Acts 15:11

How we view our work – in service to ourselves or in service to others – makes all the difference in our ability to be witnesses for Christ. Paul gives us a powerful example of what it looks like to shift from self-interest to serving others so that we can be a light for Christ at work.  

The church didn’t start with buildings, budgets, or big stages. It started with ordinary people filled with an extraordinary Spirit. In this four-part journey through the book of Acts for youth, Sam Farren explores how the Holy Spirit includes, empowers, and sends us, and how we can be part of the movement that’s still turning the world upside down today. This plan isn’t just about the story of the first church. It’s about how the same story continues – through you, today.

One of the great temptations in discipleship is to assume that the way we have experienced God is the only way, or the best way, that God works.We read Scripture through the lens of our own culture. We form expectations about our faith based on what is most familiar to us.Confusing our culture’s expression of Christianity with Christianity itself.This four-day plan invites you to practice global learning as a vital part of discipleship. Not learning about the global church as a curiosity, but learning from the global church as family.

They're just a handful of Latin words, yet somehow they carry massive implications for each of us and our churches. When we live in light of them, we experience a more fulfilled and fruitful Christian life. Read this five day devotional to discover how the five "Solas" of the Reformation continue to reform the Church.