Week 1Introducing Acts, Morning PraiseMay 19, 2013The pastor opens Acts by showing how the early church prepared for the Holy Spirit: through obedience, fellowship, persistent prayer, and recognizing God-appointed leaders.
Week 2Introducting Acts, TraditionsMay 19, 2013Acts 1 shows four things the early church did to prepare for the Spirit's move: obey Jesus, gather together, pray persistently, and study God's Word.
Week 3Continuing Acts, Traditions (2)June 23, 2013Peter and John face arrest for preaching resurrection, yet the early church responds not with fear but with bold prayer to a sovereign God who rules over all things.
Week 4Continuing in Acts, Morning Praise (9)June 23, 2013Peter and John pray for boldness after facing threats, and God answers. A sermon from Acts 4:23-31 on trusting God's sovereignty and preaching with courage.
Week 5Continuing in Acts, Morning Praise (2)June 30, 2013A sermon from Acts 4-5 on the early church's unity and generosity, the warning in Ananias and Sapphira's deception, and what it means to follow Barnabas's example.
Week 6On a Mission from GodJuly 7, 2013Peter and the apostles refuse to stop preaching despite arrest and flogging. A look at Acts 5 and the pattern of God's power, opposition, and advancing witness.
Week 7We're on a Mission from GodJuly 7, 2013Acts 5 shows a repeating pattern: God moves with power, His word interprets, opposition arises and is thwarted, and the witness advances. Are you in that progression?
Week 8Three Assaults of the Evil OneJuly 14, 2013Three threats to the early church, persecution, hypocrisy, and murmuring, still attack believers today. Acts 6 shows how God's people can face each one with boldness.
Week 9Three Assaults of the Evil OneJuly 14, 2013Acts 6 reveals three schemes Satan uses against the church: persecution, hypocrisy, and murmuring. See how the early believers faced each one and how we can too.
Week 10Brothers and Fathers, Listen to MeJuly 21, 2013Stephen's defense in Acts 7 reveals a pattern: God works outside holy places, through rejected deliverers, calling people to living faith over sacred locations.
Week 11The Blood of the Martyrs Is the Seed of the ChurchAugust 4, 2013Philip scatters the gospel into Samaria, a city awakens to Christ, and Simon Magus reveals what happens when a heart wants God's power without God himself.
Week 13Philip Acts in Obedience, Morning PraiseAugust 11, 2013Philip obeyed God's call instantly and without question, and one conversation on a dusty road changed a life forever. What would that kind of obedience look like in yours?
Week 14Philip Acts in Obedience, TraditionsAugust 11, 2013Philip obeyed God's call immediately, crossed cultural lines, and changed a life forever. A sermon on what happens when we say yes without waiting to know why.
Week 15God Is Still in the Business of Saving and Changing LivesNovember 24, 2013A Wyoming pastor walks through Acts 16, showing how God saved Lydia, a slave girl, and a jailer, and why that same work of saving and changing lives continues today.
Week 16What Did You See, Feel, Do, and Say?December 8, 2013Paul in Athens meets two rival philosophies with one message: God has set a day of judgment, and Jesus risen from the dead is proof. Turn to Him now.
Week 17He Only Knew John's BaptismDecember 29, 2013Acts 18 traces Apollos, a gifted teacher who knew repentance but not the cross, and asks what sin management looks like without the redemption Christ alone provides.
Week 18Futile Sin Management Without the CrossDecember 29, 2013Acts 18 sermon on Apollos, who preached repentance powerfully but knew only John's baptism. What is sin management without the cross of Christ?
Week 19Proclaiming God's Word in EphesusJanuary 5, 2014Paul in Ephesus shows what faithful gospel proclamation looks like: go where God leads, work hard, preach Christ, engage people in your path, and leave results to God.
Week 20Rioting in the TheaterJanuary 12, 2014A Wyoming pastor walks through Acts 19, where a silversmith's riot in Ephesus reveals how the gospel quietly outlasts every "undeniable fact" a culture builds its life on.
Week 21Saint Paul Rescued from the MultitudeFebruary 2, 2014Paul stands in chains before mobs, governors, and kings, yet seizes every moment to tell his story and plead with his accusers to believe in Jesus Christ.
