Acts // Pastor Gene Pensiero

Paul and Silas exorcise a demon from a possessed slave girl and are imprisoned because it affects the local economy. Prison becomes a place of prayer and praise as they sing unto the Lord (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

Paul sets out on his second mission’s trip and is eventually led by the Holy Spirit to Macedonia where he shares the Gospel with Lydia by the river outside of Philippi (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

The church arrived at a united opinion about what was necessary in order to be saved. But when Paul and Barnabas decided to go back to the churches they established with the good news, they divided over whether or not to take John-Mark with them (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

Certain men begin to insist that Gentiles must be circumcised according to the customs of Moses in order to be saved (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

The disciples suppose Paul is dead from being stoned but he miraculously recovers and continues his mission (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

After being rejected and run-out of Iconium Paul and Barnabas are nearly revered as gods in Lystra (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

Paul tells the Jews who reject the Gospel that he and Barnabas will be a light sent instead to the Gentiles (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

Paul is invited to present the sermon as he attends Sabbath services at the local synagogue (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

Paul must square-off against Elymas the sorcerer who is trying to keep proconsul Sergius Paulus from getting saved (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

After twice fasting and much praying the Church at Antioch released Barnabas and Saul to go where the Holy Spirit was sending them (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

James and Peter are persecuted for their witness of Jesus Christ by King Herod prior to his being eaten by worms (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

Barnabas encourages the Christians in Antioch in whom he can see the grace of God (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

Legalists threaten to add the keeping of the Law of Moses to God’s free gift of salvation (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

Peter answers the invitation to come to Cornelius’ house and learns that the Gospel and the gift of the Holy Spirit are for “whoever will believe” (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

Peter is prepared for his visit to the Gentile household of Cornelius by being invited three times to eat animals that were unclean to him as a Jew (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

Peter gets stirred-up and embarks on a ministry tour during which two notable miracles occur (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

Saul escapes Damascus when he is let down in a basket through the wall (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

Jesus tells Ananias that Saul is His chosen vessel (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

Saul quits kicking against the goads and is saved on the road to Damascus (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

Philip is sent to the desert on a mission to inform the Ethiopian eunuch that the Person he is reading about is Jesus Christ (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

Simon the Samaritan Sorcerer attempts to purchase the ability to impart the Holy Spirit and is strongly rebuked by Peter (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

Saul observes that whether the Christians he persecutes live or die they do it as unto the Lord (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

When Stephen tells the Jewish leadership that they are resisting the Holy Spirit they respond by stoning him to death (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

Although slandered and seized, Stephen sits with his face glowing (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

The apostles instruct the Church to choose seven men to wait on the tables of the widows (Pastor Gene Pensiero)