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The Scattering

admin Angry, Blog, Church, Control, Courage, Death, Determined, Erik Garthe, Faithful, Gates of Hell, Good, Great Commission, Jerusalem, Martyrdom, No Longer Conformed, Opposition, Peace, Persecution, Preaching, Prison, Saul, Scattered Seeds, Scattering, Seeds, Stephen’s Stoning, Stephen’s Witness, The Scattering, Unstoppable 0 Comment November 6, 2023

Stephen’s witness ended with his death, but the story was just beginning. Acts 8:1-4 let us know martyrdom didn’t have the desired effect. First, martyrdom didn’t end the persecution, v. 1 … 1 “Now Saul was consenting More →

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Two-Sided Power

admin Added, Apostles, Attracted, Believers, Blog, Church, Cleanse, Commitment, Community, Confess, Distance, Edifies, Erik Garthe, Esteemed, Evaluate, Forgive, God’s People, Image, Join, Judge, Members, Men and Women, Miracles, Multitudes, Negatively, No Longer Conformed, Pastor, Power, Regarded, Representation, Reputation, Responsibility, Signs and Wonders, Sin, Solomon’s Porch, Speak, Spoken, Two-Sided, Two-Sided Coin, Two-Sided Power, Uncategorized, Walk, witness, Witnessed, world 0 Comment September 11, 2023

Acts 5:12-16 … 12 “And through the hands of the apostles many signs and wonders were done among the people. And they were all with one accord in Solomon’s Porch. 13 Yet none of the rest dared join them, but More →

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The Invasion

admin Ananias and Sapphira, Blog, Challenge, Church, Community, Conspiracy, Discipleship, Disunity, Early Church, Enemy, Erik Garthe, Fear, God’s Judgment, Grave, Holy Spirit, Invasion, Judged, Lie, No Longer Conformed, Peter, Pledge, Pledged, Possession, Proceeds, Property, Responsibility, Satan, Sharing, Sin, Sold, The Invasion, Threat, Unity, Violate 0 Comment August 20, 2023

Unity developed in the early church. It expressed itself in sharing goods. A couple sold a piece of property, pledged the proceeds, kept back part of it, and were then judged by God. Bottom line? More →

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Response to Opposition

admin Acknowledged, Assembled, Believers, Blog, Boldly, Boldness, Chief Priests, Church, Control, Elders, Erik Garthe, Filled, Filling, Gathered, Lordship, Mind of Christ, Motive, No Longer Conformed, One Accord, Oneness, Opposition, Perceived, Place, Power of God, Prayed, Presence, Purpose, Response, Response to Opposition, Results, Servants, Shaken, Sovereign, Spoke, Submitting, Word of God 0 Comment July 2, 2023

Faced with opposition, the early church gathered and prayed. Acts 4:23 “And being let go, they went to their own companions and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said to them. More →

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In the Name

admin Alms, Authority, Blog, Blood of Jesus, Church, Earthly Ministry, Erik Garthe, Explanation, Faith, Faithful Service, Generosity, Gospel, Healed, Healing, In the Name, Jesus’ Authority, Jesus’ Name, Miracle, Miracles, Name, Nazareth, Need, No Longer Conformed, Peter, Praising, Prayer, Rise Up, Silver and Gold, Spiritual, Strength, Temple, Uncategorized, Unsaved, Walk, Word 0 Comment March 19, 2023

Acts 3:6-7 record, “Then Peter said, ‘Silver and gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk.’ And he took him by the right hand and lifted him up, More →

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Fresh and Alive

admin Alive, Apostles, Believers, Blog, Bread, Church, Common, Community, Concerned, Controlled, Converts, Daily, Dedicated, Dependent, Devotion, Doctrine, Erik Garthe, Faith, Favor, Fellowship, Filled, Filling, Food, Fresh, Fresh and Alive, Gladness, Goods, Habits, House, Intimate, Need, No Longer Conformed, Pattern, Possessions, Practices, Praising, Prayers, Simplicity, Spiritual Community, Spiritual Immaturity, Spiritual Power, Teaching, Temple, Uncategorized, Undefeated, Unity 0 Comment March 12, 2023

Acts 2:42-47 record a pattern which keeps a Christian fellowship fresh and alive. First, new converts were incorporated into the body, v. 42, “And they continued steadfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, More →

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The Church is Born

admin Apologetic, Ascended, Baptized, Blog, Born, Church, Conviction, Crucifixion, David, Death, Erik Garthe, Exalted, Experience, Forgiveness, Guilt, Invitation, Joel, Logic, Message, Messiah, Ministry, Miracle, No Longer Conformed, Paradox, Pentecost, People, Peter, Preached, Proof, Prophecy, Prophesied, Rejection, Response, Resurrection, Saved, Scriptural, Sermon, The Church is Born, Tongues 0 Comment March 6, 2023

Acts 2:14-41 … Peter explained what the miracle of tongues meant and preached his first sermon. First, he gave Scriptural proof regarding the Pentecost experience. He presented an introduction, vv. 14-16 Peter recited his More →

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Miracle of Tongues

admin Authenticate, Baptized, Blog, Call to Faith, Church, Devout, Dwelling, Empowered, End Times, Erik Garthe, First Fruits, Fish, Galileans, Good News, Gospel Hook, Grew, Harvest, Jerusalem, Jewish Leaders, Jews, Languages, Men, Message, Miracle, Miracle of Tongues, Mission, Nation, New Wine, No Longer Conformed, Pentecost, Peter, Plan of Salvation, Preached, Rejected, Response, Skeptics, Souls, Speech, Spiritual Harvest, Tongues, Uncategorized, witness 0 Comment February 26, 2023

Acts 2:5-13 … Verse 5 states, “dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men, from every nation.” The speech miracle demonstrated the Holy Spirit’s power and presence. It was impossible for Galileans to speak More →

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Connected

admin Ascension, Blog, Born, Church, Commissioning, Connected, Died, Erik Garthe, Excellent, Faith, Faithfully, Fellowship, Focus, Good, Growth, Holy Spirit’s Indwelling, Jerusalem, Jesus’ Ministry, Mary, No Longer Conformed, One Accord, Patiently, Power, Prayer, Praying, Problem, Resurrected, Spiritual Empowerment, Unity, Wait, Witnesses, Women 0 Comment February 5, 2023

The ascension marked a change in Jesus’ ministry: many versus One by the Holy Spirit’s indwelling. Jesus will come again; Christians must be His witnesses, as our calling is to be witnesses, More →

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Witnesses

admin Ascension, Baptized, Believers, Blog, Church, Commission, Commissioned, Community, Confession, Confirmation, Converts, Destination, Disciples, Effect, Empowered, End of the Earth, Erik Garthe, eyewitnesses, Followers, Good News, Gospel, Holy Spirit, Jerusalem, John, Judea and Samaria, Kingdom of God, No Longer Conformed, Pentecost, Power, Presence, Public, Repentance, Resurrected, Resurrection, Saving, Symbol, Symbolized, Water, witness, Witnesses 0 Comment January 29, 2023

What was the purpose of the 40 days between the Jesus’ resurrection and His ascension? Three reasons. First, confirmation of resurrection, v. 3—”being seen by them during forty days and speaking of the things More →