| Feb 5, 2017 | To Refresh and Bless | |
| The Story Continues | Mark Shaw | Acts 3 | |
When we read Acts, it is often hard to remember that we are reading about the on-going work of Jesus through His people in the power of the Holy Spirit. We can get preoccupied with the descriptive and miss the prescriptive. We can become enamored with the miracles and miss the meaning. Part Two...
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| Jan 29, 2017 | What I Have, I Give You... | |
| The Story Continues | Mark Shaw | Acts 3 | |
When we read Acts, it is often hard to remember that we are reading the on-going work of Jesus through His people in the power of the Holy Spirit. We can get preoccupied with the descriptive and miss the prescriptive. We can become enamored with the miracles and miss the meaning.
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| Jan 22, 2017 | Sanctity of Life Sunday | |
| Mark Shaw | Proverbs 14 | |
Sanctity of Human Life Sunday is an annual reminder that God values human life in all stages from conception to natural death. This i not a personal or political issue. The value of human life is a moral absolute and the implications are far-reaching.
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| Jan 15, 2017 | Life in the Early Church Pt. 2 | |
| The Story Continues | Mark Shaw | Acts 2 | |
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| Jan 8, 2017 | Life in the Early Church Pt. 1 | |
| The Story Continues | Mark Shaw | Acts 2 | |
As we resume our study of Acts at the beginning of this new year, it is appropriate and helpful to think about what those early days of the church were like. The apostles had witnessed the resurrection and exaltation of Jesus Christ. They had received the supernatural gift of the promised Holy Spirit. They were joined by 3000 others who repented and believed after the first "Christian sermon." A new community was forming; not against Judaism but out from it. What did they do? Is this more than historical narrative? Should what they did have any impact on what we do? Let's take a look...
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