Wilmington Reformed

This episode studies Acts 17:1–15 with a focus on verse 11, contrasting the persecuted church in Thessalonica with the Bereans who received the message with eagerness and daily Scripture study. It explores how love for God’s Word—reading, memorizing, and examining the Bible—shapes congregational peace, personal devotion, and the church’s mission.

The sermon also connects the Berean example to the Prote...

Acts 16:16–40 recounts how Paul and Silas confront a demon-possessed slave girl, are seized by her owners, beaten, and jailed. While praying and singing at midnight they experience an earthquake that opens the prison and unfastens their bonds.

The terrified jailer asks how to be saved; Paul and Silas proclaim faith in the Lord Jesus, leading to the jailer and his household being baptized. The episode highlights the resurrecti...

Acts 15 recounts the Council of Jerusalem where the early church confronts whether Gentile believers must follow Jewish law. Peter, Paul, Barnabas, and James reveal that God has opened the covenant to Gentiles through Christ, fulfilling prophecy from Amos and restoring the promise of David’s kingdom. The decision emphasizes salvation by grace, the replacement of circumcision with baptism, and the church’s unity across J...

This episode reads Acts 15 and examines the Council of Jerusalem, where the early church debated whether Gentile believers must be circumcised to be saved. Paul, Barnabas, Peter, and James address the controversy and affirm salvation by grace through faith rather than by the law.

The sermon also draws out the church’s authority and structure, showing how the gathered people of God, under King Jesus, pronounce liberty from leg...

This episode walks through Acts 14, recounting Paul and Barnabas’s missionary work: the healing of a man who had been crippled from birth, the crowd’s mistaken worship, and the violent opposition that led to Paul being stoned and assumed dead.

The sermon emphasizes the paradox of the Christian life—suffering and persecution paired with resurrection hope—how the apostles planted and strengthened churches, and...

This episode walks through Acts 13:13–52, where Paul recounts Israel’s story, proclaims Jesus as the promised Savior, and explains how forgiveness and resurrection fulfill God’s promises.

When Jewish leaders reject the message, Paul turns to the Gentiles, declaring the church the new light to the nations. The sermon emphasizes the metaphor of light—Jesus and his church as lampstands called to bring the gospe...

Paul stands in the synagogue at Pisidian Antioch and traces Israel's story from the Exodus through David to show that the Old Testament promises find their fulfillment in Jesus. He proclaims that through Jesus forgiveness of sins and justification are now offered to all who believe.

The sermon calls for faith and warns scoffers, sparks both eager response and opposition, and marks the turning of the gospel outward to the Gentiles a...

This episode unpacks Acts 13:1–12 and explains that prophets, miracles, and prophecies marked the inaugural period of the early church. It argues the apostolic era culminated in the completed canon, so Christians today are called to rely on Scripture as the sufficient and final authority.

The preacher contrasts foundation-era signs with the present building stage, urging believers to embrace the Bible’s clarity, suffici...

In this sermon on Acts 12 the preacher examines how the church’s earnest prayer brought about Peter’s miraculous rescue from Herod’s prison and the judgment on the king. The passage shows prayer as the primary weapon in the spiritual warfare between God’s kingdom and Satan’s kingdom.

The message calls the church to persistent, faith-filled prayer, reminding believers that God answers and that our praye...

This episode reads Acts 10:44–48 and explores the Holy Spirit falling on Gentiles, their speaking in tongues, and subsequent baptism. Pastor Jackson distinguishes between historia salutis and ordo salutis, and reviews Acts 2 and Pentecost to explain why tongues were foreign languages that signified both judgment on Israel and blessing for the nations.

The sermon argues tongues functioned as a revelatory sign of the unveiled m...

Acts 10 retells how Cornelius, a devout Roman centurion, and Peter, an apostle, receive visions that lead to their meeting in Caesarea. Peter proclaims the gospel, the Holy Spirit falls on Gentile listeners, and they are baptized, signaling the end of former barriers between Jews and Gentiles.

The episode emphasizes the central message that God shows no partiality, the fulfillment of Old Testament promises in Christ, and the forma...

Acts 9:1–31 recounts Saul’s dramatic encounter with Jesus on the road to Damascus, his three days of blindness, Ananias’ vision, and Saul’s baptism and immediate proclamation of Jesus as Lord.

The sermon draws out how this turning shaped Paul’s calling as God’s chosen instrument, emphasizing the sovereignty and power of God in salvation, the centrality of preaching, and the cost and courage of ap...

This sermon explores Saul's dramatic encounter with Jesus on the road to Damascus (Acts 9:1–25) and how that moment transformed him from a fierce persecutor into Paul, the apostle to the Gentiles. The pastor explains the historical and theological significance of the event, its impact on Paul’s life and teachings, and urges listeners to seek a passionate, Christ-centered life—whether their conversion was dramatic ...

In Acts chapter 8 Philip preaches in Samaria where signs and conversions follow, Simon Magus tries to buy apostolic power and is sharply rebuked, and Peter and John bring apostolic authority. The episode shows the church taking shape and the gospel confronting false motives.

An angel sends Philip to meet an Ethiopian eunuch reading Isaiah; Philip explains Jesus as the fulfillment of the prophecy, the eunuch is baptized, and the sto...