Acts: What is Demon Possession?

In Acts 19 severe spiritual battle breaks out, to the point that Jewish exorcists are physically attacked by a demon possessed man. What are we to make of all this? Was demon possession only in the past? Why was it so prevalent then but doesn't seem to be today? Can people be demon possessed today? Can Christians be? How can a person be delivered? Is this stuff still going on today? We will seek to tackle these issues through our study of the Bible.

Acts 19

Pastor Todd Jaussen
Crossroads Christian Fellowship Church
Greenville, PA

Acts: Holy Boldness in a Hostile Environment

As our culture gets more resistant and hostile to the gospel, we are tempted to retreat in silence. We can lose a holy boldness and be intimidated into going under the radar with our faith. It's tempting. How to get that boldness back and keep it? One way is to see it in others. We will be examining in Acts the courageous efforts of Paul (stoned, left for dead, and then walking back into the city... seriously!!!) and Barnabas to bring the gospel to their generation. They will inspire us to boldness and to a stick-to-it-ness that won't easily be intimidated. These things are increasingly the need of the hour.

Acts 14

Pastor Todd Jaussen
Crossroads Christian Fellowship Church
Greenville, PA

Luke: Judas and Peter (Part I)

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Luke 22:1-6,28-30,47-48
John 12:1-8,6:70,13:2,21-30,18,17:12
1 Timothy 6:9-10
Matthew 27:3-4
Acts 1:25
1 Peter 5:8

No doubt to human reason these two principles appear inconsistent with each other; that God should arrange human affairs by His Providence so that nothing happens other than by His Will and bidding, and that He should destroy the reprobate (unbeliever) by whom He achieves His ends. We see how Christ reconciles these two, placing Judas under a curse although it was divinely appointed that he should plot against God as he did, not that the treachery of Judas should properly be called a work of God, but because God bent the treachery of Judas to the fulfillment of His purpose. John Calvin, Commentary on Luke

Pastor Todd Jaussen
Crossroads Christian Fellowship Church
Greenville, PA

Galatians: The Apostolic Real Deal

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Acts 9:1-22,1:21-22
Galatians 1
1 Timothy 1:12-13

Pastor Todd Jaussen
Crossroads Christian Fellowship Church
Greenville, PA