Week 22And Thus We Came to RomeFebruary 16, 2014The pastor concludes Acts by walking through Paul's arrival in Rome, where he preached Christ unhindered, showing the gospel must be shared, cannot be stopped, and alone can save.
Week 23Don't Just Assume Jesus Is With YouDecember 26, 2021A Wyoming pastor walks through Luke 2:41-52, the story of the boy Jesus in the temple, drawing out what it means to stay in step with God rather than assuming He is with you.
Week 24You Will Receive PowerOctober 27, 2024The pastor opens Acts 1, showing how the early believers prepared for the Holy Spirit through obedience, fellowship, prayer, and studying God's word.
Week 25Everything Jesus Began to Do and to TeachOctober 27, 2024The pastor opens Acts 1 at First Baptist Jackson, exploring how the early church prepared for the Holy Spirit through obedience, fellowship, prayer, and scripture.
Week 26Confused Because They UnderstoodNovember 10, 2024Acts 2 traces the birth of the church at Pentecost, from wind and fire to Peter's bold sermon, calling all people to repent and call on the name of the Lord.
Week 27Confused Because They UnderstoodNovember 10, 2024The pastor walks through Acts 2, the birthday of the church, tracing Pentecost from rushing wind and tongues of fire to 3,000 baptisms and what it means for us today.
Week 28Pastor Ray Preaches From the Book of Acts Chapter 2November 16, 2024Acts 2 traces the birth of the church at Pentecost, from the rushing wind and tongues of fire to Peter's bold sermon and 3,000 baptisms in a single day.
Week 29Silver and Gold Have NoneNovember 17, 2024Peter and John stop for a lame beggar at the temple gate. A First Baptist Jackson sermon on Acts 3, seeing people who suffer and giving what you have.
Week 30Silver and Gold Have I NoneNovember 17, 2024A lame man healed at the temple gate opens a question every believer faces: are we trying to be Peter, or do we need to see ourselves as the one who was lifted up?
Week 31Sunday Nov 17th Sermon from Pastor RayNovember 17, 2024Peter and John heal a man lame from birth, and Pastor Peter traces what happened, why it mattered, and what it means to receive grace you could never earn.
Week 32There Is Salvation in No One ElseNovember 24, 2024Peter and John face the Sanhedrin after healing a lame man, boldly declaring salvation through Jesus alone, then praying for courage rather than safety.
Week 33There Is Salvation in No One ElseNovember 24, 2024Peter and John face the Sanhedrin after healing a lame man, boldly declaring salvation through Jesus alone while the early church prays for courage to keep preaching.
Week 34By What Power Have You Done ThisNovember 24, 2024Peter and John before the Sanhedrin: how two ordinary fishermen answered threats with bold prayer, and why the gospel cannot be contained by any human authority.
Week 35One of Heart and SoulDecember 1, 2024Carl walks through Acts 4:32-5:11, showing what a Spirit-filled church looks like through the examples of Barnabas, Ananias, and Sapphira.
Week 36Barnabas, Ananias, and the Fear of the LordDecember 1, 2024Acts 4-5 traces the early church's unity, generosity, and the contrasting stories of Barnabas and Ananias and Sapphira, with a call to encourage, stay alert, and fear God.
Week 37One of Heart and SoulDecember 1, 2024A sermon from Acts 4:32-5:11 on the early church's unity, generosity, and faith, with lessons from Barnabas and the sobering story of Ananias and Sapphira.
Week 38If It Is of God, You Cannot Overthrow ItDecember 8, 2024Peter and the apostles face arrest again in Acts 5, yet keep preaching Jesus as Messiah. A study in boldness, suffering, and the unstoppable advance of the gospel.
Week 40We Are on a Mission from GodDecember 29, 2024Acts 6 shows a church on mission facing murmuring and division. See how the apostles trusted the Holy Spirit to keep the gospel moving forward.
Week 41We Are On a Mission from GodDecember 29, 2024A Wyoming pastor walks through Acts 6, showing how the early church handled internal division and kept the gospel moving forward no matter the opposition.
Week 42We're on a Mission from GodDecember 29, 2024Acts 6 traces how the early church handled internal division over food distribution, and what it meant that Stephen's face shone like an angel before his accusers.
