Welcome to Element, and congratulations! You made it through Element’s sermon series on the first half of the book of acts—except for a recap next week! This week we look at pride, God’s glory, and His enduring love. Acts 12 starts with Herod killing James, an apostle, and ends with God killing Herod. It is a pretty big turn of events!
The book of Acts is not the “beginning” of the “church,” it is about God’s continuing mission in the world. There has only ever been one plan, God’s. In this series of the book of Acts we hope to do three main things: 1) To see the continuing mission of God as He brings to fulfilment His church, 2) That people would have a good idea what to look for in a church if/when they transition out of our town (or church), 3) Create a deeper understanding that when we live on mission for Jesus, we won’t understand everything He is doing, but we can trust Him.
