“THE CURE FOR DEATH” ACTS 9:32-43 I. Introduction From 1966 to 2014 the Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon was broadcast on television stations throughout the nation. During those years the telethon raised over two billion dol-lars ($2,000,000,000) to fight muscular dystrophy and find a cure for it. But today, after all of that time, […]
“FROM SAUL TO PAUL” ACTS 9:10-31 I. Introduction Jesus performed miracles when He turned water into wine, when He fed the five thousand, when He stilled a storm, and when He walked upon the Sea of Galilee. He performed mira-cles when He healed the sick, the lame, the deaf, the blind, and the demon-possessed. When […]
“SAUL’S CONVERSION” ACTS 9:1-9 I. Introduction “Amazing grace! How sweet the sound. That saved a wretch like me! I once was lost but now am found; Was blind but now I see.” Thus begins the most widely known, played, and sung Christian hymn in the world. It was written in 1779 by John Newton. Who […]
“THE FAITH THAT SAVES” ACTS 8:25-40 I. Introduction The first time God poured out His wrath on this sinful world He did so with the flood. But He chose eight people to save from that wrath. When the waters finally receded and the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat, God used those […]
“A FAITH THAT CONDEMNS” ACTS 8:9-24 I. Introduction Are you between the ages of 50 and 70? If you are, you’re what is commonly known as a “baby boomer.” Baby boomers are those Americans who were born after World War 2 and before the war in Viet Nam. Think 1945 to 1965. If you’re a […]
“FROM PERSECUTION TO PROCLAMATION” ACTS 8:1-8 I. Introduction Two weeks ago an old friend of mine passed into the presence of His Lord and Savior. I learned a lot from Bob Johnson, not the least of which was how a Christian handles things like pain, sorrow, and grief. In Bob’s case he handled it with […]
“GETTING SOMEWHERE” ACTS 7:38-60 I. Introduction Imagine that it is not the winter of the year 2016; instead imagine that it’s the spring of the year 1521. Imagine that you’re not in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin; instead imagine that you’re in Worms (“Vorms”), Germany. Imagine that you’ve not received a summons to stand before a local […]
“Going Somewhere” Acts 7:17-37 Introduction Last Sunday morning we began a journey that will ultimately take us through fifty-three verses of Scripture in the Book of Acts. We started in Acts 7:1 where Stephen, who had been accused of blasphemy against God, His Word, and Moses, was arrested and brought before the Jewish authorities where […]
“Starting Somewhere” Acts 7:1-16 Introduction It’s been rightly said that every good sermon should take its hearers on a journey that starts somewhere, goes somewhere, and in the end, gets somewhere. With this morning’s text in the Book of Acts we are going to start somewhere but, today at least, we aren’t going to get […]
“The Face of an Angel” Acts 6:8-15 I. Introduction “Martyrdom!” The very word reminds us of those whose faith in Christ was unshakeable and whose courage reminds us of what it can mean to be a believer in this world. With the exception of John, all of the apostles were martyred before the end of […]