Week 43God Is Bigger Than the Box You Put Him InJanuary 5, 2025Stephen's longest sermon in Acts traces God's faithfulness through Abraham, Joseph and Moses to show that God is bigger than any temple, tradition or religious system.
Week 44God Keeps Making a WayJanuary 5, 2025Stephen's defense before the Sanhedrin reveals a pattern: God keeps making a way, and His people keep rejecting it. A sermon on Acts 6-8 and faithful witness.
Week 45You Stubborn PeopleJanuary 5, 2025Stephen's sermon in Acts 7 traces Israel's history of rejecting God's messengers, leading to his death and the scattering of the early church.
Week 46Elevation of Self vs. Elevation of JesusJanuary 12, 2025Acts 8 traces the gospel spreading into Samaria through Philip, and warns against seeking God's gifts for personal gain through the story of Simon Magus.
Week 47Scattered to Spread the Good NewsJanuary 12, 2025Philip preaches in Samaria, a sorcerer believes but reveals a corrupt heart, and Peter confronts the sin of seeking God's power for personal gain.
Week 48Philip Wants the BallJanuary 19, 2025Philip runs alongside an Ethiopian official's chariot and shares the gospel from Isaiah 53, leading to baptism. A study of obedience, readiness, and the Great Commission.
Week 49This weeks Sermon from First B Jackson January 12thJanuary 19, 2025Philip preaches in Samaria, crowds believe, and Simon the sorcerer tries to buy the Holy Spirit. A sermon on what it really means to trust Jesus.
Week 50This week's Sermon from First B Jackson January 19thJanuary 19, 2025Philip dropped everything when God said go, and ended up baptizing an Ethiopian official on a desert road. What happens when you actually want the ball?
Week 51Here Is Water, What Hinders YouJanuary 19, 2025Acts 8:26-40: Philip follows God's lead on a desert road and shares the gospel with an Ethiopian official, showing how ordinary obedience fuels the spread of the good news.
Week 52Saul Is My Chosen InstrumentJanuary 26, 2025Acts 9 traces Saul's dramatic encounter with Jesus on the road to Damascus and his sudden transformation from persecutor of the church to proclaimer of Christ.
Week 53Saul, Why Are You Persecuting Me?January 26, 2025Paul's dramatic conversion on the road to Damascus shows how God humbles the proud, hears prayer, and transforms even the fiercest enemy of the church into His chosen instrument.
Week 54God Is On the Move Ahead of YouFebruary 2, 2025Acts 9: Saul's conversion stuns Damascus, Barnabas vouches for him in Jerusalem, and Peter heals Aeneas and raises Tabitha as the early church spreads.
Week 55Transformation Is PossibleFebruary 2, 2025Acts 9: Saul's conversion shakes Jerusalem, Peter heals the paralyzed and raises the dead. God transforms the hardest hearts and builds His church through ordinary people.
Week 56This week's Sermon @ First B Jackson January 26thFebruary 2, 2025A Jackson Hole pastor traces the conversion of Saul in Acts 9, showing how God humbled a zealous persecutor and transformed him into a chosen instrument.
Week 57This week's Sermon @ First B Jackson February 2nd 2025February 2, 2025Acts 9 traces Saul's escape from Damascus, his cautious welcome in Jerusalem, and Peter's healings in Lydda and Joppa as the early church grows bold and outward.
Week 58God Shows No FavoritismFebruary 9, 2025Peter visits Cornelius in Acts 10, and Pastor shows how God breaks down every barrier we build between ourselves and people we consider outsiders.
Week 59No Favoritism With GodFebruary 9, 2025Peter enters a Roman soldier's home and the Holy Spirit falls on Gentiles. A modern miracle from Gaza shows God still works the same way today.
Week 60Who Was I to Stand in God's Way?February 16, 2025Peter defends the Gentile mission in Acts 11, and a Wyoming congregation hears how God tears down barriers so the gospel can reach everyone.
Week 61Who Was I to Stand in God's Way?February 16, 2025Peter defends taking the gospel to Gentiles, and a Wyoming congregation reflects on breaking barriers, divine appointments, and carrying good news to everyone.
