These are podcasts of teaching and testimonies from the Olive Tree Congregation in Prospect Heights, IL. The Olive Tree Congregation exists to glorify God by making disciples of Messiah Yeshua (Jesus Christ) among Israel and the nations. For more information visit our website at www.olive-tree.org.
The Acts of the Apostles ends without really ending - because the story isn't finished. What role are we to play?
How do we, like Paul, survive and thrive when we're walking with God and bad things still happen?
God not only provides patience for us as we seek to reach a tough audience. He also provides perseverance. Consider Paul's testimony before King Agrippa and Festus.
What do we (like Paul) need to do to reach the "tough" audience with the good news of forgiveness and salvation in Messiah?
What should we do when falsely accused like Paul was? (Paul's response to Felix)
How do we keep going when life's trials disorient us? Like Paul, we need to hold on to God, the one Who is in control!
How should we respond when faced with opposition to our message of Good News?
When the apostle Paul was falsely accused, how and why did he respond? How should we?
From Paul's journey and interactions we learn the importance of standing up for Jesus and for Jewishness.
How to find meaning in life - a glimpse into the heart of Paul
In addition to fruitful ministry, we can also sometimes expect to a foolish response, just as Paul did when his preaching created a riot in Ephesus.
God's power to transform lives through your faithful ministry is the same power that God demonstrated in Paul's long-term faithful ministry.
When you are talking with people about their relationship with Jesus, try to help them get a clear diagnosis: Do they have a spiritual strain or a spiritual tear?
What is required for the gospel to reach the ends of the earth?
What was Paul's key message to the people of Athens who didn't know God?
What is the result of faithful, fruitful ministry? Opposition.
Luke tells us 5 stories to help illustrate how believers in Yeshua can trust in God's providential care and guidance.
What is essential for both Jews and Gentiles to be saved?
Why should we embrace the cost associated with following Messiah?
How can we possibly reach the world with the message of how we can receive God's forgiveness?
Go along with the Holy Spirit to reach the world with the message of Messiah.
Reaching the world with the gospel could be an overwhelming task unless we follow the work the Holy Spirit is already doing.
The temporal and eternal risk and reward of living for yourself vs. living for God.
What does it mean to be called a "Christian"?
What was significant in the message to Peter about what is clean and what is unclean?
What can we learn about Peter's ministry to the early church?
What should we learn from the conversion of Saul (Paul the Apostle)?
God can put the right man in the right place at the right time. How should this affect us?
Just like the apostles who took the message to Samaria and Judea, we have every reason to share the message of the Messiah with confidence.
Acts 6:8-8:3 - Lessons from the stoning of Stephen
Acts 6:1-7 The Priority of the Word of God in the ministry of the congregation.
The fruit of the Holy Spirit in the lives of early believers.
What "food groups" are necessary for a spiritually healthy Christian community?
There is good news for those of us enduring hard times!
God fulfills His promise to send the Holy Spirit.
How did the apostles rely on the Lord as they began to fulfill their commission? How can we?
What gives us the hutzpah to carry out the commission Jesus gave his followers?
(01) Introduction to the Book of Acts (A small portion at the beginning of this message failed to record.)
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