Cornered by the questions of a suspicious officer at an American airport, a Polish traveller finally blurts out that he is a Christian, one of the proper ones, in fact. That anecdote opens the question this sermon answers from the third chapter of Acts (Acts 3): what actually makes someone a Christian? Peter speaks to the most devout people in Jerusalem and shows that neither background, nor tradition, nor knowledge of the Bible is enough, and church history sounds a sharp warning here. Listen if you want to know what the real foundation is.
Devoted to God
Ekklesia
The Church was not invented by humans, but was Jesus’ own idea. He knew perfectly well that one cannot be a Christian alone, because we all need relationships. Therefore, as we read the story of the Church’s beginnings, we want to remind ourselves anew of what our mission in this world is and take a look at some of the practices of the early Christians that help build true community.
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