The Saints of Now: Are We the Cause or the Effect of the Gospel?
While pastorally warm, the sermon functionally replaces the Gospel with moralism. It presents the descriptive characteristics of the Acts 2 church as a prescriptive model for growth, attributing the church's witness to the attractiveness of its community rather than the sovereign work of God through the proclamation of Christ. This anthropocentric focus is compounded by a critical error in sacramentology, where an open communion table is offered without any biblical restriction or warning.