Tag: No Longer Conformed

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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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The Debate

admin Blasphemous, Blasphemy, Blog, Change, Conspiracy, Council, Cowards, Deacon, Debate, Destroy, Elders, Erik Garthe, False Accusations, False Charges, God’s Call, Heavenly, History, Israel, Judaism, Law, Leader, Moses, No Longer Conformed, Persecution, Religious Leaders, Scribes, Secretly, Seized, Sinful Methods, Stephen, Stir Up, Tactics, The Debate, Trial, Wisdom 0 Comment October 9, 2023

Acts 6:8-15 … Stephen is the most famous deacon in the church, and with his story we see persecution explode. Verse 10: “they were not able to resist the wisdom and the Spirit by which he spoke.” More →

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Help Wanted

admin Administer, Apostles, Assistants, Benevolence, Blog, Community-Wide, Complaint, Deacons, Disciples, Distribution, Erik Garthe, Gospel Ministry, Hebrews, Hellenists, Help, Help Wanted, Install, Laid Hands, Members, Ministry Task, Multiplying, Neglected, No Longer Conformed, Overseers, Pastor, Prayed, Priests, Problem, Proper, Qualifications, Reputation, Resources, Responsibility, Saved, Solution, Spiritual Fruit, Spiritual Leadership, Surrendered, Uncategorized, Wanted, Widows, Wisdom 0 Comment October 2, 2023

Acts 6:1-7 … Verse reads, “Now in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplying, there arose a complaint against the Hebrews by the Hellenists, because their widows were neglected in the daily distribution.” More →

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Trust God

admin Apostle, Beating, Blog, Christian Martyrs, Command, Commitment, Community, Conviction, Council, Death Penalty, Defense, Destroy, Doctrine, Erik Garthe, Evangelism, Execute, Forgiveness, Furious, Gamaliel, God, Guilt, High Priest, Jail Break, Jerusalem, Jewish Leaders, No Longer Conformed, Peter, Plotted, Popularity, Preach, Rejoiced, Repentance, Resurrection, Saved, Suffer for Christ, Teach, Trial, Trust, Trust God, Uncategorized, Warning, Win, witness, Witnessed 0 Comment September 25, 2023

Actes 5:27-42 … 27 And when they had brought them, they set them before the council. And the high priest asked them, 28 saying, “Did we not strictly command you not to teach in this name? And look, you have filled Jerusalem More →

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Prison Break

admin Angel, Apostles, Blog, Bold, Cities, Control, Erik Garthe, Escape, Healed, High Priest, Indignation, Irony, Jealous, Jerusalem, Jesus’ Church, Jewish Authorities, Miraculous, Multitude, No Longer Conformed, Prison, Prison Break, Religious Leaders, Sadducees, Satan, Sick, Success, Temple, Tormented, Uncategorized 0 Comment September 18, 2023

Acts 5:17-26 … v. 16, “Also a multitude gathered from the surrounding cities to Jerusalem, bringing sick people and those who were tormented by unclean spirits, and they were all healed.” That kind of success More →

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Two-Sided Power

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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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Sharing for Needs

admin Awareness, Barnabas, Blog, Communal Living, Critical, Early Church, Erik Garthe, Everyone, Fellowship, Give, Grace of God, Harmony, Heart, Lacked, Lord, Mind, Needs, Needy, No Longer Conformed, Ownership, Personal Goods, Possessions, Power, Property, Ready, Sharing, Sharing for Needs, Sold, Transfer, Uncategorized, Unity, Voluntary, witness 0 Comment August 6, 2023

Acts 4:32-37 … This passage is critical to understanding the early church. There was a harmony of fellowship: “were of one heart and one soul.” There was no needy person in that fellowship. Why? More →

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Response to Opposition

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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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Persecution

admin Accusers, Apostles, Blog, Boldness, Courage, Deliverance, Empowered, Erik Garthe, Freedom, Frustration, Glorified, God’s Call, John, Minister, Miracle, No Longer Conformed, Opposition, People, Persecution, Peter, Popular, Punishing, Religious Court, Religious Leaders, Silence, Threaten, Threatened, Uneducated, Untrained 0 Comment May 15, 2023

Acts 4 … First, the silence of the accusers, v. 13 … “Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated and untrained men, they marveled. And they realized that they had been with Jesus.” More →