Week 62No DistinctionFebruary 16, 2025Peter's vision and Cornelius's angel encounter show how God breaks down barriers between people to bring the gospel to everyone, Gentile and Jew alike.
Week 63This week's Sermon from First B Jackson- February 16th 2025February 16, 2025Peter defends taking the gospel to Gentiles, and a Wyoming congregation hears how God removes barriers so that anyone can repent and receive eternal life.
Week 64Stay True to the LordFebruary 23, 2025A sermon from Acts 11 on how ordinary believers carried the gospel outward, and what it looks like to take, remember, rely on, encourage, and participate today.
Week 65Gospel Carriers in Word and DeedFebruary 23, 2025Acts 11 shows a young church carrying the gospel outward through scattering, sacrifice, and ordinary witnesses. A sermon on staying true to the Lord and joining what God is already doing.
Week 66Gospel Carriers in Word and DeedMarch 2, 2025Acts 11 traces how scattered believers carried the gospel to Antioch. Pastor Carl walks through what that early church moment means for how we live and give today.
Week 67The Word of the Lord Continued to GrowMarch 30, 2025Acts 12 shows God's power over kings and prison cells. A Wyoming church sends missionaries to Zambia as the word of the Lord continues to grow and multiply.
Week 68His Truth Abideth StillMarch 30, 2025When a king kills an apostle, frees another, and dies in pride, Acts 12 shows that God's word advances on His terms, not ours.
Week 69The Word of God Keeps Going ForwardApril 6, 2025Pastor Ray walks through Acts 13, tracing the first missionary journey, then shares firsthand stories from a recent trip to South Africa where the gospel is still changing lives.
Week 70Set Apart by the Holy SpiritApril 6, 2025The pastor walks through Acts 13, tracing the Spirit-sent mission from Antioch to Cyprus, woven together with firsthand stories from a recent ministry trip to South Africa.
Week 71The Word of the Lord Continued to GrowApril 13, 2025Acts 12 traces James's death, Peter's miraculous rescue, and Herod's end to show that no matter what opposes God's people, his word keeps growing.
Week 72This weeks Sermon @ First B Jackson April 6th 2025April 13, 2025The pastor traces Paul's first missionary journey in Acts 13 while sharing firsthand stories from a recent mission trip to South Africa, where the gospel is still advancing today.
Week 73Continually Filled with Joy and the Holy SpiritApril 27, 2025Pastor Mark traces Acts 13 from Paul's synagogue sermon in Pisidian Antioch to the resurrection promise, weaving in lessons from a recent mission trip to Uganda.
Week 74A Tale of Three CitiesMay 4, 2025Paul and Barnabas face rejection, worship, and stoning across three cities, yet keep returning to preach the gospel and strengthen the believers they leave behind.
Week 75A Tale of Three CitiesMay 4, 2025Paul and Barnabas pressed on through beatings, rejection and stoning to preach the gospel. A study in Acts 14 on faithful, reliant, unstoppable mission.
Week 76Sunday May 11th 9am Service (Mother's Day)May 11, 2025Acts 15's Jerusalem Council shows how the early church resolved a major dispute over salvation, landing on one answer: grace through faith in Jesus Christ alone.
Week 77Sunday May 11th 11am Service ( Mother's Day)May 11, 2025Acts 15 sermon on the Jerusalem Council: how the early church settled whether Gentiles must follow Jewish law, and what it means for Christian unity today.
Week 78This weeks Sermon May 11th @ First B JacksonMay 11, 2025Acts 15 traces the Jerusalem Council's debate over grace and law, showing how early believers settled a defining question about how anyone, Jew or Gentile, is saved.
Week 79Two Issues, One MissionMay 18, 2025Paul and Barnabas split over John Mark, Timothy gets circumcised for mission's sake: a study in disagreement, grace, and carrying the gospel forward together.
Week 80Two IssuesMay 18, 2025Acts 15 shows Paul and Barnabas splitting over John Mark, and Timothy being circumcised despite the Jerusalem Council. Two hard lessons on unity, rights, and the gospel.
Week 81Keep the Gospel the Main TopicMay 18, 2025Paul and Barnabas split, Timothy gets circumcised: a Wyoming pastor explores how the early church navigated sharp disagreements while keeping the gospel moving forward.
