The message of Acts (and really, the whole Bible) is that the work of God is impossible to overthrow. In this passage, and in our own lives, God continually surprises us with the mysterious ways that He furthers His kingdom.

Just as Altadena Valley has core values, qualities that are hardwired into our church family by the Spirit, so did the early church. We see two in our passage today: they were a healing community and a teaching community. Let’s look at each of these separately and then see how they are indispensably tied together.