Mars Hill Church - Fairhope, AL

This week's study of Acts 25:1-12 has Paul standing before Governor Festus once again. What looks like a Groundhog Day of injustice and accusation is actually the steadfast love and faithfulness of God protecting, preserving, and providing for his servant so that the name of Jesus goes forth. While Satan never takes a day off from accusing us (Rev 12:10), Jesus never takes a day off from defen...

This week's verse-by-verse study through the Book of Acts takes us through Chapter 24. We're looking at Acts 24, where Paul stands before Governor Felix, falsely accused. Though he counters his accusers with evidence of his innocence, his real hope is in what he confesses in Acts 24:14-15. Also interesting is how Paul views his imprisonment as an opportunity for the gospel (Phile 1, 9, 13, and Eph...

In this first sermon of 2025, we head back to our verse-by-verse study through the Book of Acts by focusing on Acts 23:12-35. For more resources on this passage, see our website at ⁠pomh.org⁠ .

As we head into a new year, join us for a refresher on the 3 Pillars of Mars Hill Church: Biblical Teaching, Intentional Discipleship, and Gospel Community. Why are these important and how do we engage in each?

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This third week of Advent focuses on God's promise to be with Moses throughout it all. View additional resources on this message at ⁠pomh.org⁠ .

This week's Sunday sermon focused on God's faithfulness in His promises to Jacob. For additional devotionals on this message, see our Advent Guide at pomh.org/discipleship-resources.

During this season of Advent, we pause our verse-by-verse study through the Book of Acts to focus on our yearly Advent Series. This year's theme of God With Us walks us through the times God said "I AM will be with you" to five individuals in the Old Testament; we'll discuss what that meant for them and what it means for us today. Head over to ⁠pomh.org/discipleship-resources⁠ for your free digita...

This week Paul is dragged before the Sanhedrin, ordered struck by Ananias, and Jesus is with Paul in these dark moments. This will segue perfectly to our 2024 Advent series where we will hear the promise of "I am with you" to Issac, Jacob, Moses, and Joshua fulfilled in Immanuel, God with us. 

In our text this week, Paul turns to the mob that just beat him, and rather than retaliate or attack, he graciously and respectfully shares the good news of Jesus and how encountering Jesus changed Paul's life. Though he is one of their own and shares the words of life, they still want to kill him. There is much to learn in this text from the example of Paul, about following Jesus through difficul...

This past week at Mars Hill Church, we continued our verse-by-verse of the Book of Acts by focusing on Acts 21:27-36. For more resources on this passage, head over to the Mars Hill website at pomh.org.

This week, we look at Acts 21:17-26 and Paul's arrival in Jerusalem. It was an extremely volatile time according to historians. One commentator summarizes it this way, " intense Jewish nationalism   and political unrest. One insurrection after another rose to challenge the Roman   overlords, and Felix brutally suppressed them all. This only increased the Jewish hatred  f or Rome and inflamed anti-...

Our verse-by-verse study through the book of Acts this week focuses on Acts 21:1-16, but as Teaching Pastor Neal Ledbetter reminds us, "the message Paul received in Acts 20:22-23 and how he responded in verse 24 is important to keep in mind as we study our text this week. In Acts 21:1-16, the disciples receive the same word Paul did in Acts 20:22-23, but they have a different human response to the...

Our verse-by-verse focus on Acts 20:17-38 takes a look at Paul's meeting with and encouragement to the Ephesian elders. For more resources on this passage, check out the Mars Hill website at ⁠pomh.org⁠ .

This week at Mars Hill Church, we continued our verse-by-verse study of the Book of Acts by walking through Acts 20:1-16. For more resources on this scripture, head over to our website at ⁠pomh.org⁠ .

At Mars Hill Church, we are going to verse-by-verse through the Book of Acts, and this Sunday's focus was on Acts 19:21-41. For more resources on this scripture, head over to our website at ⁠pomh.org⁠ .

Our verse-by-verse study through the Book of Acts continues this week with a focus on Acts 19:11-20. For more resources on this scripture, head over to the Mars Hill Church website at ⁠pomh.org⁠ .

This week, we're looking at Paul's return to Ephesus and the "disciples" he encounters there. Are they disciples of Jesus? That ambiguity is likely Luke's point and why Paul asks the question about whether they have received the Holy Spirit. It should provide some good discussion on the outward evidence of faith. Also, it is an opportunity to discuss trusting the Spirit's...

This Sunday at Mars Hill Church, we continued our verse-by-verse study of the Book of Acts by focusing in on Acts 18:18-28. For more resources on this scripture, check out our website at ⁠pomh.org⁠ .

In our verse-by-verse study of the Book of Acts this week, we read as Paul moves on to Corinth. For more on Acts 18:1-17, check out our website at ⁠pomh.org⁠ .

This week, we're studying Paul's message at Mars Hill (the one in Athens!). For more resources on this text, check out our website at ⁠pomh.org⁠ .

We're looking at the Bereans this week and how their response differed from the Thessalonians. Head over to ⁠pomh.org⁠ for more resources on our message on Acts 17:10-15.

Our verse-by-verse study through the Book of Acts brings us to Acts 17:1-9 this week: Paul and Silas in Thessalonica and the reaction and accusation of those in the synagogue.  For more resources on this sermon, check out our message archives at pomh.org.

This week we're looking at the last characters in Acts 16 -- the magistrates. When seen in light of the whole chapter, they're the only ones who ignore truth, presume their innocence, and yet stand condemned. We'll see how Paul and Silas respond to false accusation, how their response and innocence points to the gospel, and how they leverage their innocence and citizenship for God'...

We're back in Acts this week and picking up with the third character in Acts 16, the jailer. While Lydia is religious and the slave girl is irreligious, the jailer sits somewhere in the middle as indifferent. All three stories have much to teach us about the power of the gospel and our own evangelism to different people in different circumstances.