Christ Central Church

When Paul and Barnabus are sent out from Antioch as missionaries, they immediately come against direct opposition to the gospel. We can expect the same today as God's kingdom continues to advance and expand.

God desires to speak to us daily through the Holy Spirit, but how do we make sure we can hear him? Scott looks at an example in Acts 13 of the church listening and obeying to help us learn.

Acts 12 shows God's miraculous and swift intervention in the persecution of his church.

We follow the spread of the gospel to the Gentiles in Antioch and explore Barnabas and Paul's roles in growing the church there.

How do God's people respond to the gospel's revolutionary inclusion of the Gentiles?

In watching Peter learn that the gospel is intended for all peoples, we see how the Holy Spirit shifts our priorities to align with God's heart.

Ministry in the early church regularly included miraculous signs and healings. If we want to experience similar movement from the Holy Spirit in our communities today, we have to trust, expect, and fully rely on the power of God.

In reaction to his experience with Jesus and subsequent conversion, Saul immediately begins body preaching the gospel wherever he goes. This causes the persecution he previously participated in to turn on himself.

The good news of the gospel is about what God has done for us, not what we have done for him. It is that God intervenes and grants us belief in his Son.

The circumstances God used to open Saul's heart to Jesus poignantly demonstrate that Jesus is the only one with the power to make lasting, transformative change in our lives.

In looking at the interaction between Simon the Magician, Philip, and the apostles, we see the danger in pursuing God for his gifts and power rather than for the love of his Son.

This year, we want our church to experience more of the presence of Jesus!

We celebrate Christ taking on humanity in humility and power and the assurance that he is currently reigning in heaven and will return to us again.

Jesus came through King David's line as the fulfillment of a multitude of promises about the perfect King and Messiah who would rescue his people and reign victorious over all things.

As a continuation of our Advent series, we look at Jesus as the perfect mediator between God and man.

As the start of our 2021 Advent series, we looked at Jesus as the greater fulfillment of Adam's role of head representative of the human race.

Scott looks at how hospitality is used in the Bible as a vehicle for the gospel to move in our community.

In Stephen's persecution, the Holy Spirit fills him to confront the powerful religious leaders with their hypocrisy in rejecting Jesus and vindicates Stephen as he gives his life for the Lord.

The beginning of Acts Chapter 6 shows us how the enemy attempts to divide and destroy the church, while the apostles set up safeguards to protect the unity of the early church.

In Acts 5, God moves mightily by miraculously rescuing his apostles from prison and remains steadfast and faithful to his people as they are obedient through persecution for his Son's glory.

In the story of Ananias and Sapphira, we see how sin can deteriorate the church from within.

The church displays their unity through remarkable generosity.

Jesus promises hardship for the His people when the gospel is our sole pursuit, so are how are we to handle it when it comes? We look to the response of the early church when their leadership was persecuted for the first time.

In a crisis of appearances, the religious leaders struggle to respond to Peter's sermon while the Holy Spirit moves the crowds to faith.

The first healing miracle in the early church, discussed last week, prompted an opportunity for obedience in Peter through the Holy Spirit to call the Jews to Jesus.