Moving from assumptions to witness

Sermons from Saint Christopher's By-the-Sea, Portland Texas · May 16, 2022 · 16m

Acts 11:1-18 records Saint Peter retelling a story about what he had experienced with a group of Gentiles who had come to faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. During the time together, Peter witnessed the Holy Spirit at work in their lives, but he needed to give an explanation to the Church in Jerusalem as they questioned his wisdom and judgement. Father Blackburn explores the assumptions made by both Peter and the Jewish Christians and how we sometimes find ourselves in the same mind as they are. We apologize that this sermon appears later than usual; there were a few technical difficulties with…