Some people attend church reluctantly out of a sense of duty.

But that's not the picture we have of what happened with the early church.

Today on Truth for Life we'll see how to make each Sunday a joyful,

reverent celebration that sets the tone for the entire week and that

prepares us for eternity.

Alistair Begg is teaching from the closing verses of Acts chapter 2.

We return to familiar territory for us as a church in the closing verses of Acts chapter 2.

Seeking to determine the health of our church by asking ourselves what are the four distinctive marks of the healthy church.

Let us consider what it means for this church as we discover it here in Acts to be a learning church.

We're told in verse 42 that they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching.

Every so often people engage in dialogue concerning preaching.

It's not uncommon for people to say preaching is an outmoded means of operation.

People have no interest in preaching.

Therefore you shouldn't preach.

You should do other things.

Don't you realize what could happen if you gave up on preaching and so on.

Why do people not listen to preaching?

Because most of it is no good.

Do you understand that I can preach the same sermons if you would pray harder

and they will be ten times more effective?

Just the same sermons.

Because for a meaningful preaching event you need an expectant praying preacher

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