Lectionary sermons on the Acts of the Apostles. Links to biblical exegesis. Also children's sermons, hymn lists, and hymn stories coordinated with the lectionary readings.
Sermons: The Acts of the Apostles
Sermons for Acts 1
Acts 1:1-11 & Luke 24:49-53 Desire for God (Hoffacker)
Acts 1:1-11 Scripting the Transformation (Butler)
Acts 1:1-14 God Down on His Knees to Us (Hoffacker)
Acts 1:6-14 A Second Easter (Hoffacker)
Acts 1:6-14 Witness Begins at Home! (Donovan)
Acts 1:6-14 Surviving the Moment (London)
Acts 1:15-26 Witnesses to the Resurrection (Hyde)
Acts 1:15-17, 21-26 Crisis and Response (Hoffacker)
Sermons for Acts 2
Acts 2:1-4 Danger: High Voltage (McLarty)
Acts 2:1-11 Finding Our Own Voices (Hoffacker)
Acts 2:1-11 As Simple as Breathing (Hoffacker)
Acts 2:1-21 The Gift of Fire (Leininger)
Acts 2:1-21 When the Fire Grows Cold (McLarty)
Acts 2:1-21 Time to Deliver (Hyde)
Acts 2:1-21 Breathe on Me, Breath of God (Brettell)
Acts 2:14a, 22-32 Practicing Resurrection: Testimony (Butler)
Acts 2:14a, 36-41 Practicing Resurrection: Hospitality (Butler)
Acts 2:37-47 They Devoted Themselves (Donovan)
Acts 2:42-47 Glad and Generous Hearts (Anders)
Acts 2:42-47 Practicing Resurrection: Justice (Butler)
Sermons for Acts 3
Acts 3:12-19 Repentance (Anders)
Sermons for Acts 4
Acts 4:5-12 Is Jesus the Only Way? (Anders)
Acts 4:8-13 No Other Name (Kegel)
Acts 4:23-35 Scripts of the Empire (Butler)
Acts 4:32-35 One Heart and Soul (Anders)
Sermons for Acts 5
Acts 5:27-32 The Best News Ever (Leininger)
Acts 5:27-32 Obeying God (Anders)
Sermons for Acts 7
Acts 7:55-60 Practicing Resurrection: Healing (Butler)
Sermons for Acts 8
Acts 8:14-17
Acts 8:26-40 The Right Place, the Right Time (Hoffacker)
Acts 8:26-40 Our Mode of Transportation (London)
Sermons for Acts 9
Acts 9 Funeral Sermon: The Small, the Local, the Particular (Hoffacker)
See also our Funeral Homilies web page
Acts 9:1-20 Amazing Grace (Donovan)
Acts 9:1-20 Look Wayyy Out! (Donovan)
Acts 9:1-20 Congregational Vitality (Hoffacker)
Acts 9:1-20 The Reluctant Witness (Hyde)
Acts 9:1-20 Paul on His Way to Damascus (Sylvester)
Acts 9:1-22 I Am Jesus (Kegel)
Acts 9:1-22 Conversion of St. Paul (Gentil)
Acts 9:36-43 Why the Church Is Like the Energizer Bunny (Wagner)
Acts 9:36-43 Your Life in Sixty Seconds (Anders)
Sermons for Acts 10
Acts 10:34-43 Breakthrough (Anders)
Acts 10:44-48 Feast of Friendship (London)
Acts 10:45 Change and the Church (Gerhardy)
Sermons for Acts 11
Acts 11:1-18 Explaining One's Self (Hyde)
Acts 11:1-18 Law and Gospel (Brettell)
Sermons for Acts 16
Acts 16:9-10 Come... and Help Us (Anders)
Acts 16:9-15 If You Have Judged Me to Be Faithful (Hyde)
Acts 16:16-32 Open Doors (Anders)
Acts 16:16-34 A Faith that Liberates (Wagner)
Sermons for Acts 17
Acts 17:16-32 Taking It to the Streets (McLarty)
Acts 17:16-18 Windows of Opportunity (Gerhardy)
Acts 17:22-31 I See How Extremely Religious You Are (Molin)
Acts 17:22-31 To an Unknown God (Anders)
Acts 17:22-31 Practicing Resurrection: Worship (Butler)
Acts 17.22-31 Critical Differences (McLarty)
Sermons for Acts 19
Acts 19:1-7 Experiential Religion (Anders)
Acts 19.1-7 The Baptism of the Spirit (McLarty)
Acts 19:1-41 Comfort the Afflicted, Afflict the Comfortable (McLarty)
Sermons for Acts 26
Acts 26:9-21 Congregational Vitality (Hoffacker)