Anthem Hayden
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Anthem Podcast: My witnesses // Acts 21:1-16
As Paul’s third missionary trip drew to a close, he and his ministry partners visited believers in Tyre, Ptolemais, and Caesarea. At each stop, the Holy Spirit spoke and clearly warned Paul that affliction and persecution awaited him in Jerusal...
Anthem Podcast: My Witnesses // Acts 20:17-38
In this week’s text, Paul is tenderhearted and loving as he informs the Ephesian elders that they will never again see him in this lifetime. This passage gives us a unique picture of Paul’s heart for people he loves, as well as a beautiful pict...
Anthem Podcast: My Witnesses // Acts 20:1-16
This week’s text tells the story of a young man named Eutychus, who attended a church service in Troas to listen to Paul preach. Unfortunately, this young man positioned himself on a window ledge. While he was technically in the service, he was...
Anthem Podcast: My Witnesses // Acts 19:21-41
From before Roman times, Ephesus was home to a local false goddess who became known as Artemis (known to the Romans as Diana). In this week’s passage a group of Ephesian craftsmen who fashioned idols of this false deity began a riot against the...
Anthem Podcast: My Witnesses // Acts 19:8-20
During Paul’s time in Ephesus, God poured out His Spirit in numerous exciting ways: people heard the Gospel, God performed extraordinary miracles, thesick were healed, those under spiritual oppression were liberated through the power of Chr...
Anthem Podcast: My Witnesses // Acts 19:1-7
This week’s passage finds Paul returning to Ephesus at the beginning of his third missionary journey. Upon arrival, he encounters 12 men who claim to be disciples, but who have only heard the message of John the Baptist. Paul then shares the Go...
Anthem Podcast: My Witnesses // Acts 18:24-28
This week’s passage focuses on an Egyptian Jew named Apollos. He was highly educated, passionate, and articulate. He was the poster child for religion, and he boldly proclaimed his message in Ephesus. The only problem with Apollos wasthat h...
Anthem Podcast: My Witnesses // Acts 18:1-23
In this week's lesson there are several areas that we examined. We first looked at Priscilla and Aquila and what it means to use our everyday lives for the Kingdom. We also pondered what it means to trust God in the midst of uncertain trials, a...
Anthem Podcast: My Witnesses // Acts 17:16-34
This week’s passage details Paul’s address to the Greek philosophers in Athens, Greece. Upon hearing the Gospel, the philosophers brought Paul to the Areopagus where he was asked to explain his message. Taking this wonderful opportunity, Paul c...
Anthem Podcast: My Witnesses // Acts 17:1-15
After being released from the Philippi prison, the travelersjourneyed to Thessalonica, where they were accused of "turning the world upside down" withthe Gospel. From there Paul and Silas travelled to Berea and continued to preach. The Bere...
Anthem Podcast: My Witnesses // Acts 16:16-40
In this week’s passage, Paul and Silas inadvertently causean uproar by casting out a demon. The Philippians responded by beating and imprisoning them.At about midnight, as they were praying and praising in their cell, a supernatural earthqu...
Anthem Podcast: My Witnesses // Acts 16:1-15
God is at work expanding the church from Asia minor into Macedonia (modern day Greece). We see the Spirit direct Paul, Silas, Timothy, and Luke to know where to go, guide them in winsome evangelism, and give them words to speak. We also see the...
Anthem Podcast: Resurrection Sunday // Sunday, April 5th
Jesus Christ conquered death... He is risen! As 1 Peter 2:24-25 says, “He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed. For you were straying like sheep, b...
Anthem Podcast: My Witnesses // Acts 14:1-28
This week’s passage of scripture details the final portions of Paul and Barnabas’s first missionary trip. During this time the missionary team preached the gospel in numerous destinations with varying results. At various times they were welcome...
Anthem Podcast: My Witnesses // Acts 13:13-52
In this week’s passage Paul preaches his first sermon recorded in scripture. While the entire crowd is initially pleased to hear the gospel, the Jewish leaders grow envious when nearly the entire city shows up the next week to hear from Paul.
Anthem Podcast: My Witnesses // Acts 13:4-12
This week’s passage continues to tell of Paul and Barnabas on their first missionary journey. Stopping at the island of Cyprus, they traveled around preaching the Word. Soon they were invited to share the Gospel with a very influentialman, ...
Anthem Podcast: My Witnesses // Acts 13:1-3
This week’s passage is short and sweet. Covering just the first three verses in Acts 13, we took a closer look at some of the spiritually gifted leaders of the early church in Antioch. These verses also portray a compelling picture of the passi...
Anthem Podcast: My Witnesses // Acts 12 & Hebrews 11
This week’s message reexamined the martyrdom of James and the miraculous release of Peter (Acts 12) through the lens of Hebrews 11:32–12:3. This passage teaches us that genuine, God-honoring faith sometimes results in victory, liberation, and p...
Anthem Podcast: My Witnesses // Acts 12:1-25
This week’s passage details another wave of persecution which swept through the early church. This time the persecution stemmed from King Herod Agrippa, who killed the apostle James and hoped to do the same to Peter. In reaction to this, the
Anthem Podcast: My Witnesses // Acts 11:19-30
Last week’s passage ended with the apostles’ amazement at the conversion of Cornelius and his entire household - salvation had now come to the Gentiles! This week’s passage zooms out to include a much larger gospel movement amongnon-Jewish ...
Anthem Podcast: My Witnesses // Acts 11:1-18
This week’s passage is the third and final retelling of how the Lord brought Peter and Cornelius together. This time the events are recounted by Peter,who is called upon to give an explanation to the other apostles and to give a defense for...
Anthem Podcast: My Witnesses // Acts 10:24-28
This week’s text continues the account of Peter and Cornelius. As we covered last week, Peter was given a vision which directly confronted his views on what (and who) was common and unclean. He was then commanded to accompany agroup of Gent...
Anthem Podcast: My Witnesses // Acts 10:1-23
This week’s passage centers around two incredibly different people: Peter, a proud Jew, and an apostle of Jesus Christ; and Cornelious, an Italian Gentile, and an officer in the Roman army. Despite their vast differences, they each love the...
Anthem Podcast: Immanuel, God With Us // Week 3 - Receive Immanuel
To better understand this week’s Advent theme, which is receiving, we looked at John 1. In this poetic introduction to his gospel, John declares that “the Word became flesh and dwelt among us” (John 1:14a). Sadly, His own people did not receive...
Anthem Podcast: Immanuel, God With Us // Week 2 - Prepare for Immanuel
This week’s Advent theme is Preparation. God used John the Baptist to prepare God’s people for the arrival of their Messiah. John’s message was clear and simple - he proclaimed a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins as the key elem...