The Local Church – Acts 20:28

THE LOCAL CHURCH
GRAB THEIR ATTENTION
Sometimes misinformation yields funny results. Think back to the 1989 Disney film, The Little Mermaid. Ariel, the main character is infatuated with life on land; out of the sea. She spends her time swimming from shipwreck to shipwreck collecting various gadgets, gizmos, and thingamabobs. As she collects various items, she brings them to a bird, named Scuttle, who is her only source of information about life above the waves.

The Pastor – Acts 20:28; 1 Peter 5:1-3

FULL DISCLAIMER: Large portions of this sermon are taken from a sermon I heard Mark Dever preach to his own congregation, Capitol Hill Baptist. I listened to that sermon, by the same title, while on sabbatical from my own congregation, Lake Wylie Baptist, during the Summer of 2024. Mark’s sermon ministered so deeply to my heart that I took his structure, much of his exposition, and reworked it into a similar sermon for my own …