All through Acts we see the results of the fire of the Holy Spirit as the Church spread the message of Jesus. At the end of Acts 14, we see the fire of the Holy Spirit catching in a way that will spread across Asia Minor into Europe...
Read MoreWe all come to Jesus is a different manner, just as the disciples did, carrying our own hopes, fears and baggage. We hear from the Apostle Peter, years after Jesus' resurrection...
Read MoreThe world needs free people. Jesus has come to set us free. What has he come to free us for? What is a sign that we’re not living in freedom? And what can we do about it?
Read MoreWe are playing our part in the great, unfinished story of the book of Acts. As we play our part in God's rescue plan in 2018, we can learn from the story so far. This week we learn what happens when God births a new phase of his rescue plan? What are the signs we can look for and how do we join in?
Read MoreActs Season 1 is over, bring on Season 2! In chapter 13 of Acts we experience a change in the focus of the story. It moves from Peter and the mission to spread the message of Jesus to the Jews, and builds on God’s invitation to all people in Paul’s mission to the gentiles, but the drama isn’t over…
Read MoreThe message of the Gospel, that Jesus died for your sin, is for everybody – it’s a message we cannot stop, even though some try. A great place to start partnering with the Gospel is to pray for the salvation of all and as we pray, Jesus asks us the question, “are you with me?”
Read MoreThe privilege of being called ‘God’s People’ is the privilege to spread the Word across the world, to take Jesus across the boundaries and through barriers that we normally wouldn’t cross. What boundaries is God calling you to cross?
Read MoreEveryone’s invited! It’s a message on the outside of B&A Church that we want to be an attitude of heart. What does it mean? Why is it true? And how can we be involved? James looks at these questions in the context of Acts 10.
Read MoreIn Acts 9 we read of Peter praying for healing and to raise the dead. It seems this stuff was normal for the early church. Was this just for them or is this for us too?
Read MoreDo we know what we really have in following Jesus? How many of us are just scratching the surface when God longs for us to discover all that he has to offer for life it all its fullness.
Read MoreOften I mistake the Bible as boring or run-of-the-mill and forget the blockbuster nature of the stories in there. As we follow the beginning of Saul’s (later called St Paul) great adventure with Jesus, what are the hallmarks of his movie-like training montage and where might they be in our lives?
Read MoreSt Paul’s conversion story is very dramatic and it is tempting to think that it a story to wonder at and marvel at. But actually in that story are the clues to how were too can live a life like his. We may not be able to have his conversions tory but we can live his converted life.
Read MoreHow deep has the gospel gone in your life? How you and I respond to the stuff of life, our actions, attitudes, and words, reveal how deeply grace and the gospel have got a hold of us, which points us once again to our need for Jesus.
Read MoreThroughout the Bible it is possible to see God’s plan running through it, but along with God’s plan come God’s people, the ones involved in the plan. It’s not always easy to stick to the plan God has, and in the book of Acts we see just how hard it was for the early church.
Read MoreAre you with the Magi or Herod? You may think the answer’s obvious; you may even be offended by the question. The Magi journeyed to worship Jesus, Herod wanted to find him for other reasons. What about you?
Read MoreHave you ever been surprised by an invitation to an event? Or maybe you haven’t been invited when you think you should have been. The strangest combination of people were invited to Jesus’ birth and today, this Christmas, everyone’s invited (and that includes you)!
Read MoreWhat defines our level of excitement for any given thing, is how we feel about that thing, whether it’s Christmas, a birthday, a house move, a wedding or funeral. Disappointment happens when we don’t get what we were anticipating. Christmas is never a disappointment, and it's always super-exciting!
Read MoreThe Bible is a complex (and quite long!) book made up of many different parts from a great breadth of history. Mike Fuller takes us through the story of the entire Bible in just fifty minutes (with a bit of leeway either side) to give us the bigger picture of God’s plan within it.
Read MoreIn the second half of Acts 5, we begin to see the power of the gospel working beyond the obedience of the church. This is the unstoppable force of the gospel, to which there were and still are a variety of reactions. What’s your reaction to the gospel? What would you like it to be?
Read MoreSetting up opposition is well-worn track to telling a classic good vs. evil story. This passage depicts two completely opposite behaviours, the model behaviour of Barnabas and the united sharing community of the early church vs. the deceptive and selfish behaviour of Ananias and Sapphira.
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