Invitation Church Podcast

Yes, And

This weekend we welcomed Mikaela Campbell to help us walk through the conclusion of Acts 9! 

But Barnabas

This weekend we unpacked Acts chapter 9:19-31! 

 » In Saul's 5th decade of life, he writes a letter to a church stating, "that if anyone is in Christ, he or she is a NEWcreation, the old has GONE and the new has COME." He writes those words to the church because of his intense and personal struggle of seeing himself in light of God's grace. 

 » Saul does not write 1 Corinthians 13: love as protecting, trusting, hoping, persevering, and never failing, in a vacuum; he writes it out of an experience of being forgiven. 

Use-full

This weekend we unpacked Acts chapter 9:1-19! 

 » You don’t grow by MOVING ON from the gospel, but by digging more DEEPLY into it—and becoming more deeply ROOTED in it. 

 » In a world that says, "MAKE YOURSELF USEFUL!" We hear from the heart of God on a road to Syria that he has MADE US SO, but he wants to make us even MORE so! 

 » What is getting in the WAY of your DIVINE USEFULNESS? 

Grace

This weekend Dennis Thum shared a message on grace.  

 » What we learn as we grow is that hardship is the doorway to grace.

 » Grace is not the activity of God; it is the very nature of God. 

Simon the Sorcerer

This weekend we unpacked Acts 8. 

 » Jesus wasn't the first to say: "Come follow me," and he won't be the last. 

 » Turning toward Jesus involves claiming his promises and wrestling with his questions. 

Stephen

This weekend we unpacked Acts 7.

 

» A story without Jesus is an INCOMPLETE & MIS-SHAPED story.

» The choices we MAKE reveal the story that we have EMBRACED.

» You can KNOW God and not be LIKE Christ.

On The Outside

Dave unpacks a moment in Acts chapter 6 where a group of people are being overlooked.

Pressure

What Luke wants us to see in Acts chapter 6 is that walking with Jesus will require us to stand before the Sanhedrin.

Christmas: A Story About a Promise

The Monster of Christmas

In week two of our Advent series, Dave unpacked some lessons that we learn from the Magi in their pursuit of the Christ child.