Scott and Josh discuss how we can tell what’s normal—exploring how to discern which aspects of Acts should shape and characterize our church today. The Words of Grace Podcast seeks to clarify, amplify, and apply the Sunday morning sermon at Grace Community Church. From time to...
The preaching of the gospel of Jesus and the reception of that message by the repentant crowd led to a gathering of new believers filled with the Holy Spirit. Immediately they devoted themselves to congregational life that built them up and continued the witness of...
To be filled with the Holy Spirit is to be devoted to the church. Here’s an interesting bit of trivia. The first known use of the word “decouple” was in 1938 (according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary). I would have guessed it was one of the newer...
Scott and Josh talk about the real and timeless need for repentance. The human heart has not changed, nor has our need for the Gospel. The Words of Grace Podcast seeks to clarify, amplify, and apply the Sunday morning sermon at Grace Community Church. From time...
The message of Jesus as Lord and Christ, and the realization that it was this Jesus that they crucified, landed on the hearts of the people of Jerusalem with the force of cutting conviction. They knew they were guilty. What should they do? This Jesus...
This morning, I will write about the murder of Charlie Kirk. I was not trained, nor am I particularly gifted, to give immediate responses to public tragic events. I have been in many personal tragic events. I have stood at the deathbeds of people of all...
Scott and Josh talk about the difference between feeling the weight of sin that leads us to repentance, and a continual sense of unworthiness. One leads to life, and the other prevents us from seeing God’s grace. The Words of Grace Podcast seeks to clarify, amplify,...
The two responses of the crowd in Jerusalem to the outpouring of the Holy Spirit reflect their unbelief. Some are confused, some mock, but all are blind to the reality that the Spirit of God has come upon his people. Peter, the once fearful disciple...
The main message in Acts 2 is that Jesus of Nazareth is both Lord and Christ, and that the Holy Spirit fills Jesus’ disciples in their witness of him. This Sunday at Grace Community we will focus our attention on this message from the sermon...
In Acts 2, the promised day is here, and Jesus pours out his Spirit on his disciples. That day marks a new day in God’s redemptive history. In the days of the prophets and of John the Baptist, the Spirit was promised. Now the Spirit...
