34 messages in this series.
The Healing Power of God Introduction: In our journey through the Book of Acts we come today to a text where we find the Apostle Peter in an itinerant ministry in the areas lying outside the city of Jerusalem. He preaches the Gospel and performs two remarkable
When God Does Not Heal Introduction: Several years ago, a middle-aged woman stood up in a church service and gave her testimony as to how she had been afflicted with back pain during the preceding week. It interfered with her work and her sleep and made her li
The Evil of Spiritual Apartheid Introduction: South Africa has been much in the news for the past several years. Lately Congress and the executive branch of our government have been regularly consumed by debate over questions of human rights, sanctions, divest
The Crumbling Wall of Partition Introduction: In Ephesians 2:12-14 the Apostle Paul speaks to Gentile believers and urges them to “remember that you were at one time separate from Christ, excluded from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants
Deliverance, or Power Encounter Introduction: Acts 12 presents one of the great power encounters of the New Testament. The power of prayer and the power of God go up against the power of Satan, with the same victorious result as in the case of so many the grea
The Spreading Flame Note: I encourage anyone reading this sermon to do so with an open map of Paul’s missionary journeys, available in the back of most Bibles. Introduction: So far in our study of the Book of Acts we have covered the first decade or so of the
How to Be Free Indeed Introduction: Everyone cherishes freedom. Political freedom is sought by people everywhere, and they will devise ingenious methods to get through the Berlin Wall, or pay exorbitant sums to gain a place on a boat leaving Indochina, or risk
Is the Medium the Message? Introduction: Marshall McLuhan is viewed as a sort of prophet of the Electronic Age. A Canadian communications theorist who died in 1980, he is perhaps best known for coining the slogan, “the medium is the message.” By that he intend
Great Church Fights Introduction: Leslie B. Flynn, a Conservative Baptist pastor, is one of my favorite leisure‑reading authors because of his quick wit and profound insight. The book of his that I have enjoyed the most is one entitled, Great Church Fights. In
The Most Important Question in the World Introduction: There is a question that is upon every thinking person’s mind, but inhibitions prevent many people from putting it into words. It’s the question being asked by thousands of people who are laid off from the
A Seedpicker Takes on the Eggheads Note: This sermon was edited considerably and preached again 13 years after the original series. It was delivered at First Free in St. Louis right after I returned from a trip to Athens in 1999. Introduction: I have decided t
What You Can’t Learn in Seminary Introduction: The road to virtually any worthwhile goal is long and tough. To become a pilot in the U.S. Airforce you have to start with a college degree. If you make it through the brutal application procedure (over 95% washou