Sermons from May 2025
Living by Faith
NEW TESTAMENT READING Galatians 1:13-17; 2:11-2113You have heard, no doubt, of my earlier life in Judaism. I was violentlypersecuting the church of God and was trying to destroy it. 14I advancedin Judaism beyond many among my people of the same age, for I was farmore zealous for the traditions of my ancestors. 15But when God, whohad set me apart before I was born and…
The Council at Jerusalem
NEW TESTAMENT READING Acts 15:1-181Then certain individuals came down from Judea and were teaching thebrothers, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses,you cannot be saved.” 2And after Paul and Barnabas had no smalldissension and debate with them, Paul and Barnabas and some of theothers were appointed to go up to Jerusalem to discuss this question…
Ethiopian Eunuch Baptized
NEW TESTAMENT READINGActs 8:26-3926Then an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Get up and go toward thesouth to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” (This is awilderness road.) 27So he got up and went. Now there was an Ethiopianeunuch, a court official of the Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, incharge of her entire treasury. He had come to Jerusalem to worship…
Stephen’s Witness
NEW TESTAMENT READING Acts 6:1—7:2a, 44-606Now during those days, when the disciples were increasing in number,the Hellenists complained against the Hebrews because their widowswere being neglected in the daily distribution of food. 2And the twelvecalled together the whole community of the disciples and said, “It is notright that we should neglect the word of God in order…