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Paul and Barnabas split over John Mark, and Paul circumcises Timothy. A sermon from Acts 15-16 on unity, cultural sensitivity, and keeping the gospel the main thing.
Week 82Sensitive, Humble, and ObedientMay 25, 2025In Acts 16, Paul and Silas reach Philippi and three lives are changed, showing that God saves real people in the real world through ordinary, obedient believers.
Week 83Sensitive, Humble, and Obedient to His DirectionMay 25, 2025Acts 16 traces Paul's journey into Europe, three life-changing encounters in Philippi, and what it looks like to follow God's Spirit through closed and open doors.
Week 84Send the LightMay 25, 2025Paul and Silas cross into Macedonia, where God opens hearts in Philippi through a wealthy merchant, a slave girl, and a jailer shaken by earthquake and grace.
Week 85Examine It Anew: The Bereans and the Light of ChristJune 8, 2025Paul reasoned from Scripture in Thessalonica and Berea, showing that Christ had to suffer and rise. Are we open, like the Bereans, to letting God correct our assumptions?
Week 86More Noble MindedJune 8, 2025Paul reasons from Scripture in Thessalonica and Berea, showing that Christ had to suffer and rise. A sermon on noble-minded faith, humility, and the gospel's power to persuade.
Week 87His Spirit Was ProvokedJune 15, 2025The pastor walks through Acts 17 as Paul reasons with Epicurean and Stoic philosophers in Athens, showing how to present the gospel to people who worship everything but God.
Week 88His Spirit Was ProvokedJune 15, 2025Paul walks into Athens full of idols, finds an altar to an unknown god, and uses it to introduce the one who made everything and raised a man from the dead.
Week 89His Spirit Was Provoked Within HimJune 15, 2025Paul walks Athens streets stirred by idol worship, then reasons graciously with philosophers on Mars Hill, showing how the unknown God is the one true God.
Week 90Don't Be Afraid, Keep on SpeakingJune 22, 2025Pastor Ray walks through Acts 18, where Paul settles in Corinth, finds community, and is told by God to speak without fear because many people in the city are ready to hear.
Week 91Start Where You AreJune 22, 2025Paul stays longest in Corinth, finds coworkers, faces opposition, and hears God say "don't be afraid." A sermon on faithful presence and bold witness.
Week 92Start Where You AreJune 22, 2025Paul arrives in Corinth alone, finds fellow workers in Aquila and Priscilla, and stays eighteen months sharing a gospel some received, some rejected, and some wanted to hear more.
Week 93The Way of God More AccuratelyJuly 6, 2025Pastor Ray walks through Acts 18, showing how Paul, Apollos, and a handful of disciples in Ephesus were all taught the way of God more accurately, and what that means for us.
Week 94In Him We Live and Move and Have Our BeingJuly 6, 2025The pastor walks through Acts 18-19, tracing Paul's journey from Corinth to Ephesus and showing how God works through the ordinary details of life to spread the gospel.
Week 95The Way of God More AccuratelyJuly 6, 2025Paul revisits closed doors, meets disciples who knew only John's baptism, and shows how humility opens us to understanding the gospel more accurately.
Week 96Who Are YouJuly 13, 2025Acts 19: God's word grows in Ephesus through miracles, burning of magic books, and a silversmiths' riot that could not stop the gospel from prevailing.
Week 97Who Are YouJuly 13, 2025Acts 19 shows God's power prevailing through Paul in Ephesus, exposing those who claimed Christ's name without knowing Him, and a riot that could not stop the gospel.
Week 98Who Are YouJuly 13, 2025Acts 19: miracles, a mob, and a silversmith's riot in Ephesus. What happens when the gospel upends business, pride, and everything people thought they controlled.
Week 99Innocent of the Blood of All PeopleJuly 20, 2025Pastor Ray walks through Acts 20, where Paul says his goodbyes, raises a boy from the dead, and charges the Ephesian elders to guard God's flock with their lives.
Week 100Acts 20: The Book of ActsJuly 20, 2025Paul races toward Jerusalem, says goodbye to the Ephesian elders at Miletus, and leaves them with a charge to guard the flock and trust God's grace.
