Speaker/Author: Tim Keller

The First Sermon

The First Sermon

Acts chapter 2 describes the first “sermon” by the official church. In this first sermon, the Apostle Peter appeals to the messianic psalm, Psalm 110. How is it that this message and psalm provoked his first century Jewish audience to such a convicted response? What was the key difference that set apart Christianity from the Jewish religion? This sermon unravels Acts 2 expounding on the mind, grace, heart and life.

The Descent of the Spirit

The Descent of the Spirit

Acts chapter 2 records the birth of the church at Pentecost. What was behind this event that so powerfully propelled the church into existence? What crucial role did the Holy Spirit play in all of this? What is the significance of the gospel being spoken in so many different tongues and languages? This text will take us through an outside power, inner wonder, universal message, and a new man off the mountain.

Acts: The Gospel in the City

Acts: The Gospel in the City

Luke follows up his account of the life of Christ with the story of how the earliest Christians penetrated the culture of their day with the transforming power of the gospel. Something about the Christian community was so attractively different that the Graeco- Roman culture in which they lived was eventually converted. These sermons explore the significance of the events Luke highlighted as the radiance of the gospel began to illuminate the first century Mediterranean world.

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Unraveling the Mystery of God’s Mercy

Discover how Jonah points us to the one who both calls us to repentance and provides our salvation, the one who brings mercy and justice together in perfect unity—Jesus Christ.