Merlin Miller preaches the 21st message from the Acts of the Apostles, taken from chapter 8:26-40. When the Lord seems to take Philip away from fruitful ministry to a place where few are, we see how much He cares about each individual soul, and how great He is at arranging circumstances!
20: The Church Scattered
Merlin Miller preaches the 20th message from the Acts of the Apostles from chapter 8:9-25. Lessons for believers today are learned by observing the specific events of Simon the magician and the new Samaritan converts.
19: The Church Scattered
Merlin Miller returns with the 19th message from the Acts of the Apostles. Following Stephen’s death persecution breaks out against the fledgling church - how will they respond?
18: The Church Birthed
Merlin Miller preaches the 18th message from Acts, where the conclusion of Stephen’s trial before the council results in his death, the first martyr of the recently birthed Christian church.
17: The Church Birthed
Merlin Miller preaches the 17th message from Acts, where Stephen, who was arrested and stands before the council, uses a history lesson as his defense against the false charges.
16: The Church Birthed
Merlin Miller preaches the 16th message from Acts, where Stephen, one of the men chosen in last week’s text is opposed. This time the opposition will rise to a level previously unreached.
15: The Church Birthed
Merlin Miller returns to Acts with now the 15th message, still focusing on the birth of the Christian church. This new group of followers of Jesus has experienced pressure from the outside, but now for the first time faces internal pressure. How will they respond?
14: The Church Birthed
Merlin Miller continues his sermon series, Acts of the Apostles. This 14th sermon of the series is the second of 2 taken from Acts 5:12-42 where the momentum of the early church and wonderful works that God was doing through them continues to be contrasted with the efforts of the Jewish leaders to squash this explosive movement.
13: The Church Birthed
Merlin Miller continues his sermon series, Acts of the Apostles. This 13th sermon of the series is the first of 2 taken from Acts 5:12-42 where the momentum of the early church and wonderful works that God was doing through them is contrasted with the efforts of the Jewish leaders to squash this explosive movement.
12: The Church Birthed
Merlin Miller continues his sermon series, Acts of the Apostles. This 12th sermon of the series is taken from Acts 4:34-5:11 where Luke demonstrates the unity of the early church. There is the positive example of Barnabas given, as well as the negative example of Ananias & Sapphira.
11: The Church Birthed
Merlin Miller continues his sermon series, Acts of the Apostles. This 11th sermon of the series is taken from Acts 4:23-33 where the believers respond to the threats made by the Jewish leaders by praying. The text illustrates the parts of their prayer as well as the results.
10: The Church Birthed
Merlin Miller continues his sermon series, Acts of the Apostles. This 10th sermon of the series is taken from Acts 4:13-22 where the Jewish leaders need to decide what to do with the apostles they arrested. They cannot deny what they have done, and astonished by Peter & John’s bold teaching, but are unwilling to yield or bend their knee to what God is doing.
09: The Church Birthed
Merlin Miller continues his sermon series, Acts of the Apostles. This 9th sermon of the series is taken from Acts 4:1-12 where the apostles run into opposition from Jewish leaders for teaching about the resurrection in the temple. They are imprisoned, and before the highest Jewish leaders Peter gives a bold defense, and even dares to accuse those leaders!
08: The Church Birthed
Merlin Miller continues his sermon series, Acts of the Apostles. This 8th sermon is taken from Acts 3:12-26. Digging into Paul's message about forgiveness and repentance.
07: The Church Birthed
Merlin Miller continues his sermon series, Acts of the Apostles. This 7th sermon is taken from Acts 3:1-11. The lame begger healed.
06: The Church Birthed
Merlin Miller continues his sermon series, Acts of the Apostles. This 6th sermon is taken from Acts 2:42-47.
05: The Church Birthed
Merlin Miller continues his sermon series, Acts of the Apostles. This 5th sermon is taken from Acts 2:14-41. Peter addresses the crowd after Pentecost.
04: Birthing the Church
Merlin Miller continues our sermon series, Acts of the Apostles. This 4th sermon is taken from Acts 2:1-13. This message looks at the beginning stages of the early church.
03: Setting the Stage
Merlin Miller continuing the journey through the book of Acts. Text: Acts 1:12-26
02: Setting the Stage
Merlin Miller continues the beginning stages of our journey through the Book of Acts.