The Holy Spirit had come, the church was growing, and the disciples were busy spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ throughout Jerusalem. On their way to the temple one afternoon, Peter and John came across a crippled man who had been lame from birth. Day after day he was placed…
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If the gospel is true, now what?
Peter, transformed by the Holy Spirit, boldly proclaimed the gospel, and those who heard him were cut to the heart and moved to respond. Suddenly, they saw their sin for what it was and realized what Jesus had accomplished with His death and resurrection. God had opened their eyes, and…
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Transformed Life – A Holy Remodel
I love home makeover shows. It’s incredible to see a broken-down old house transformed into a beautiful new home and to follow along and as the transformation unfolds one day at a time. The before and after pictures always blow my mind. Something similar happens to us when we surrender…
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Let God handle your inadequacies
Are you an ordinary person with no special ministry training wondering how you can impact the world for the Kingdom of God? I am! And there’s a verse in Acts that spoke to me very clearly about the fact that God will use even “unschooled, ordinary” people like me to…
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Revolutionary
Revolutionary: radically new or innovative; outside or beyond established procedures or principles. When Jesus came to earth over 2,000 years ago, the new covenant he brought with him was revolutionary. It was radically new. And the “establishment” did not like it. They had devised a system that was working just…