In our summer series, we will be looking at critical events in the book of Acts, starting with Jesus’ commission of his “sent ones” in Acts 1:1-11. The goal is for our church to become more like the original Christian church. We first need to reorient ourselves to the task that Jesus gave us for the time between his departure and his return: to be witnesses to the end of the earth.
Once Jesus ascended on high, he sent the Father's promised Spirit to light up the church and empower her for her mission.
Although the church in Smyrna may not have looked like much on the surface, Jesus’ evaluation of it was wholly positive. He did not...
We left off the story at the end of Genesis with Joseph’s coffin in Egypt and his words about God visiting his people in...