Answering “Why?” – Ancient Church History

Introduction Books and encyclopaedic volumes have been established and devoted for the sole purpose of Church History. Time and space simply do not permit a flexibility of recapping all, most, or even a large portion of some of church history. In my experience and in my research, it seems that I have happened upon a […]

The Return of the First Church in Acts – EKKLESIA

This teaching from a book called the Return of the First Church by John Fenn. The following is an extract of one of the sections. I began re-examining ‘church’ as a word and concept when I realized the pyramid that I knew was opposite of what Jesus actually taught and modelled. Surely if what Jesus […]

Authorship of Acts

Luke is the author of the book Acts. He was also the author of its companion work, the Gospel of Luke. Luke-Acts makes up 28% of the New Testament–more than that written by either Paul or John. A. External Evidence: Luke is uniformly identified as the author Acts by the second century A.D.: 1. The […]

The Words of This Life – Smith Wigglesworth

Bible Reading — Acts 5:1-20 Notice this expression that the Lord gives of the Gospel message — “the words of this life.” It is the most wonderful life possible — the life of faith in the Son of God. This is the life where God is all the time. He is roundabout and He is […]

The 3000 On Penticost – Conversions In Acts

Act_2:1-17; Act_2:18-31; Act_2:32-41 Introduction 1. The Book of Acts serves a unique role in the New Testament and the history of the church… a. It picks up where the gospels leave off, and provides a backdrop for the epistles b. It details the spread of the gospel, and expansion of the Lord’s church c. It […]

Acts the First Church – Part 5

When I looked at the big picture and saw the Spirit of God moving in the homes, villages and cultures all over the world on an individual rather than institutional basis, I had to find the root of it all. Realizing that the traditionally structured church of today actually began following the 313 AD Edict of […]

Return of the 1st Church – The Search Begins Part 4

Now armed with the understanding of how to search the Spirit and Word to discover what God might be doing, I began following the same pattern the apostle James followed in Acts 15, researching what if anything God was doing outside the traditional church. I began looking for modern day reports of God moving among […]

Return of the 1st Church – Part 3 – Rightly Dividing

Return of the 1st Church – Part 3 – Rightly Dividing By John Fenn I began to compare what I saw church had become with the way scripture said it should be. I had a basic understanding that Christianity was illegal or suffering persecution from Pentecost in about 32 AD until the year 313 AD, when Constantine […]

Return of the 1st Church – Part 2 Divine Dissatisfaction

Return of the 1st Church – Part 2 Divine Dissatisfaction  By John Fenn  The man on the other end of the phone was a leader in the worship department at a large church in town. “I’m surrounded by people, but I’m lonely” he confessed. “You seem like a person I can talk to”. As we talked […]

Return of the 1st Church – Part 1 Introduction

Return of the 1st Church – Part 1 Introduction  By John Fenn The following is the first part of a Book called Return of the 1st Church and describes what my wife and I have been going through for the last 4 to 5 years. John Fenn has caught the spirit of what many of […]