Hostile Lies and Peaceful Truths

Pastor Drew Elgersma: Acts 21:27-22:23. Paul is dragged out of the temple, lies levied against him, and his breath nearly taken from his lungs as he is beat death by a hostile horde of Jews. Through it all Paul responds with a heart attitude filled by respect, peace, unwavering faith in God’s sovereignty, and a burning passion for lost souls and God’s glory.

Knowing the Unknown

Pastor Drew Elgersma: Acts 17:16-34. Paul stands before an astute gathering of Athenian intellectuals and establishes six attributes of the “unknown” God to a lost and “knowing” world. He does so by starting at creation and moving through the bible storyline.

Trust, But Verify

Pastor Bill Gowder: Acts 17. Paul preaches to the churches in Thessalonica and Berea. A contrast of one church repelling the gospel, while the other trusts, but verifies.

Gospel Kaleidoscope

Pastor Drew Elgersma: Acts 16:14-34. One of the beauty’s of this passage is the simplicity of the gospel being proclaimed and the lives that are transformed by the power of the gospel. The gospel transforms 3 different lives through three different perspectives, intellectual, spiritual, and moral. All of this shows the kaleidoscope of people the gospel has pulled together from darkness to life for His glory!

Gospel Eyes

Pastor Bill Gowder: Matthew 2:1-8.
We all have eyes to see physically, but are our eyes seeing as God’s eyes do, for the Gospel? .

Missing Jesus

Pastor Drew Elgersma: Luke 10:38-42.
In a world full of delightful distractions and details, it’s all too easy to miss Jesus during Christmas.

Who Told You It Would Be Easy?

Pastor Bill Gowder: Acts 13:4-13; 14:8-19 Ministry and the advancing the gospel is physically, spiritually, relationally and emotionally exhausting. But the redemption of man kind is worth it!

Waiting in the Shadows

Pastor Drew Elgersma: Acts 13:1-4
What marks a church that is Spirit-filled as it thrives in the world of constant change

Waiting in the Shadows

Pastor Drew Elgersma: Acts 11:19-16
We don’t like waiting. We want to get to work now. While God has us waiting, he is cultivating new attitudes within us.