Book: Acts

Reclaiming Boldness: Truth & Love on Mission

Christ is Risen and that changes everything. 

Reclaiming Boldness: Truth & Love on Mission 

Reclaiming Boldness: Truth & Love on Mission

Reclaiming Boldness: Truth & Love on Mission

Reclaiming Boldness: Truth & Love on Mission

Reclaiming Boldness: Truth & Love on Mission

In Acts chapter 4 we see a group of people united by their belief in Jesus Christ. This belief led to living selfless lives that were committed to the welfare of the whole of their community. The world had never seen anything like this. And while their Christian community was astounding, their Christian community was not the goal. It was the bi-product of being committed to the mission of Jesus. 

This week we move on to Acts chapter 5. The dramatic events in chapter 5 show us that when mission is not the goal, and community, which should be a byproduct, takes center stage community gets harmed and the mission gets jeopardized. 

Names are pretty significant aren’t they? Your name represents all of who you are. When pastor Dan married his now wife Jaime he used his name in his vows, “I, Dan, take you, Jaime, to be my wife.” By doing this Dan was saying that all of who he was in that moment, all of who he would be in his 30’s, 40’s and beyond belonged to her. Our name, who we are, is a big deal.

More significant than any other name is the name of Jesus. His name represents all of who Jesus is, all he has done, and all that he will do. In Acts 3 we see what the name of Jesus meant to the Apostle Peter, a lame man and what the name of Jesus means to you and I today.