Generations Church Sermons

Episode Notes How is your witness?  How are you living as an example to those new to the faith?  How are you being a living witness to those around you? For more information, please visit https://genfamily.church Find out more at https://generations-church-sermons.pinecast.co

Episode Notes WHAT IS YOUR FAITH BUILT ON? At the end of your life what will your destiny in Christ be based on? Is it a profession of faith, or a church, or living a life that is fully devoted to following Jesus? For more information, please visit https://genfamily.church Find out more at https://generations-church-sermons.pinecast.co

Episode Notes A KINGDOM FOCUSED LIFE Because Christ purchased us with his death we need to understand that our calling is greater than our personal desires. Our sacrifice is to live for Christ. For more information, please visit https://genfamily.church Find out more at https://generations-church-sermons.pinecast.co

Episode Notes A TRANSFORMED CITY The local church is a community of transformed people, and when transformed people engaged their community entire cities are changed and glorify God. For more information, please visit https://genfamily.church Find out more at https://generations-church-sermons.pinecast.co

Episode Notes FOLLOWERS OF JESUS Being a true follower of Jesus is what God calls us to. Being religious is not enough. Acts contrasts the two types of people as he travels through Corinth. For more information, please visit https://genfamily.church Find out more at https://generations-church-sermons.pinecast.co

Episode Notes EVERY CHRISTIAN’S CALLING All of us are called to be followers of Jesus in action: sharing the gospel with others, and studying Scripture together in community (local church). For more information, please visit https://genfamily.church Find out more at https://generations-church-sermons.pinecast.co

Episode Notes STRENGTHENING THE LOCAL CHURCH The book of Acts emphasizes local church health over individual health. The healthier the gospel church is the healthier the individual Christ-followers will be. For more information, please visit https://genfamily.church Find out more at https://generations-church-sermons.pinecast.co

Episode Notes FAITH ALONE Salvation comes through faith alone, but salvation is never faith all alone. We are saved by faith, but are also called by Christ to live out our faith in specific ways. For more information, please visit https://genfamily.church Find out more at https://generations-church-sermons.pinecast.co

Episode Notes BELIEVING IN A LIVING JESUS What do you believe? Is Jesus alive or dead, a figure of history, or the living God himself? The resurrection of Christ is crucial to our belief in the gospel. For more information, please visit https://genfamily.church Find out more at https://generations-church-sermons.pinecast.co

Episode Notes SUFFERING SERVANT OR CONQUERING KING? Jesus was misunderstood 2000 years ago, and often today. Does Jesus desire to lead from the top down (power), or from the bottom up (servanthood)?  For more information, please visit https://genfamily.church Find out more at https://generations-church-sermons.pinecast.co

Episode Notes EVANGELISM & DISCIPLESHIP As Paul and Barnabas go from city to city as the Holy Spirit called them to do, they focus on two things specifically: evangelism and discipleship. For more information, please visit https://genfamily.church Find out more at https://generations-church-sermons.pinecast.co

Episode Notes FROM MOVEMENT TO INSTITUTION Christianity in the 1st Century makes some of the same mistakes as its’ Jewish ancestors did: forgetting the primary mission is to be a light to the world. For more information, please visit https://genfamily.church Find out more at https://generations-church-sermons.pinecast.co

Episode Notes THE CHURCH IN TRANSITION Acts 11-12 show the Jerusalem church enduring significant change both internally and externally giving us challenges to apply to our context today. For more information, please visit https://genfamily.church Find out more at https://generations-church-sermons.pinecast.co

Episode Notes The Book of Acts has been a progressive revelation of the work of the Holy Spirit In the Christian Church For more information, please visit https://genfamily.church Find out more at https://generations-church-sermons.pinecast.co

Episode Notes **THE “FIVE SOLAS” OF THE REFORMATION ** Today we see the conversion of Saul (Paul): by grace alone, through faith alone, in Jesus Christ alone, for the glory of God alone, established by Scripture alone. For more information, please visit https://genfamily.church Find out more at https://generations-church-sermons.pinecast.co

Episode Notes THE WORK OF THE HOLY SPIRIT Jesus taught that the Holy Spirit leads people to faith, teaches them the truth, empowers them to share the gospel, and exalts Jesus. Acts shows us how. For more information, please visit https://genfamily.church Find out more at https://generations-church-sermons.pinecast.co

Episode Notes EVEN THE RELIGIOUS FALL AWAY Stephen is first “witness” (martyr) to die for his faith. He dies proclaiming Jesus to those who profess faith but have fallen into false worship and sin. For more information, please visit https://genfamily.church Find out more at https://generations-church-sermons.pinecast.co

Episode Notes **THE CHURCH ** The Holy Spirit builds a community that empowers the spread of the gospel. For more information, please visit https://genfamily.church Find out more at https://generations-church-sermons.pinecast.co

Episode Notes THE SPIRIT-EMPOWERED CHURCH What does conversion to Christianity and empowerment by the Holy Spirit look like as the earliest Christians converts begin to follow Jesus?  For more information, please visit https://genfamily.church Find out more at https://generations-church-sermons.pinecast.co

Episode Notes EMPOWERED FOR THE MISSION The Holy Spirit empowers the local church to proclaim the gospel so that those  in the community may be transformed and converted to faith in Jesus. For more information, please visit https://genfamily.church Find out more at https://generations-church-sermons.pinecast.co

Episode Notes PREPARING FOR THE MISSION Jesus gives his final words before ascending back to his throne. How the church responds to Jesus’s words teaches us how we prepare for the mission Christ gives us. For more information, please visit https://genfamily.church Find out more at https://generations-church-sermons.pinecast.co

Episode Notes Matthew 28: 19-20 _And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,  teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” _ For more information, please...

Episode Notes GOD’S PROVIDENCE & REDEMPTIVE LOVE Christmas reminds us of how God acts for our good even when we cannot see Him. God provides all we need in Christ so we can live redeemed lives for Him.  For more information, please visit https://genfamily.church Find out more at https://generations-church-sermons.pinecast.co

Episode Notes John 14:1–4  “Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me.  In my Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?  And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also.  And you know the way to where I am going.” For more information...

Episode Notes ADVENT PEACE Christmas reminds us that our peace is found in Christ, not in our circumstances or resources. Whether in plenty or in need we have peace from God. For more information, please visit https://genfamily.church Find out more at https://generations-church-sermons.pinecast.co