ORBC Podcast

The gospel to enabled the early church to overcome persecution through transformation. The gospel is disruptive and transformational. It is a catalyst that allows us to change and become what is necessary for the spread of the kingdom. I believe that the early church had hit its limit in Jerusalem. They had a large group of several thousand dedicated to living together and yet for all its success...

Stephen is an ordinary man that God fills with the holy spirt and uses in an extraordinary way and that service results in his death Somewhere in our consumer Christianity we got the idea that following Christ is safe and comfortable. The reality is that doing the will of God can be incredibly dangerous and often it costs people their lives. God uses ordinary people in extraordinary ways but if we...

The apostles were able to face down the anger, and jealousy of the ruling Sanhedrin because they knew that God was sovereign over every human power. There was no weapon forged against them that could prevail and so when the time of testing came they stood firm and spoke the truth. When the beating came they took it like men and returned to their community rejoicing. Nothing can destroy a church th...

  God Equipped his church for its mission by first baptizing and then filling its members with the holy spirit.