Local Church Doctrine We have studied thus far the Local Church pastor, the Local Church body, Local Church fellowship, Local Church gospel preaching, and Local Church missions. Today, we’ll study Local Church doctrine.  In Acts 2:42 the first thing mentioned is the apostles’ doctrine.  They received their doctrine from Jesus. ...

Charlie Kirk’s Death, A Biblical Perspective Since Charlie Kirk’s death this past Wednesday, you have heard and seen a lot of commentary.  You now have the political perspective, the worldly perspective, the legal perspective, the family perspective, and so forth.  Today, we want to look at the Biblical perspective.  What...

The Disciples Multiplied Acts 6:7 says, “And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly…”.  We’re going to discuss how the number of the disciples multiplied.  From this, hopefully, we will learn how we are to multiply. God created us to multiply physically....

I Speak Freely This will be a short sermon with one main point.  In Acts 26:26, Paul said, “I speak freely” when he was addressing King Agrippa and Festus.  Festus thought Paul was beside himself and mad.  He wasn’t.  He just spoke without reservation or restraint when he gave his...

In the Bible there is a clear distinction between the body of Christ, called the Church and local churches, also called the church.  The body of Christ is made up of all believers who have been saved.  At salvation, the Spirit of God baptizes you into Jesus’ body [1 Cor 12:13]...

When the apostles first began preaching the word, they were under severe persecution.  By Acts 8:3-4, Stephen had just been stoned and Saul was making havoc of the church.  Nevertheless, they kept preaching and spreading the gospel.  We should follow the pattern of the early church. Notice, from whom Saul...