Acts 2:47b – “And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.” In 1984, Rockwell released a song titled “Somebody’s Watching Me.”  The guy who wrote that song must have been very paranoid. However, the truth is…

Acts 2:47a – “praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people.” Worship.  There’s another polarizing word in the church today.  For most, it starts a conversation about whether we should sing hymns with a choir, piano, and organ…

Acts 2:42 – “They devoted themselves to…the breaking of bread…”  (The last of those “…”s.) Acts 2:45 – “Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere…

Acts 2:44-45 states, “All the believers were together and had everything in common. They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need.” Giving.  Tithing.  Stewardship.  Say these words around a church and you’ll evoke enough emotion to think…

Acts 2:43 states, “Everyone was filled with awe at the many wonders and signs performed by the apostles.” There are 8 definitions in Webster’s Dictionary for the word Grace.  The first one is “unmerited divine assistance given humans for their…

Acts 2:42 states, “They devoted themselves to … prayer.”  Don’t worry, we’ll get to all the “…” in there, but I wanted to highlight the prayer part today. First and foremost.  God is not your cosmic butler.  This is not…

Acts 2:42 states, “They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching…” The first thing stated about the Fellowship of Believers – or church – is that they devoted themselves to the teaching of God’s Word as presented by the apostles.  If…

I have a confession to make.  I have been attending church since 9 months before I was born.  For those keeping score, that’s almost 38 years.  I have been a Christian for almost 30 of those years.  However, only recently…