Title verse: Habakkuk 1:5 Habakkuk 1:1-11; Acts 13:26-41 Big idea: Habakkuk wanted God to fix the sinfulness in his nation, but God did this through the even more sinful Babylonians! God can use wickedness for good. We see this most clearly at the cross. When we cry out for God to act, he may choose […]
Key verse: Obadiah 1:21 Obadiah 1:1-21; 2 Timothy 4:1-18 Big idea: People sometimes gloat that Christians are no better off, and we sometimes doubt God’s goodness, power, or existence, but time will prove God right when we are saved and our detractors are not. SERMONVIDEOLINK
Key verse: Acts 6:3 Acts 6:1-7; 1 Corinthians 12 Big idea: When people are commissioned into ministry to use their gifts, it allows the gospel and the church to flourish. SERMONVIDEOLINK
Key verse: Acts 5:29 Acts 5:17-42 ; Psalm 110 Big idea: The risen Jesus is king even when some people won’t recognise him. SERMONVIDEOLINK
Key verse: Acts 5:11 Acts 4:32-5:16Mark 3:22-30 Big idea: God’s Spirit worked in the believers to make them radically different. Annas and Sapphira tried to look different while denying the Spirit and paid the ultimate price. SERMONVIDEOLINK
Key verse: Acts 4:29-30 Acts 4:23-33, Psalm 2 Big idea: God rules the earth from heaven, with his Son Jesus installed as mighty king, and the Spirit working powerfully in his church. We don’t have to fear anything, but we do have to pray in faith. SERMONVIDEOLINK
Key Verse: Acts 4:12 Acts 4:5-22, Psalm 118 Big idea: When questioned about their actions, the disciples speak boldly about Jesus through the Holy Spirit. The authorities have no answer except to threaten them if they continue. The threats are ignored because there is no other name by which people can be saved, and the […]
Key verse: Acts 3:25 Acts 3:1-4:4; Isaiah 52:13-53:12 Big idea: Our society has been exposed to Christianity for a long time, but still many people are ignorant of Christ, just like in Jerusalem. Here is a way to reach them. SERMONVIDEOLINK
Key verse: Exalted to the right hand of God, he [Jesus] has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out what you now see and hear. Acts 2:33 Acts 2:14-47; Psalm 16 Big idea: Peter explains the gift of tongues as a sign of being in the last days. He points […]
Key verse: Acts 2:4 Acts 2:1-13; Isaiah 61 Big idea: On the day of Pentecost, the Holy Spirit is given to the disciples. The Holy Spirit equips them for the work of evangelism as Jews from far and wide hear God praised in their own native language. SERMONVIDEOLINK