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What Ever Happened to the Original Church of Jerusalem?
(Series: “The Early Church of Jerusalem” post #16) The church of Jerusalem, the megachurch that was the world’s first church (Acts 8:1; 11:22), was never intended to be the planet’s only church. God’s plan was always for those believers to … Continue reading
Posted in Church, Evangelism, God's Work, Ministry, Missions, Pastors, Persecution, Series: "The Early Church of Jerusalem", The Gospel, Witnessing
Tagged Herod killing James, Herod putting Peter in prison, house churches, Jerusalem being destroyed in A.D. 70, Rome's siege of Jerusalem, the churches of the New Testament, the end of the church of Jerusalem, the famine that struck Jerusalem, the house churches of the Bible, the Jewish revolt in A.D. 66, the prophet Agabus, these who have turned the world upside down, What happened to the church of Jerusalem?
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The First Church Fight
(Series: “The Early Church of Jerusalem” post #10) The world’s first church, the church of Jerusalem, was colossal in terms of sheer numbers. Acts 4:4 puts the number of men at 5,000. If we assume there was one woman per … Continue reading
The First Church Scandal
(Series: “The Early Church of Jerusalem” post #9) I don’t care how smoothly a church is humming along, it isn’t immune from scandal. The problem is that people can’t help but be people. They are sin-marred individuals who are card-carrying … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Adultery, Alcohol, Backsliding, Church, Deacons, God's Judgment, Holiness, Hypocrisy, Ministry, Money, Pastors, Personal Holiness, Series: "The Early Church of Jerusalem", Sin, Temptation, The Depravity of Man, The Holy Spirit
Tagged every Christian is a walking civil war, For what I will to do that I do not do, the deaths of Ananias and Sapphira, the sin of Ananias and Sapphira, what I hate I do, Why did God kill Ananias and Sapphira?
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The World’s First Megachurch
(Series: “The Early Church of Jerusalem” post #8) A megachurch is generally defined as being any Christian congregation that has a sustained weekly attendance of 2,000 people or more in its worship services. Using that as a definition, we find … Continue reading
Posted in Baptism, Bible Study, Christian Unity, Church, Church Attendance, Discipleship, Evangelism, God's Word, God's Work, Leadership, Ministry, Missions, Money, Needs, Pastors, Prayer, Preaching, Scripture, Series: "The Early Church of Jerusalem", Service, Stewardship, Sunday School, The Bible, The Gospel, The Holy Spirit, Witnessing
Tagged definition of a megachurch, How big was the Jerusalem church?, the communal system of the Jerusalem church, the first church, the Jerusalem church, the world's first megachurch, things we can learn from the first church, What is a megachurch?, Where did the Jerusalem church meet?
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The Trouble With Power
Then the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders of the people assembled at the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiphas, and plotted to take Jesus by trickery and kill Him. But they said, “Not during the … Continue reading
The People Had a Mind to Work
So we built the wall, and the entire wall was joined together up to half its height, for the people had a mind to work. (Nehemiah 4:6, N.K.J.V.) The book of Nehemiah tells the story of a Jew named Nehemiah. … Continue reading
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Tagged born again or born against?, Nehemiah rebuilding the walls, problems at church, the people had a mind to work, why our churches are struggling
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