Ananias and Sapphira’s “Strange Fire”
Situating the infamous story of Ananias and Sapphira in its canonical context can answer some of the troubling questions that are often raised.
Situating the infamous story of Ananias and Sapphira in its canonical context can answer some of the troubling questions that are often raised.
It's in the gospel fellowship of a local church that we encounter the God of all comfort and find strength to suffer well.
Christians impact their cities most effectively through preaching and portraying Christ, not protests and politics.
There is no better place to see what a "Spirit-filled" church looks like than to look at the results of the Holy Spirit being poured out at Pentecost.
Alexander Maclaren's sermon on the name of our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, and the different aspects each name proclaims of his person and work.
According to Jesus, the power of the Holy Spirit promised in Acts 1:8 is given to the church primarily for the task of witnessing.
The book of Acts is about what the risen Lord Jesus accomplishes through his Spirit-empowered church in fulfillment of God's purposes for the world.
Through the book of Acts, the Spirit-empowered church bears witness to Jesus as both the rejected-crucified Christ and the risen-exalted Lord.