Bible Study

Sermon Acts 17:16-18 Windows of Opportunity By Pastor Vince Gerhardy It was a beautiful afternoon in the Santa Ana Mountains when Susan Small and her five-year-old daughter Laura, wandered down to a pond to watch tadpoles dart around the murky water. Suddenly a mountain lion sprang from among the bushes and pounced on Laura, knocking … Continue reading “Acts 17:16-18 Windows of Opportunity (Gerhardy) – Bible study”

Sermon Acts 17:22-31 I See How Extremely Religious You Are By Pastor Steven Molin Dear friends in Christ, grace to you and peace, from God our Father, and His Son, our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. I dont know how many of you follow the day-to-day events at our state capitol, but it seems … Continue reading “Acts 17:22-31 I See How Extremely Religious You Are (Molin) – Bible study”

Sermon Acts 17:22-31 To An Unknown God By Dr. Mickey Anders Russell Conwell, whose famous speech “Acres of Diamonds” helped to build Temple University in Philadelphia, told the story of a boy he knew in Massachusetts who went to Yale College and became a mining engineer. He was a brilliant student, and during his senior … Continue reading “Acts 17:22-31 To an Unknown God (Anders) – Bible study”

Sermon Acts 17:22-31 Practicing Resurrection: Worship By Rev. Amy Butler Weve been talking since Easter about what it might mean to live our lives like Easter is more than one day of the year . . . to live in the process of being transformed by the miracle of resurrection every single day. Helping us … Continue reading “Acts 17:22-31 Practicing Resurrection: Worship (Butler) – Bible study”

Sermon, Acts 17:22-34, Critical Differences, Dr. Philip W. McLarty Sermon Acts 17:22-31 Critical Differences By Dr. Philip W. McLarty Our series on Acts continues with Paul in Athens. He got there after being run out of Beroea, and that’s what makes the story of his experience in Athens so compelling: Here he meets resistance of … Continue reading “Acts 17.22-31 Critical Differences (McLarty) – Bible study”

Sermon Acts 19:1-7 Experiential Religion By Dr. Mickey Anders One of the controversial issues in many churches today is the issue of rebaptism. Rebaptism simply means being baptized again. Some pastors simply refuse to baptize a person a second time, and others require it quite often. There have been a few people I have known … Continue reading “Acts 19:1-7 Experiential Religion (Anders) – Bible study”

Sermon Acts 19:1-7 The Baptism of the Spirit By Dr. Philip W. McLarty Our series on Acts continues with Paul in Ephesus. At this point, he’s well into his third missionary journey. Ephesus was a major Roman city and home of the temple of Artemis, one of the great wonders of the world in its … Continue reading “Acts 19.1-7 The Baptism of the Spirit (McLarty) – Bible study”

Sermon Acts 19:1-10; 21-41 Comfort the Afflicted, Afflict the Comfortable By Dr. Philip W. McLarty The title of the sermon this morning comes from a 19th Century journalist named Finley Peter Dunne, a contemporary of Joseph Pulitzer. He wrote under the pseudonym of an Irishman named Mr. Dooley. The full quotation goes like this: “Th … Continue reading “Acts 19:1-41 Comfort the Afflicted, Afflict the Comfortable (McLarty) – Bible study”

Sermon Acts 9:1-20 or Acts 26:9-21 Congregational Vitality By The Rev. Charles Hoffacker Imagine this. You are driving in your car, minding your own business, when all of a sudden you see in your rear view mirror the flashing colored lights of a police car. You’re getting pulled over! A glance at the speedometer shows … Continue reading “Acts 26:9-21 Congregational Vitality (Hoffacker) – Bible study”

Sermon Romans 1:1-7 Are You a Saint? By Richard Niell Donovan Paul starts his letter to the Romans by identifying himself.“Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ,” he says.Paul clearly wants us to know who the boss is.Jesus is in charge.Paul is only a servanta person under orderssomeone who does what he is told. But then … Continue reading “Romans 1:1-17 Are You a Saint! (Donovan) – Bible study”