Family Faith

One of the longings of the hearts of believers is that their family members come to know and share in their faith. The journey to faith is an individual one; as the children’s song reminds us ‘you need to find Him just for you’: ‘A mum or a dad or a sister who loves...

The First Martyr

Stephen is another character in the book of Acts who does not feature in the gospels. We read of him first in Acts 6, a man ‘full of faith and of the Holy Spirit’ (Acts 6:5) who was chosen to help serve the widows of the Greek-speaking Christians. Later in that...

The Early Apostles

It’s interesting to note that those first twelve disciples of Jesus are all mentioned in the book of Acts, but the emphasis is very definitely initially on Peter and John (as it often is in the gospels.) Peter features in many of the gospel stories: walking on water...

The People of Acts

God is able to work powerfully in our world without the need for human intervention. The Psalms have made it abundantly clear that God alone created the heavens and the earth (e.g. Ps 33:4,6; Ps 104:5) and He sustains the earth by His great power (Heb 1:2-3). Despite...

Don’t Be Caught Napping

Jesus has promised to return, but we don’t know when this will happen. He told a story once about an owner who went away from home, leaving his servants in charge of different tasks (Mark 13:13). Garry told this story tonight using felt characters: The story...