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One of the questions asked in our “If You Ask…” series is “Do children who die go to heaven?” This question is especially important for those who have lost a baby or child, or had an abortion without understanding that it is a sin and murder. But... Read More →

In the “Since You Asked…” sermon series we will look at a very interesting topic – the topic of the security of our salvation. W are going to try to answer the question, whether once we are saved, our salvation is guaranteed no matter what we do or how we... Read More →

The second sermon from the sermon series “Since you asked…” Sermon by Pastor Tim Awtrey. Read More →

Sermon by Josh Provow Read More →

If you pray for wisdom about a particular decision, and then find yourself coming to a conclusion you hadn’t expected, you either go with it or you decide that you didn’t really mean that prayer in the first place. It is likely that Paul went through such a process before he... Read More →

Acts 15 is about controversy in the early church. We can understand Paul and Peter, who insist that God has granted Gentiles repentance that leads to life without the Gentiles needing to be circumcised (as we saw in Acts 11). And we can understand the circumcision faction, who... Read More →

As long as our churches are places where we struggle to sustain an hour or two of public worship per week, with “real life” only minimally affected by it, we will be like a bunch of vaguely religious cows in a field, mooing on Sunday mornings and chewing the cud the rest of the... Read More →

Luke now comes to a turning point in his story. Here we are at the start of an extraordinary triple journey which will take Paul across Turkey and Greece and back again, then again once more, and finally off to Rome itself. We would much prefer the story to be one of gentle... Read More →

After initial opposition from the chief priests and then persecution initiated by a zealous young Pharisee, the followers of Jesus now at last come in for royal attention. Herod Agrippa I was thought of by the Jewish population as “their man,” trusted more or less by the Romans... Read More →

With what took place in the home of Cornelius, Gentiles were admitted as full members of the new and rapidly developing Jesus family without having to become Jews in the process. In his otherwise fast-paced narrative, Luke gives the story several repetitions. We can only conclude... Read More →