The heroes of faith in Hebrews chapter eleven include ordinary people like you and me. They believed God despite not seeing immediate responses to their prayers. We too can exhibit their kind of fait…

The Bible calls the Gospel “the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes.” That power was felt in the early church, and in this message, we’ll begin tracing the impact th…

The Bible calls the Gospel “the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes.” That power was felt in the early church, and in this message, we’ll begin tracing the impact th…

The enduring power of the Gospel was felt in the world of the first century. The Holy Spirit began convicting of sin, causing a fearful jailer to ask, “What must I do to be saved?” In thi…

Mars Hill in Athens is a mound of granite near the famous Acropolis with its temples to pagan gods. It was here that the Apostle Paul preached the Gospel with power to a group of philosophers who enj…

Paul was the Apostle to the Gentiles. He confidently traveled to cities in Greece and beyond. The power of the Spirit directed his energies and birthed faith wherever he preached. That power was on d…

If you ever visit ancient Corinth, you will find an amazing excavation of the very streets and buildings that Paul saw when he brought them the Gospel. As we open God’s Word, we learn how God o…

While living in Corinth, Paul worked as a tentmaker and taught in the local synagogue. Through his efforts, a church was born—a church that later received the two letters we find in the New Tes…

Ephesus had silversmiths who sold shrines of the goddess Artemis. When Paul came with the Gospel, their business was affected, and soon Paul found himself in a riot. The Gospel is controversial, impa…

Wherever the Gospel has gone, light has burst forth into the culture. But sometimes that light is later extinguished. In this message we look at the seven churches of Revelation in Turkey. All of the…

The Apostle Paul rejected the counsel of his peers and went back to Jerusalem after completing two missionary journeys. His determination to settle a church split drove him into hardship, and eventua…

In Jerusalem, some new believers insisted that converts to the Christian faith continue to observe Jewish laws. The conflict was sharp, and Paul had to settle an argument that put the outreach of the…

Paul the Apostle had appealed to Caesar in a conflict with Jewish authorities. This meant facing the Roman governor in ancient Caesarea. As waves lapped on the nearby shore, Governor Felix came face …

Felix was a Roman governor in Caesarea, Rome’s headquarters in what is now Israel. Facing Paul, Felix and his wife Drusilla found themselves confronted with the Gospel, which brought their own …

The Jews wanted Paul dead. But Paul appealed to Caesar and ended up in a Caesarea prison. After years passed, a new governor appealed to Rome’s King in Palestine, Herod Agrippa. In this message…

Imprisoned for two years, Paul was finally on his way to Rome, knowing he faced almost certain death, but not before taking the Gospel to the heart of the world’s dominant empire. He pled his c…

Paul was determined to go to Rome, even knowing it could be a one-way trip. He would take the Gospel to the highest levels of government, but en route, a shipwreck threatened to cut the journey short…

A boatload of prisoners was sailing to Rome when their vessel sank in gale force winds. Were it not for the courage of Paul, a fellow prisoner, all aboard would have been lost. As we consider Paul&rs…

Do you have a dream you hope to attain? Does it seem unreachable? In this message we meet a man from the pages of the Old Testament whose dream had to die before it could come to pass.

Is the dream you have for your life farther away than ever? This message should help you take heart. Although Joseph had a dream of ruling his brothers, he ended up in slavery. It seemed that his lif…

Few of us have ever faced the trials Joseph faced. Between this man and his dream lay injustice, treachery, slavery and prison. His dream was sorely tested. Would he forget God and give up on his dre…

One minute, Joseph was in jail. The next, he became vice-regent of Egypt. But he kept it all in perspective: he knew that God was working out a plan, a plan placed into his heart in a dream. Do you h…