Sermon Summary:We pick up in Acts 5 with a church that looks nearly perfect. Barnabas lays the money from his field at the apostles’ feet and earns a nickname. Ananias and Sapphira watch, and they want a little of that honor. They sell their land, keep part of the money, and let everyone believe they gave it all.Peter reminds them that the land and the money were theirs the whole time. Nobody required the gift. The trouble was the lie.We see ourselves in this story. We let people think we pray more than we do. We say we’re fine when we’re drowning. Jesus said our hearts follow our treasure, and James invites us to confess to one another so we can be healed. God treated hypocrisy seriously at the very start of the church because what gets set at the beginning runs through everything after it.God also gives us time, and we shouldn’t assume there will always be more of it. So we bring our real selves to him. We can start with one honest sentence. God, this is where I really am.Scripture in this message. Acts 5 and 6, Joshua 7, Leviticus 10, Psalm 32, Matthew 6:21, Luke 12:1, James 5:16, 1 Corinthians 12. Watch the full message, share it with a friend, or join us for a service this Sunday.URF WEBSITE: ➤ http://www.urfellowship.comSOCIALS: ➤ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/urfellowship/➤ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/urfellowship
5 Oct 2026
Acts 3-4 :: The Gate Called Beautiful // Chris Holm
Sermon Summary:Peter and John walk up to the temple at the hour of prayer, and a man who has never taken a step sits at the gate called Beautiful. Peter looks him in the eye, has no silver or gold, and gives what he has in the name of Jesus. The man walks, then jumps, and goes into the place he spent his whole life sitting outside of.Peter and John soon stand before the same council that condemned Jesus. The leaders see their calm and realize these ordinary men have been with Jesus. A life changed by God leaves very little for us to argue about.Then the early church prays. They spend most of the prayer remembering who God is and what he has said, and only then do they ask for boldness. The room shakes, and they speak the word of God boldly.Boldness is behavior born from belief. What we believe decides how we act. It can look like inviting a coworker to church or handing someone a book. God is still active, and we are invited into what he is doing in our generation.Scripture covered in this message is Acts 3:1 through 4:31, with Acts 1:8, Psalm 2, and Psalm 118. Watch the full message, share it with a friend, or join us for a service this Sunday.URF WEBSITE: ➤ http://www.urfellowship.comSOCIALS: ➤ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/urfellowship/➤ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/urfellowship
27 Sept 2026
Acts 2 :: Speaking Mysteries // Chris Holm
Sermon Summary:
Most of us know the feeling of being handed something big before we feel ready. The first followers of Jesus knew it too. They waited in Jerusalem as he told them, and on the day of Pentecost the Holy Spirit came on all 120 of them. Ordinary people began declaring the wonderful works of God in languages they had never learned, and a crowd from every corner of the known world heard it in their own tongue.This week we lingered on that gift of tongues. We saw that it is mostly a way of speaking to God, a prayer language where our spirit reaches him beyond what our minds can put into words. Romans 8 reminds us the Spirit helps us when we don't know what to pray.We also saw how gently the Spirit works. He never forces anyone, and this gift was never meant to rank believers or prove anything. Paul prayed in tongues often in private and kept his public teaching plain and clear.So we can ask. If there is more in our hearts than our words can carry, God welcomes that request, in his time and his way.Scripture referencesActs 2:1-15, 1 Corinthians 12:11, 1 Corinthians 12:31, 1 Corinthians 14:2, 1 Corinthians 14:14, 1 Corinthians 14:18-19, Romans 8:26, Ephesians 4:8, Ephesians 5:18Watch the full message, share it with a friend, and join us for a service this Sunday.URF WEBSITE: ➤ http://www.urfellowship.comSOCIALS: ➤ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/urfellowship/➤ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/urfellowship
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