March 19, 2023
Repentance and Faith—Acts 20:17–21
Rev. Scott Wright
…how I did not shrink from declaring to you anything that was profitable, and teaching you in public and from house to house, testifying both to Jews and to Greeks of repentance toward God and of faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.
(Acts 20:20–21 ESV)
March 12, 2023
Smyrna—Revelation 2:8–11
Rev. Scott Wright
Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and for ten days you will have tribulation. Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who conquers will not be hurt by the second death. (Revelation 2:10–11 ESV)
March 12, 2023
Paul’s Farewell—Acts 20:13–38
Rev. Scott Wright
And now, behold, I know that none of you among whom I have gone about proclaiming the kingdom will see my face again. Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all, for I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole counsel of God. Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God, which he obtained with his own blood. (Acts 20:25–28 ESV)
March 5, 2023
The Coalition—Genesis 14
Rev. Scott Wright
In the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim, these kings made war with Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar).
(Genesis 14:1–2 ESV)
March 5, 2023
Raising Eutychus—Acts 20:7–12
Rev. Scott Wright
And a young man named Eutychus, sitting at the window, sank into a deep sleep as Paul talked still longer. And being overcome by sleep, he fell down from the third story and was taken up dead. But Paul went down and bent over him, and taking him in his arms, said, “Do not be alarmed, for his life is in him.”
(Acts 20:9–10 ESV)
February 26, 2023
Ephesus—Revelation 2:1–7
Rev. Scott Wright
I know you are enduring patiently and bearing up for my name’s sake, and you have not grown weary. But I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first.
(Revelation 2:3–4 ESV)
February 26, 2023
A Team Effort—Acts 20:1–6
Rev. Scott Wright
When he had gone through those regions and had given them much encouragement, he came to Greece. There he spent three months, and when a plot was made against him by the Jews as he was about to set sail for Syria, he decided to return through Macedonia.
(Acts 20:2–3 ESV)
February 19, 2023
The Craftsmen—Acts 19:21–41
Rev. Scott Wright
About that time there arose no little disturbance concerning the Way. For a man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver shrines of Artemis, brought no little business to the craftsmen.
(Acts 19:23–24 ESV)