Fuel on the fire of the early church. We want to be _________ in our outreach. God puts the right people in the _____ place. The church heads _____. They sent Barnabas to _________. Stay ____ to the Lord. Barnabas sought out ____. In Antioch we’re named __________. The Holy Spirit warned of a ______. […]
OUR BIBLE TALK This weekend Jodie continues our Acts series ‘Launching the Church’. Today’s talk is on Acts 11:19-12:24, called ‘Opportunity and opposition’. Next week we welcome special guest Dan Odell from Shellharbour Anglican College to speak to us from 1 Thessalonians chapter 4 on the topic ‘Hope in Death’. MISSION OF THE MONTH Support […]
One of the most frustrating aspects of fighting fires is turning up to help a resident whose home is completely unprepared for the coming attack. If the householder had cleared out their gutters, raked away the leaves and removed the piles of branches from near their home, then it would be so much easier to […]
Last week we saw that the good news of Jesus has now crossed cultural barriers to be available for anyone who believes! And in our next episode from the book of Acts we see that the action moves north to a city called Antioch, which now forms the new hub for Christianity as it travels […]
Marvellous multiculturalism. Jewish believers needed to cross ________. It is _____ who heals. The healing by Jesus made _________. Cornelius was a powerful and religious _______. The angel tells Cornelius to get _____. The Lord challenges Peter to eat _______ food. Peter obeys the Lord and travels to the _______. Cornelius is ______ for the […]
OUR BIBLE TALK This weekend Jodie continues our Acts series ‘Launching the Church’. Today’s talk is on Acts 9:32-11:18, called ‘A Clean Change for the Church’. Next week Jodie speaks on Acts 11:19-12:24 ‘Opportunity and opposition’. MISSION OF THE MONTH Support Cameron and Alex Jones with Irish Church Missions through the ‘Mission Table’ by buying or […]
After I prepared the promotional flyers for our holiday kids club, I realised that I had included a terrific photo of the Sphinx on the front, but didn’t once mention the word ‘Egypt’ or ‘Egyptian’ anywhere on the page! I’ve since updated the newer versions to say ‘Egyptian Adventure’, but those who received an earlier […]
As the early church grew, it meant lots and lots of changes. One of the biggest changes was felt by the people who grew up Jewish, but now were bring brought together by God to share the one, spiritual family with all sorts of ‘Gentile’ people. Sounds confusing? Well, come along and join us this […]
Changing your mind It is often ______ to do a backflip. Saul had a deep ____ for Christians. Saul’s ideology was __________. Saul was ______ by a light. We have a remarkable __________ with Christ. The hunter became the ______. Saul was in emotional and physical _____. Ananias must lay his _____ on Saul. Ananias […]
OUR BIBLE TALK This week Jodie continues our series on the book of Acts called ‘Launching the Church’. Today’s talk is on Acts 9:1-31, called ‘From Murderer to Missionary’. NEXT WEEK’S TALK Next week Jodie will continue our Acts series with the seventh talk on Acts 9:32-11:18 entitled ‘A Clean Change for the Church. MISSION […]