'The Book of Acts' Tagged Posts

Toward Sunday

  This is the final week of our worship series on the New Testament Book of Acts.  The Acts of the Apostles is a colorful book of the New Testament which shows the Gospel expressing itself through the lives, speech, struggles and adventures of some of Jesus’s earliest followers. The Book of Acts November 8: Acts 4:32-37 Community November 15: Acts 9:1-22 Old Boundaries Erased November 22: Acts 23:1-11  Heroics “The Book of Acts emphasizes the disruptive character of the…

Toward Sunday

We’re so grateful for all of the Deep Commitment Cards we’ve received online and in worship.  Please turn in your Deep Commitment card or fill it out online if you have not already done so. We are in the second week of our worship series on the New Testament Book of Acts.  The Acts of the Apostles is a colorful book of the New Testament which shows the Gospel expressing itself through the lives, speech, struggles & adventures of some of…

The gospel and God.

“The gospel” and “God” are not identical, of course, but the gospel discloses who God is by expressing what God’s intentions look like; we see these intentions when people experience healing, inclusion, forgiveness, and hope.  Acts depicts the gospel as not only a message but also something embodied in Jesus’s followers, as individuals and mostly as the communities they form.” ~from “Intrusive God, Disruptive Gospel, Encountering the Divine in the Book of Acts” by Matthew L. Skinner p. xvi How…

Toward Sunday

We begin a new worship series this week on the New Testament Book of Acts.  The Acts of the Apostles is a colorful book of the New Testament which shows the Gospel expressing itself through the lives, speech, struggles & adventures of some of Jesus’s earliest followers.  We encourage everyone to  spend time reading the entire Book of Acts over the next few weeks and experience it for yourself. Outline:  The Book of Acts November 8: Acts 4:32-37 Community November…
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