“For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.”
– The Apostle Paul, Romans 1:16
This Sunday we are in Acts 10, where Cornelius receives a vision. What does that vision ultimately tell us about the Gospel? We invite you to look over this excerpt from our bulletin in preparations for this Sunday.
Sermon text: Acts 10:23-48; 11:1,18
Second Scripture reading: John 5:19-24
Music: “Here is Love”
Reflect:
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: “We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal.”
– Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., I Have a Dream (1963)
“Our world’s history is a long story of tribal conflict where no one is closer than those who are family. That is, with one critical exception of course: the local church. When two people share Christ—even if everything else is different—they are closer than even blood ties could ever bring them. They are the family of God.
–Mark Dever and Jamie Dunlop, The Compelling Community: Where God’s Power Makes a Church Attractive