2008

"The Incarnation"

"The Angels in Bethlehem"

"The Reality of Christmas"

1.  Christmas is a personal reality for us

2.  Christmas demonstrates a reality in the heart of God

FINDING THE WILL OF GOD TOGETHER
Acts 1:14-26

I.  The First Agenda of Prayer is Prayer   v. 14

II. The Role of Scripture    vv. 16-20

FINDING GOD’S WILL THROUGH PRAYER

ACTS 1:14-26

I.  Prayer is the Oxygen of the Church   v. 14

THE ASCENSION AND THE ASSEMBLY

THE WITNESS AND THE WORLD 
 
ACTS 1:8        Part 4
 
 

THE PROGRESS OF THE GOSPEL IN THE WORLD
Part 3: The Witness and the World
Acts 1:8

 
  I.  The Authority of Vision

"The Progress of the Gospel in the World, Part II"

I. Acts 1:8 is a Reversal

"The Progression of the Gospel in the World"

"The Kingdom and the Power, Part II"

What God's Promise of Power Is and Isn't

I THE CHRISTIAN TO BE A WITNESS
NOT A PROPHET vv.7-8

"The Kingdom and the Power"

Regarding God's exact plan for Israel, Jesus encouraged "selective agnosticism."  Knowing the exact times and epochs not a priority for Christians.

"God's Faithfulness in History, God's Faithfulness to History, Part 3"

The book of Acts challenges the emerging popular notion that truth is personal and it doesn't matter.

I.  Apologetics in the Book of Acts

          "...many convincing proofs..."   v. 3

            By apologetics we don't mean "apology."

"God's Faithfulness in History, God's Faithfulness to History, Part 2"

In this passage of the book of Acts, the Trinitarian witness emerges and apologetics is prominent

"God's Faithfulness in History, God's Faithfulness to History"

The book of Acts is Luke's pious, but historical account of the Holy Spirit's work in the lives of new believers.

FIVE LEADING THEMES

1. The Recording of History 1:1-2

The Promise of the Gospel

Will the Judge of the Whole Earth Do Right? Part 3