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Unlike Peter the unschooled fisherman, Paul was well educated, sophisticated, and an emerging leader among his people. These sound like compliments, Pastor Allen Jackson says, but until Paul met Jesus, the force of his intellect and personality was used to persecute anyone who would call on the name of Jesus or even suggest that He could be the Messiah. Like Paul, our greatest strengths have the p...

As we follow Paul during his travels and ministry in the book of Acts, he faced beating, stoning, and assassination plots even as people were believing the Jesus-message by the thousands and the Church was growing in extraordinary ways. What did Paul say that caused the people to be so angry that they were willing to see him publicly executed? His message was simple and unambiguous: Every human be...

As the book of Luke closes and the book of Acts begins, remarkable, miraculous things were happening in Jerusalem. Even as the gospel was being proclaimed and the Church was growing by thousands of people, Jesus' followers were faced with internal struggles and persecution from within their own Jewish community. Pastor Allen Jackson tells us that Luke recorded all of these events—the triumphs as w...

The holidays of Passover and Pentecost are at the center of this lesson. As the book of Luke ends, the frailty of humanity is on display. Jesus' disciples are bickering over petty things during their last meal with their Lord, even as He is blessing them for their steadfastness and describing the new covenant that His death and resurrection will usher in. As the book of Acts opens, Jesus tells His...

Luke's training as a physician allowed him to observe and report with a different perspective than any other biblical writer. His account of the angel telling Mary, "Nothing is impossible with God," is the theme of his writing and the reason he oriented his life around understanding God and having a relationship with Jesus. Pastor Allen Jackson challenges us to explore our own beliefs about the re...

Luke writes to help us understand Jesus and His Father—their characteristics, their words, and their priorities. Luke wants us to know what causes their presence in our lives to increase and decrease. This is vital information for a Jesus-follower so that we can live in a way that is pleasing to Him and accomplish the purposes for which we have been created. Luke teaches us that God is kind and me...

As Peter writes his second letter, he is an old man with the shadow of death hanging over him. He has spent decades serving the Lord, traveling and telling his Jesus-story. Peter has been an eyewitness to the life and ministry of Jesus, and he wants to share what he has learned about his Lord and life in His Kingdom. He begins by coaching us on the skills we will need in order to live in such a wa...

Ezra is a priest, and what commends him to us is his devotion to the things of God. It was more than a casual thing; it defined his life. Because of that the hand of God was on him, and Ezra was allowed to lead the exiled Hebrews back to Jerusalem. Even though they faced opposition from the neighboring peoples, they understood that God had done something on their behalf and were determined to hono...

God has given us a free will; it's a fundamental tenet of Scripture. He won't force us to worship Him, or serve Him, or be generous toward Him—we get to choose those things. But make no mistake: "God will be honored in the earth," Pastor Allen Jackson says. "You need to remember that when there are belligerent expressions of antagonism, when there are those who oppose the purposes of God, when the...

"I want to ask you to live with a heightened awareness that a sovereign God has something to say to you and me," Pastor Allen Jackson says. "That He isn't removed. That He has an opinion, that He cares, that He is interested. That if we will accept it, He will be directional. That the almighty, the omnipotent, omniscient Creator of heaven and earth has something to say to you and me." Teaching fro...

This is not the first crisis that God's people have walked through. For the people who believed in Jesus, the Easter narrative is a full-on crisis...until they get to resurrection morning. That evening launched a unique season in Jesus' life and in the lives of His followers. We know very little about that forty-day window except that Jesus met with His closest followers and taught them about the...

In this season of disruption, we're all wondering, "Is God paying attention? Does He know what we're going through? Does He care?" If there is any day in the history of the Church that provides those answers, it's Palm Sunday, when Jesus came into Jerusalem fully aware of what was ahead of Him. He would be betrayed and abandoned by those who claimed to support Him. He would be tortured and killed...

