Conspicuous for Christ

This morning series of talks on Acts unpacks inspiring parallels from the early church as it began to sweep through its culture and bring Christ into the lives of large numbers of people.
Smashing the comfort zone
How Christians first entered the culture where they were uncomfortable and what it tells us about reaching our culture.
Acts 11:1-18
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The church and the kingdom
The early church was always growing so what lessons can we learn from it today
Acts 12:24-25
Battle of the giants
What happens when darkness and light go head to head
Acts 13:1-12
How to change the world
Paul used mission methods that still work today and in this talk we discover some of them
Acts 13:13 – 52
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True Grit
There are times when all The Christian life has to offer is "blood, toil, tears and sweat" but never underestimate what God can do when this happens!
Acts 14
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Guarding the gospel
How to react when the truths of the gospel are being undermined from the most unexpected places.
Acts 15:1-35
Discovering God's new territory
Paul and his friends move to Macedonia - but why?
Acts 16:1-10
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Lydia's house
Planting a new church in the house of a business woman.
Acts 16:11-40
How to handle opposition
No-one ever said that being a Christian would be easy.
Acts 16:16-40
A tale of three cities
How it takes different kinds of ministry to reach different kinds of people.
Acts 17:1-34
Heading off in a new direction
How the church sets apart people of high calibre to do God's work, after all with Him there is no such thing as standing still.
Acts 18:1-17
Filling the God-gap
Stories of key people and how Jesus Christ filled the spiritual vacuum they felt.
Acts 18:18-28
The Holy Spirit at Ephesus
The Acts of the apostles and the acts of the Holy Spirit - see what took place at Ephesus, a secularised Greek city and how God still works today.
Acts 19:1-22