When God Moves
September 4, 2022 • Dr. Willy Rice • Acts 2:42–47
Why do we come to church? Why do we gather? Because deep down we want to see God move. When God moves, things happen, and lives are changed. When God moves things that can only be explained by His hand and His power. God is still moving today, and we need to be thankful when we see it happening.
Back to the Start
August 14, 2022 • Dr. Willy • Acts 2:27–41
When we want revival and renewal, we go back to the start. We reset. We look at the original. We remember where we have come from and why we are here. And if we could recover the original picture, then what could happen even in our city, even in our time?
Not For Sale
September 5, 2021 • Dr. Willy Rice • Acts 8:18–25
Is it possible that some people have what seems genuine, but in reality is just a cheap knockoff? Maybe that’s why it stops working when things get tough? Maybe that’s why something just seems off? Could it be that too many have sought a cheap spirituality that leaves us disappointed or far worse, it leaves us dead in our own sin.
The Full Gospel
August 29, 2021 • Dr. Willy Rice • Acts 8:14–17
There is such a thing as an incomplete gospel, incomplete doctrine. Any church or any gospel message that neglects the reality of and the ministry of the Holy Spirit is certainly not a complete gospel. There is a story from Acts 8, that gives us a picture of an incomplete gospel that became a “full gospel” when the Holy Spirit got involved.
Simon Says...
August 15, 2021 • Dr. Willy Rice • Acts 8:9–13
The Kingdom of God is on the move. It advances. But as it advances it faces numerous challenges. Some of those challenges come because of the advance. Our spiritual enemy will try to stop the advance but when he fails to stop the advance he will often try to coopt the movement. Like an old pirate, they want to be on the ship, but they have their own agenda. What if one of our greatest challenges is not from people who reject the faith, but from people who accept the faith?
Opposition, Obstacles and Opportunities
August 8, 2021 • Dr. Willy Rice • Acts 8:1–8
All summer long we have been talking about the comeback. We’ve learned the 4 parts of the grand metanarrative of the Bible: Creation, Corruption, Redemption and Restoration. But where does that leave us now? Right now? What is God up to right now to redeem this world and in what way does he plan to restore a broken world full of broken people and make all things new? Are we just supposed to wait and do nothing, looking forward to a better day, or is God moving right now and if He is, how do we get in one the movement? How do we get in on the great comeback?