One thing have I desired of the Lord... that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life...Psalm 27:4
“They are turning the world upside down,” complains the crowd. This week, the holy disruption continues as Paul and friends unintentionally provoke mob violence, flee from cities, and threaten the order of the empire. It wasn’t their goal. But it is what happened as they preached the resurrected Messiah to new audiences.
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Pastor Mary Stein-Webber leads us through another astonishing passage in Acts. It’s the familiar account of Paul and Silas being thrown in prison by the Romans.
But what may seem like a simple story of God’s power is actually far more curious. God, the great disrupter, has a deeper message to offer about captivity, liberation, and love.
Place Finders: Word 10:25 Sermon 17:52 Prayers 38:53
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Paul is out on his second missionary journey when he arrives in Philippi. Meet Lydia and celebrate the everyday, ordinary people that ground the church and ensure its future.
Place Finders: Word 10:25 Sermon 16:06 Prayer 26:44
Sermon Notes: For a great roundup on Paul’s early career and life in the early church, check out as usual, The Bible Project podcast. This especially informed my summary of Paul’s first missionary journey. Listen to Saul and Subversive Christianity here.
Amy Jill- Levine and Marc Zvi Brettler have one of the best resources to contextualize accurately the New Testament tradition: The Jewish Annotated New Testament. Tremendous study notes and essays.
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Take a whirlwind tour with Paul on his first missionary journey. Then return home with him where he finds a heated dispute in the church. See how the early followers of Jesus knew how to do some things we are rapidly forgetting as a contemporary culture: interrogating our own beliefs and living with humility in our identities.
Place Finders: Word 12:23 Sermon 24:45 Prayers 37:25
Sermon Notes: For a great roundup on Paul’s early career and life in the early church, check out as usual, The Bible Project podcast. This especially informed my summary of Paul’s first missionary journey. Listen to Saul and Subversive Christianity here.
Amy Jill- Levine and Marc Zvi Brettler have one of the best resources to contextualize accurately the New Testament tradition: The Jewish Annotated New Testament. Tremendous study notes and essays.
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