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Hope Fellowship is a safe place to find real and lasting hope. In Acts 6:1-7 we see the young church in Jerusalem growing very quickly. The apostles were leading the way and as their responsibilities increased they weren’t able to do everything that they used to be able to do. In this passage we see the apostles handle a complaint in a brilliant way. As ministry responsibilities were delegated to...

Hope Fellowship is a safe place to find real and lasting hope. Luke is taking a lot of time to tell us how things turn out. In our previous episode, we saw that the apostles were thrown into prison and were standing trial for filling the city of Jerusalem with the gospel of Jesus. This week they take a beating and are released. The example they set for us in this passage is amazing. We overcome op...

Hope Fellowship is a safe place to find real and lasting hope. In this teaching from Acts 5:17-33 we see the church and the leaders of the church face great opposition from the local authorities. The passage starts off with the apostles being thrown into prison and it ends with the authorities wanting to kill them.  How does the church move forward in the midst of such opposition? We move for...

Hope Fellowship is a safe place to find real and lasting hope. In Acts 5:12-16 we see that the apostles were regularly doing miracles, signs and wonders and the church was growing faster than ever! What are we to think of this? Should we expect this today? How should we live in light of what is written in this passage? If you are in the neighborhood we would love to have you gather with us on Sund...

In Acts 4:32-37 Luke tells us the story of a church family that shares what they have freely with those who are in need. He specifically mentions one man, named Barnabas, who sold a field and gave all the money to the church. In this teaching, Barnabas is contrasted with a couple named Ananias and Sapphira who sold a piece of property and gave part of the proceeds to the church but held back some...

All the Christians in the early church were of one heart and soul and no one said that any of the things that belonged to him was his own, but they had everything in common and there was not a needy person among. In this sermon on Acts 4:32-37, Kyle Truman uses the example of the early church to challenge us to think carefully about how we use our wealth and our stuff. This passage and others refe...

So far in the book of Acts we have seen two occasions where miraculous things happened that drew a crowd and provided an opportunity to share the good news of Jesus Christ and His Kingdom. The book of Hebrews says that God does miracles to bear witness to Jesus Christ and His Kingdom (2:4).  The book of Acts records many miracles. How do these miracles expand Jesus' Kingdom? How did they do m...

In this sermon the believers continued to pray and it was no ordinary prayer. In Part 2 of how to overcome opposition to the gospel we saw that they prayed with an understanding that God was sovereign and had predestined the events that led up to that point. In this sermon on the rest of the prayer they cried out to God and asked for two very specific very radical things. If we learn to pray this...

Jesus taught us that we will be blessed when we are poor in spirit. What does that mean? He goes on after saying that to say some other things that strike most people as strange when they first hear it. There is much to learn from this sermon. Joe Pierce challenges us to walk closely with Jesus and in His blessing. Hope Fellowship is a safe place to find real and lasting hope. If there is anything...

In our last episode we saw Peter and John get arrested because they were speaking about Jesus. They were released and told to no longer speak in His name. Upon their release they returned to their friends and share with them all that took place. They quickly lifted up their voices together in prayer to God. They begin their prayer by addressing the "Sovereign Lord." What does "Sovereign Lord" mean...

In Acts 3 Peter and John healed a man in the name of Jesus and Peter preached to the crowd that gathered around the healed man. In Acts 4:1-22 we read about how the temple authorities responded to Peter's preaching. This was a very frustrating situation for them. They could not deny the healing because so many saw it. They became annoyed and arrested Peter and John and later told them to stop spea...

In Acts 3:20-21 Peter says that Jesus will stay in Heaven until the time for restoring all things. This is a much simpler view of the future than what many have been taught. This view differs drastically from the popular view of dispensationalism that is found in the Left Behind series that so many people have read. In this podcast episode Kyle Truman briefly teaches from this passage and then sha...

