Alva Baptist Church

We are called to show God's love
in practical ways like showing patience...
...or being kind;
Often practicing self-denial of our own expectations for a particular situation.

We try to be spiritual people,
but there is a conflict between the heart and the head.

We try to be spiritual people,
but there is a conflict between the heart and the head.

Paul is encouraged by his close relationship with God.
He sees circumstance through the lens of who God is,
and what God says He will do.

Paul is under arrest, and in transit,
and will remain a prisoner the rest of his life.
Was that a good or a bad thing?

The final act of the book of Acts.

"…And so we came to Rome."
God gets you there!

The Gospel brings conflict and disputes,
and the Book of Acts presents the history and testimony of the church at work in the world.

Paul lives-out the teaching of Jesus: "Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends."

Paul Testifies to the Jewish Nation, while standing before the Roman Tribune Claudius Lysias