Summary

In our last two sermons in our Unvangelism series we dealt with "Repentance as the goal of Discipleship" and "Repentance as the Posture of Discipleship" respectively.  In this installment Pastor Todd Murphy turns to look at Acts 2:42 as the "Rhythms of Discipleship."  In in this study we consider what basic ministry as found in the preached word, the sharing of life together, the sacraments and prayer as the means of grace.  Here we learn about how these are central to what it means to experience Christ through the Church.  We also consider how the individualism of our culture has seeped into the church in a way that has caused us to minimize the regular means of grace.  While there are many peripheral aspects of ministry that can support these regular means, things like youth ministry, gender specific ministry, and other church programs and events, when not made to serve the regular means of grace but then supplant it them become road-blocks to real ministry.

About the Speaker

Pastor Todd Murphy | Lead Pastor

Todd came to the faith at the age of 19 after growing up in the skateboarding indie-punk culture of the 80’s. He lives with his beautiful wife Christine and six healthy boys, Judah, Anson, Keegan, Aiden, Cailan, and Rowan in a suburb of Providence. Todd is an accomplished Bible teacher with an BA in Biblical studies and MA in Hebrew Bible studies from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He has also taught biblical studies for the department of Philosophy and Religion at Western Kentucky University, and is the author of the Pocket Dictionary for the Study of Biblical Hebrew (InterVarsity Press, 2003). When not writing, preaching or teaching, he can often be found playing Xbox with his sons or surfing with Judah. Once in a while you might even still catch him skateboarding.