The Gospel Advances: Embracing the Ordinary (Acts 8:26-40)

Reformed & Expository Preaching · Aug 25, 2026 · 34m

Introduction

We can easily fall into the mindset that if something is working, then we must have figured out the system. We look at the growth of the church in Acts, the conversions in Samaria, and the gospel going forward it seems like we figured it out. We want to look at the history and then figure out the method to move forward.

But that is not how the Lord works. John 3 reminds us that the Spirit blows where the Spirit wishes. We cannot force God’s hand to work on our timing.

In Acts 8, Philip is sent away from a place where the gospel is experiencing visible success and into the middle…