Acts shows us that God's good news of love is always trying to welcome more people, even if some inside the church don't want it to. The first Christian church had a heated debate about who would be allowed in, and what they would have to do beforehand. Do we follow the old laws and traditions and prejudices, or do we let the love of God expand our welcome?
Read Acts 15:1-12 online here.
To open or download the handout this week, a story of when Pastor Stuart was blessed by a church of refugees, click here.