"I think we are socially distancing these days because we have so effectively spiritually distanced," Pastor Allen Jackson says. "We've stepped so far away from the Lord that we had to have a rather substantive reminder that He is our Provider and Protector, the one who watches over us." After assuring us that this virus will not hold us captive forever because God will provide the solutions we ne...

As World Outreach Church and other congregations in the United States are not meeting together physically because of the coronavirus pandemic, Pastor Allen Jackson reminds us that some things have not changed: We serve the same God. Jesus is sitting on the same throne. The Word of God is still the authority in our lives. The Spirit of God is still resident within us. And we will come through! In a...

Join Pastor Allen for a special episode this week. In the midst of the Coronavirus crisis in our nation and throughout the earth, the people of God need to rally together in prayer. Throughout history, individuals have turned their faces towards God to repent and have experienced supernatural outcomes. We are inviting you to pray every hour, on the hour, for every hour that you are awake. Pray tha...

On this National Day of Prayer called by President Trump because of the coronavirus epidemic, Pastor Allen Jackson speaks about our hope in Christ as well as our responsibility to pray for our nation. He then interviews Robert J. Morgan, pastor and author of 100 Bible Verses That Made America , to discuss specific Bible passages that have impacted critical moments and influenced the American way o...

In the last of the Beatitudes, Jesus says that while we can expect to be persecuted, insulted, and lied about, we also can expect a great reward in heaven when we stand firm in the face of adversity for His name's sake. When we receive Christ as Savior and are birthed into His Kingdom, Satan becomes our lifelong adversary, and none of us is strong enough to face him with our own strength and intel...

Jesus lays out the fundamentals of the kingdom of God with the values in the beatitudes. If we intend to participate in the Kingdom of God, we would do well to take these values seriously and apply them to our own lives. God has good things for us, and wants the best for us. To support this ministry and help us continue to reach people all around the world, click here: allenjackson.com/podcastdona...

Our culture tends to attach more value to being an agitator, but Jesus said there is a blessing attached to being a peacemaker. The peace Jesus speaks about is not merely an absence of strife or keeping silent in the face of an accusation; it is actively engaging to bring goodwill. Jesus came to establish a covenant of peace—peace with God and peace with one another—and if we are going to find pea...

This week, Pastor Allen has the opportunity to sit down with Lt. Col. Oliver North. Col. North is a retired combat marine, a Vietnam War veteran, and the former host of War Stories With Oliver North on Fox News. He is an author and a speaker, and an advocate for the kingdom of God. His newest book, The Rifleman , is now available at amazon.com and Riflemanbook.com . To support this ministry and he...

This week on Allen Jackson Ministries, Pastor Allen shares an overview of the Beatitudes during his series "Unbelievable Blessings". Listen to the previous sermons in this serious in episodes 39 through 43. To support this ministry and help us continue to reach people all around the world, click here: allenjackson.com/podcastdonate

We have a special episode for you this week! Pastor Allen has just completed his new book entitled "Intentional Faith". It is currently available for pre-order as a paperback or an audiobook on Amazon, but we'd like to share the first two chapters with you here on the podcast. We hope you enjoy! To support this ministry and help us continue to reach people all around the world, click here: allenja...

We can learn to construct façades so that we have different faces we show to family, friends, and other people we encounter. But fundamentally, we are what is in our hearts. Unfortunately, our culture does not attach a high value to a pure heart because we see other attributes as more valuable. Pureness of heart is a very valuable quality, however, because it allows us to see and cooperate with Go...

We think showing mercy is a good thing, and something other people should do—we just don't want to do it ourselves. Our culture doesn't attach much value to showing mercy, and it doesn't take much discernment to see that. In the way we parent, do business, and speak of others, we make it seem that taking advantage of another's weakness is a wise decision that will benefit us. But Jesus said, "Bles...

Pastor Allen continues his series on the unbelievable blessings we can receive from God when we seek His truth. When we are diligent to seek the Lord and His truth, blessings will overtake our life, in a very real way. This episode explores what it means to thirst and hunger for righteous, and the blessings that accompanies. To support this ministry and help us continue to reach people all around...