And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. We have looked at what it means to devote ourselves to the apostles’ teaching and the fellowship. Now we will look at what it means to devote ourselves (give ourselves to, persist in) the breaking of […]
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And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. (Acts 2:42) To be the church, we must, after receiving the gospel and the Holy Spirit, devote ourselves to the fellowship. Fellowship is what folks are longing for when they say things like, “I just don’t
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This is the third of four posts recapping a teaching series on practical aspects of the Christian life. These lessons were taught first in Big Gathering sessions and then as Family Camp seminars. This post is part two about emotions. You can read Work and Emotions Part One by clicking them. The final post, Family, is
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And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. (Acts 2:42) To be the church, we must devote ourselves to the apostles’ teaching. The teaching is inescapably central to the church. It is at the heart of the Great Commission (Matthew 28:20) and the church
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(By Dawn Rutan) The following thoughts were spurred by a couple sources—Pastor Matt’s sermon this week on Church Devotion (and the subsequent H2H group discussion), as well as Mark Driscoll’s podcast from Mars Hill this week on The Cost of Discipleship. Driscoll commented that prior generations and other cultures probably have a better grasp on
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And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. And awe came upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were being done through the apostles. And all who believed were together and had all things in common. And they were selling their possessions and