Jul 4, 2022 2:30 AM America/Chicago
Stephen's Verdict, Acts 7:44-53
As the show-trial ends, Stephen issues the real verdict, the real condemnation, on the Council of little tyrants.
Acts: Pressing the Crown Rights of King Jesus
A curated series inside The Ragtown Pulpit .
Jun 26, 2022 11:40 AM America/Chicago
Stephen's Defense: Who REALLY Opposed Moses? Acts 7:34-43
Stephen begins to put a point on his argument. Christ is not opposed to Moses. Israel was. Toward the end of the sermon, the pastor's voice begins to obviously start failing. He asks God for help in a very quick prayer, and you can hear his voice get stro
Jun 20, 2022 4:00 AM America/Chicago
Stephen's 3rd Witness, Moses, Acts 7:19-33
Stephen's defense shifts to the charge that he's been blasphemous toward Moses. As he retells the old story, he's inviting the listener to start connecting some dots. Dots which he will pointedly connect himself in a short time.
Jun 12, 2022 4:11 PM America/Chicago
Stephen's Second Witness. Joseph, Acts 7:9-18
Stephen's defense begins to develop an edge that is sneaky-sharp, as he tells a familiar story about the patriarchs. Toward the end of the message we received a text from an addict that looks like Jesus may have converted him while we prayed for him momen
Jun 5, 2022 9:01 AM America/Chicago
Stephen's First Witness, Abraham, Acts 7:1-8
Stephen uses the life of Abraham to seek to break his judges from their excessive devotion to geography.
May 30, 2022 7:03 AM America/Chicago
Stephen's Drama Begins, Acts 6:8-15
God's witness/martyr gets noticed, opposed, and vindicated. What did it mean to be "full of grace"? More enemy tactics are exposed.
May 22, 2022 9:05 AM America/Chicago
Divine Conflict Resolution, Acts 6:1-7
The Lord grants the church the grace to overcome an internal squabble. He calls us to an uncomfortable maturity.
May 16, 2022 9:00 AM America/Chicago
Exposing the Tactics of Tyrants, Acts 5:17-42
The apostles are kidnapped again; intimidated; humiliated; subjected to a sham trial; nearly murdered, and finally beaten. And God's kingdom kept right on rolling. Learn the perennial tactics tyrants consistently use in the protection of their own power
May 1, 2022 9:53 AM America/Chicago
Socialism or Gospel Miracle? (Acts 4:32-5:11)
Gospel transformation of the human heart as the solution to scarcity and lack.
Apr 24, 2022 10:17 AM America/Chicago
Your Response to Threats (Acts 4:23-31)
Every threat you receive has a unique power to reveal the truth about your secret faith. We mark the characteristics of the early church's response.
Apr 18, 2022 4:58 PM America/Chicago
A Defiant Gospel, Acts 4:12-22
The missing note in much of our preaching: Defiance of powers
Apr 11, 2022 4:12 AM America/Chicago
Acts 4:1-12, First Conflict With Government
The Sanhedrin assembles to address the Gospel problem at the temple.
Apr 5, 2022 2:03 AM America/Chicago
Acts 3:11-26, Rabbit trail on God's dealing with Ignorance
Peter says that the ignorance of his hearers is a mitigating factor in God's willingness to forgive their sin. We take a moment to chase that down in the Scripture a bit.
Mar 27, 2022 8:46 AM America/Chicago
Acts 3:1-10, Why you leaping?
Sometimes you just gotta preach good news
Mar 21, 2022 12:30 PM America/Chicago
12 Marks of a Healthy Church. Acts 2:42-47
Let's devote ourselves to the right things
Mar 14, 2022 7:21 AM America/Chicago
Baptized to be Forgiven? Acts 2:37-40
More time than I wanted to spend on the misuse of Acts 2:38, but many found it convicting.
Mar 7, 2022 5:44 AM America/Chicago
Peter Preaches Resurrection and Exaltation, Acts 2:22-36
Peter's explanation of the phenomenon of Acts 2 covers some interesting ground and ends with a stinging indictment. Miracles, sovereignty, and Scripture as the bedrock of truth.
Feb 28, 2022 1:16 AM America/Chicago
On Peter's Use of Joel, and our use of Scripture (Acts 2:14-21)
Peter brings forth older prophecy to explain present events, in ways that might surprise us, but ought to inform our own attempts at the same thing.
Feb 21, 2022 3:35 PM America/Chicago
A More Expansive Vision of Spirit Baptism, Acts 2:1-13
Seeking to move beyond the common Pentecostal emphasis on personal experience, and think in terms of larger Biblical themes.
Feb 7, 2022 2:04 AM America/Chicago
4 Big Ideas that Hang on the Ascension
The 4: 2nd Coming Spirit presence Dominion Security
Feb 7, 2022 2:00 AM America/Chicago
Kingdom Expectation and the Spirit
On the Dumb Question that Wasn't
Jan 23, 2022 12:06 PM America/Chicago
Acts 1:4-5 - Wait in Jerusalem, because History is Going Somewhere
It's a minor detail, but why wait in Jerusalem? Because God doesn't leave loose ends, and this whole thing is headed somewhere.