Why do Jesus’ followers start their prayer with, “Sovereign Lord…”? They were rooted in the certainty of God’s plan for their lives and His sovereignty over all things. This knowledge gave them great boldness, can you be bold?

If you were asked, “Who are you?” What would your answer be? Would you choose to tell them your name, your job, your hometown? When the Jewish religious leaders asked the Apostle Peter who he was he had a very different answer, could it be yours too?

After spending three weeks in Acts 4, we hosted a conversation between two of our preaching team, Fiona Dorman and James Stevenson. What does it mean to live out the belief that ‘Salvation is found in no other name under heaven except Jesus’.

This is such an important passage as we think about what it means to be witnesses to Jesus in a world where so many people think that it doesn’t matter what you believe as long as you keep it to yourself.

“Societies become secular not when they dispense with religion altogether, but when they are no longer especially agitated by it.” The early church found themselves amongst people who were agitated by them. “By what power and in whose name do you do these things?” They were asked. How can we be like them, how can we speak into, shape and agitate our culture.

Don’t miss out on all Jesus could do in and through you. Every generation of the church finds itself in a broken and fragile world. And every generation of the church finds itself trying to work out how best to respond to that brokenness. Is it possible in our response we may miss out on the very fullness of Good and all He is doing? Acts 3 teaches us what to do in order not to be those who miss out.

In Acts 2, the Apostle Peter gives the first public talk in the early church. As he explains the Holy Spirit’s coming at Pentecost, Peter turns to the Old Testament and to the writings of the Prophet Joel.  How can we be part of God’s unfolding plan from the Old Testament to today and into the future?

One key way the early church had fellowship with one another was through sharing meals – breaking bread – together. They learnt that the Christian life isn’t just about what God wants to do for us, but what he wants to do through us for the blessing of people. How can we eat with great love like the first Christians?

The central claim of Peter’s sermon at Pentecost is that the new life that came to the dead body of Jesus of Nazareth at the point of his resurrection from the dead to eternal life has now been breathed into those who confess that Jesus is Lord. This claim is the claim of the church through the ages and is an invitation for everyone to consider: do you believe that Jesus was resurrected from the dead.

In the history of the Church, people being amazed and perplexed is normal, because things happen and people change in a way that others can't quite work out. What causes that change and what does it mean for all of us?

With everything that’s going on in the world we may be approaching a significant point in human history, but how do we, as Christians approach it? In the days before Pentecost, we have some clues from the history of the church in Jerusalem that can help shape our response.

There are moments in life when you think, "I don't know what's next!"  The book of Acts is one big exciting 'What next?', as we explore the first 11 verses of Acts, we take a look at the 3 things we must take into the 'What next?' of life.