Seven Weeks Later

Acts 2:1
Description – A Communion Meditation for Sunday, September 4, 2005
One of the most important ways that the Bible can come alive to us is to be able to link events in the New Testament to events in the Old Testament. As we are able to do so (and a good cross-reference Bible helps) we [...]

The Importance of Community

Acts 2:43-47, Acts 4:32-35
Description – Inaugural sermon for fall 2005 series through the book of Acts
My colleague in ministry, Arnetta Bailey, writes of the fears that we all have when we enter into a new experience with a new group of people:
‘Can you remember what it was like to start a new job or walk [...]

Two Kinds of Healing

Acts 3:1-16
Description – The second in a series through the book Acts during Fall 2005
A woman who worked for a vet was to have knee surgery. She was nervous about the procedure and asked her boss if he had any advice. He replied, rather half-mindedly, ‘Just turn your worries into prayers, get plenty of rest, [...]

Death By Resurrection

Acts 7:59-60
Description – Communion meditation for October 2, 2005 and part of the fall 2005 sermon series
A month ago, we started our walk through the book of Acts with Pentecost and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on the remaining disciples and others gathered in the upper room. We began in Jerusalem. This morning our [...]

Power You Can’t Buy

Acts 8:4-8 (also through 25)
Description – Fifth sermon in a fall 2005 series through Acts
The coming of fall announces the arrival of football, the World Series, school, a new allergy season, and a new TV season. Many of us have waited all summer to see the outcome of our favorite TV show’s cliffhanger ending.
Returning to [...]

Listen to the Spirit

Acts 8:29
Description – The sixth of a Fall 2005 series through Acts
How well do you listen? We are going to find out this morning! I need 7 volunteers to help me with this. Let’s see…(I ‘volunteered’ 7 people)
(3 persons were given a phrase on a 3×5 card to look at and then whisper into the [...]

What’s In, What’s Out

Acts 10:15
Description – The seventh of a series through the book of Acts in the Fall 2005
It used to be that to find out who or what was ‘in’ or ‘out’ you consulted the society section of the local newspaper, or Look magazine, or a well-known celebrity reporter for the latest on whatever was deemed [...]

Chained Up But Not Chained In

Acts 12:1-5
Description – The eighth sermon in a Fall 2005 series through Acts
(To the reader: I created the following dramatic reading for this sermon. I recorded it onto a CD and then played it during the worship service. I portrayed Peter writing his account of the event to Timothy several years after it occurred as [...]

Final Words

Acts 20:22-24
Description – The final sermon of a fall 2005 sermon series through Acts
This morning we conclude our series in Acts and we begin with a test. Yes, a test. Actually, a couple of tests that deal with famous statements and ‘last words.’ However, they are tests that frame the important issue of finishing well [...]