Week 101I Entrust You to God and the Word of His GraceJuly 20, 2025Ray walks through Acts 20, tracing Paul's farewell journey, his midnight sermon in Troas, and his final words to the Ephesian elders as he pressed on toward Jerusalem.
Week 102The Vicissitudes of LifeAugust 3, 2025Acts 21 follows Paul pressing toward Jerusalem despite warnings, raising hard questions about hearing God's voice when the people around you disagree with where He is leading.
Week 103The Vicissitudes of LifeAugust 3, 2025The pastor walks through Acts 21 as Paul pushes toward Jerusalem despite warnings, and draws honest parallels to a season of change at First Baptist Jackson.
Week 104Be Courageous: You Must Also Testify in RomeAugust 24, 2025Paul is beaten, chained, and nearly torn apart, yet stands boldly on the temple stairs proclaiming Christ. God promises him: you will reach Rome.
Week 105Be Courageous: You Must Also Testify in RomeAugust 24, 2025Paul arrives in Jerusalem, faces a riot, chains, and a hostile council, yet Christ himself appears and says: you will testify in Rome.
Week 106Just as You Testified Here, So Also in RomeAugust 24, 2025Paul arrives in Jerusalem, faces a riot, Roman chains, and a mob trial, yet God promises he will testify in Rome. Acts 21, 23 sermon from First Baptist Jackson.
Week 107Cast Your Cares on the Lord and He Will Sustain YouAugust 31, 2025Paul stands trial before Felix, facing a murder plot and smarmy lawyers, while God quietly moves through a nephew's courage and a governor's fear.
Week 108Paul the PrisonerAugust 31, 2025Paul stands trial before Felix, discusses faith, righteousness, and judgment, while Felix procrastinates on a decision that may never come again. From Acts 23-24.
Week 109Be Courageous: You Must Testify in RomeAugust 31, 2025The pastor walks through Acts 23, 24, where Paul faces conspiracy, Roman courts, and a governor who hears the gospel, grows frightened, and walks away.
Week 110Unity Is Confusing for the World and Very AttractiveSeptember 7, 2025A Wyoming congregation studies the Greek word "homothymodon" through Acts, exploring what it means to pursue genuine unity rooted in Christ rather than mere agreement.
Week 111With One MindSeptember 7, 2025The pastor traces the Greek word homothumadon through Acts, showing how a church unified around Christ looks different from every other kind of unanimity.
Week 112With One Mind: A Word Study Through ActsSeptember 7, 2025A word study through the book of Acts traces every use of "homothumedon," the Greek word for one accord, asking what true unity in Christ looks like.
Week 113Examining the Cast of CharactersSeptember 21, 2025Paul stands trial before Festus in Acts 25. A Wyoming pastor draws out what integrity, God's sovereignty, and willingness to pay any price look like for followers of Jesus today.
Week 114Examining the Cast of CharactersSeptember 21, 2025Paul stands trial before a new Roman governor while his accusers press false charges. A study in integrity, sovereignty, and the cost of following Christ.
Week 115Keep On Telling Your StorySeptember 28, 2025Paul stands chained before kings and governors in Acts 25-26, yet boldly tells his story. A reminder that God uses ordinary people to carry the gospel anywhere.
Week 116Keep On Telling Your StorySeptember 28, 2025Paul stands before kings and governors in Acts 25-26, telling his story of meeting Jesus on the Damascus road. A sermon on sharing your faith without fear.
Week 117We Must Run Aground on a Certain IslandOctober 5, 2025Paul's storm-tossed voyage to Rome in Acts 27 shows what it looks like to trust God when you've lost control, hit despair, and can't see land.
Week 118They All Were Brought Safely to LandOctober 5, 2025A sermon on Acts 27 traces Paul's shipwreck voyage to Rome and asks what it means to trust God when storms, delays, and loss of control pile up around you.
Week 119The Gospel Is Not HinderedOctober 12, 2025Pastor Ray walks through Acts 28, the final chapter, showing how the gospel moved forward unhindered despite shipwrecks, snakebites, imprisonment and rejection, and still does today.
Week 120The Hope of Israel in ChainsOctober 19, 2025The pastor walks through Acts 28, the final chapter of Luke's account, weaving in a motorcycle accident, a snakebite on a mission trip, and what it means that the gospel moves forward unhindered.
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