| By Andy Moyle | 3 mins 33 secs | 0 Comments
Joy in the city When we, as ordinary Christians, go out full of the Spirit, there is much joy in the city! People get saved, they get healed and they get delivered of unclean spirits. The Spirit is the counsellor and as we ask Him to do His thing in us, we get set free. […]
| By Andy Moyle | 1 min 26 secs | 0 Comments
Ordinary Christians shaking the world It is the soup-line worker Stephen who, humbly filled with the Spirit and wisdom, has shaken Jerusalem to the core, been tried by the Sanhedrin and now rejected and murdered just like his precious Saviour. As we move into part two, we are going to see many ordinary people, in […]
| By Andy Moyle | 2 mins 15 secs | 0 Comments
Finale of Part 1, part 2 Three years of uneasy coexistence between Spirit filled Christianity and first Century Judaism has blown up. Stephen is now on trial before the Sanhedrin, who will pass their official verdict on the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The last half of yesterday’s reading, as well as today’s and tomorrow’s, form […]
| By Andy Moyle | 2 mins 45 secs | 0 Comments
Finale of Part 1, part 1 Stephen, and what happened to him, is the finale of the first part of Acts from waiting for the Spirit, to the coming of the Spirit leading on to multitudes becoming disciples in Jerusalem. Stephen’s martyrdom will propel the Christians out into the world as they are scattered by […]
| By Andy Moyle | 3 mins 6 secs | 0 Comments
A snapshot of the normal Christian life In this passage we see a snapshot of the normal Christian life… Jesus’ disciples filled with the Holy Spirit, leading to A demonstration of God’s love through many signs and wonders, leading to Many repenting and believing in Jesus, leading to Neighbouring cities hearing about the extraordinary things […]
| By Andy Moyle | 3 mins 8 secs | 0 Comments
Worship and Boldness The Book of Acts is set in a battleground. The enemies look different to those of the Old Testament (Goliath, the Amalekites and so on), but opposition rages on. And in this passage, we see two weapons in the fight to advance the kingdom of God: boldness and worship. The first weapon […]
| By Andy Moyle | 4 mins 6 secs | 0 Comments
God doesn’t call the qualified; He qualifies the called Does anyone else remember the joy of poking and prodding mercury in school chemistry lessons? It is a fascinating element, liquid at room temperature, and taking the form of a shiny, silver ‘droplet’, which can be rolled about or squashed, but keeps coming back to its […]
| By Andy Moyle | 2 mins 0 secs | 0 Comments
Radical healing As with so much in the Bible, the story is more radical than we first think. I’m excited by the simple prayer and miracle leading to gospel preaching, but there is much here that is even more radical. This healed beggar enters the temple. That’s a big deal. The Old Testament law strictly […]
| By Andy Moyle | 1 min 46 secs | 0 Comments
Pentecost part 2 I love this passage! Peter preaches with power and 3,000 get saved and added to the church! There’s a clear structure, Scriptural backup and punchy application – a great model for preaching. This is that – v.16-21 Jesus is who He said He is and proved it with signs, wonders and the […]