Do you want to change? If so this sermon is for you. In this sermon we look at the second part of Peter's sermon in Acts 3. Last week Peter and John healed a man and the crowd came running. Peter spoke to the crowd and told them that they killed Jesus Christ, the Author of Life. This week we look at Peter's command to repent and turn to God. We see that three good things come to all who repent and...

In this sermon from Acts 3:1-16 we see something happen that is very similar to what we saw in Acts 2. God did something incredible that drew a crowd. When Peter saw the crowd he told them all about Jesus. He addressed the entire crowd and told them who Jesus is, what Jesus has done, and how Jesus is the Messiah that they have all been waiting for. In this passage we see that it is only by embraci...

Last week Peter told everyone to repent and save themselves from a crooked generation. This week, they form a new community, but this community isn't just another community. This is a community of beautiful and faithful devotion. It is a community where the people have a vision of God that leaves them in awe. It is a community where God does incredible things in their midst. It is a community wher...

Peter just told everyone that Jesus had lived, died, rose from the dead and ascended to the right hand of the Father to reign as King.  His listeners were cut to the heart and asked what they needed to do. Peter's response to their question teaches us much about how the necessity and nature of conversion. In this sermon we also learn much about how we are to instruct others about their need t...

In this sermon on Acts 2:22-36 brother Hunter Derby shows us how Peter confronted the Jews about their rejection of God's Messiah, Jesus Christ. Many of the people who were present that day had a hand in the crucifixion of Jesus just several weeks prior to this sermon. They killed God's chosen King. They treated the Jesus as a common criminal. But God had a plan and a purpose and no one would thwa...

God was doing some incredible things and the crowds in Jerusalem were trying to figure out what it all meant. Some were even accusing God’s people of being drunk at 9:00 in the morning! In this sermon from Acts 2:14-21 we see that what God is doing is what the prophet Joel had predicted hundreds of years prior to this event. God is now pouring out His Spirit on all people and we are now in the day...

In this sermon from Acts 2:1-13, we see God send His Holy Spirit just as He promised that He would. In this passage the Spirit comes with the sound of a mighty rushing wind and divided tongues of fire and He rests upon the 120 who were waiting for Him. It was then that they began proclaiming the wonderful works of God in many different languages that they had never spoken before. This story is ric...

As we continue to learn what Jesus started in the book of Acts we come to Acts 1:15-26 where Peter leads the way in selecting Judas Iscariot's replacement. Judas had committed suicide due to the guilt he had when he betrayed Jesus. In this passage Peter seeks to be obedient to the scriptures and leads the 120 believers under his care in a process to select Judas' replacement.  The life of Jud...

In this sermon we look at Acts 1:9-14. In this we see Jesus ascend into the sky into the heavens where He is seated at the right hand of God. What does this mean for us now? How does this affect how we come to God? How we do ministry? How are we to think of Jesus' supremacy over all things and His Kingdom?  It is our desire at Hope Fellowship to help people who are far from God grow closer to...

In this sermon from Acts 1:4-8 we learn about the baptism of the Holy Spirit and the Holy Spirit's continual empowerment for ministry. In this sermon we engage the following questions: Who is the Holy Spirit? What is the baptism of the Holy Spirit? Does the baptism of the Holy Spirit mean I have to speak in tongues? How did the Old Testament talk about the Holy Spirit? What does the Holy Spirit an...

In this third message on Acts 1:1-8 we examine Jesus' Kingdom. What is the kingdom? Is it now? Is it later? What will it be like? What does it have to do with what we are going to see happen in the book of Acts? What does it have to do with us today?

This is our second week going through the book of Acts. As we do this we are beginning to see that Jesus has started something VERY, VERY, VERY BIG that will transform the world.  In this sermon based on Acts 1:2 we learn that Jesus gave his disciples commands before He ascended to the Father. We go on to look at those commands individually. As we do so we get a better idea of what is ahead f...

In this sermon we begin our journey examining what Jesus started as it is recorded in the book of Acts. In the first eight verses some details are shared with us that are very important if we are going to understand the rest of the book. Join us as we dive in to this incredible story!