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49:08 minutes (8.44 MB)Pastor Eugene preaches on Easter Sunday about…doubt, pessimism, and cynicism. Thomas was a disciple of Christ but yet, wrestled with doubt and pessimism only to have his faith deepened by those very things.

35:40 minutes (6.13 MB)In the sermon about the Great Commission, we learn about both the blessing and burden of being a follower of Jesus.

28:07 minutes (4.83 MB)Pastor Leah Klug preaches on the radical nature of the gospel and inevitability of persecution for those following Christ.

43:24 minutes (7.45 MB)

Acts 6:8-15
shows the emergence of Stephen’s leadership but also the beginning of the
opposition against the Christian church. Pastor Eugene details why this
opposition begins to take place and the promise that God will be with us.

41:04 minutes (7.05 MB)

Stephen is on “trial” for blasphemy by the religious leaders but with great courage, conviction, and Spiritual discernment, he put the religious leaders and institution on trial and speaks to the issues of the Temple, cultural customs, and “stiff-neckedness.” God cannot be contained by a place or building. The worship of Jesus supersedes cultural impositions. The people of God must be Spirit led.

47:11 minutes (8.1 MB)As Stephen is stoned and killed, he utters the prayer, “Lord, do not hold this against them.”  When we’ve been wronged or hurt, how are we as Christians to move from a spirit of anger and bitterness to a rhythm of forgiveness.

41:31 minutes (7.13 MB)Why did persecution against Christians begin? Why is it happening now and why will it continue until the day of the Lord? And how will the Lord use it for His glory and honor?

44:33 minutes (7.65 MB)Pastor Eugene, preaches that the gospel of Christ goes beyond Jerusalem and just as Christ predicted, the gospel goes to Samaria – a place and people hated by many. In this passage, we are reminded that the object of our faith must always be Christ and the cross; not signs, miracles, or even powerful demonstrations. Simon the Sorcerer is drawn to “belief” not because of Christ but through the lure of signs, power, and notoriety.

38:42 minutes (6.65 MB)Pastor Ray teaches  how the story of Philip and the Ethiopian eunuch reminds us that salvation is solely the sovereign work of the Holy Spirit initiated in God's unconditional grace. Philip is a wonderful example of the part that we play in salavation as co-workers together with God, but it doesn't depend on our ability.
Jesus said, "No one comes to me unless the Father draws him."

35:53 minutes (6.16 MB)Pastor Ray teaches in today's text as we continue the story of Saul of Tarsus who was captured by the amazing grace of God on the road to Damascus. The grace of God now compels him to proclaim the message that Jesus is the Son of God.
That same grace compels us today.

35:36 minutes (6.11 MB)Pastor Leah teaches we need to claim the radical hope we are called to as believers in Jesus Christ.

26:06 minutes (4.48 MB)Pastor Ray teaches from Acts 10, where the text confronts us with Christ's deeper mission to which the healing miracles point: the healing of mind and soul and attitudes that break down the walls of suspicion, fear, prejudice and hatred that separate people from each other. This is the message of reconciliation that defines Christ's mission, and ours.

32:49 minutes (5.64 MB)Pastor Leah preaches on Acts 10:23b - 48, focusing on how that initial spread of the Gospel to the Gentiles 2000 years ago continues to call us to unity around a belief in Jesus Christ today.  Just as the church was 'figuring it out' then, we continue to learn how to overcome barriers and divisions in our culture and our churches.

36:22 minutes (6.25 MB)Pastor Ray teaches that one of the greatest threats to the wholeness, effectiveness and authenticity of the church doesn't come from the outside--from skeptics, critics or secular culture--but from within--from the burden of "religious legalism" we impose on ourselves and others. We are called to be people of grace.

30:24 minutes (5.22 MB)Pastor Leah continues our sermon series through Acts 11 and the development of the early Gentile Church at Antioch. Today, just as much as at that time, we need great encouragers in our lives to help us learn what it means to live as followers of Christ. How can we step into the challenge to be someone's Barnabas?

29:25 minutes (5.06 MB)Pastor Ray teaches how prayer in its many forms is a wonderful gift from a loving Heavenly Father. Sometimes our prayers are "why prayers"; like the psalmist, we give voice to our "Why?" questions in prayer.

41:50 minutes (7.18 MB)Pastor Leah shares how Justice is part of the essential nature of God, and how we are called to live out God's justice as part of our identity as Christians.

40:52 minutes (7.02 MB)Pastor Deanza teaches how we are the Church and looks at how the early church established community, prayer life, breaking of bread and the spreading of the gospel. 

30:07 minutes (5.17 MB)God's overarching purpose in history is to reconcile "the world to himself in Christ." And that's the message and ministry of every Christian.