 SERMONVIDEOLINK
Title verse: Exodus Acts 8:4 Acts 6:8-15; Acts 8:1-4 Big idea: Mission leads to persecution, but persecution leads to mission. Stephen was accused of sin, but it’s actually the accusers who were sinful. SERMONVIDEOLINK
Key verse: Acts 13:30 “But God raised him from the dead” Acts 13:26-43; Matthew 13: 44-46 Question for discussion: Why is the Good News of Jesus and His victory over the grave made such a deal of by Paul and the other Apostles in Acts and all through the Scriptures? SERMONVIDEOLINK