Acts // Pastor Gene Pensiero
64 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsVerse by verse studies through books of the Bible with Pastor Gene Pensiero of Calvary Hanford. In this series titled "The Rest Of The Story" we learn about the dynamic work of God and His extravagant love for His people.
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Acts 8:26-40 – I Am The Witness
March 03, 2024 20:00 - 37 minutes - 33.9 MBGod catches up Philip in His miraculous, providential work and uses him as a personal witness to the Ethiopian Eunuch. Acts 8:26-40 Gene Pensiero Jr Find audio, video, and text of hundreds of other studies through the Bible at https://calvaryhanford.com/ Follow us on YouTube at https://youtube.com/calvaryhanford
Acts 2:40-47 – Character Reference
August 21, 2019 21:17 - 36 minutes - 33 MBThe Church is established and takes on a communal form. Is this the blueprint for what every local church should be? (Assistant Pastor Geno)
Acts 28:12-31 – Angry, Flaky Heart
May 10, 2017 15:40 - 40 minutes - 36.9 MBPaul’s preaching about Jesus angers those Jews who have grown dull-hearted towards the Lord (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
Acts 28:1-15 – The Maltese Fasten
May 10, 2017 15:40 - 40 minutes - 37.1 MBPaul shakes-off a deadly Maltese viper that has fastened itself to his hand (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
Acts 27:27-44 – The Providence Driven Life
May 10, 2017 15:39 - 41 minutes - 37.7 MBAs the storm drives the ship closer and closer to shore and to destruction Paul and his companions experience God’s amazing providence in saving them and all on board (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
Acts 27:1-26 – Pastors of the Mediterranean: At Hope’s End
May 10, 2017 15:38 - 49 minutes - 45.2 MBWhen all hope was ended Paul stepped forward and began to lead the passengers, the prisoners and the crew through the storm (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
Acts 26 – Get A Grip-A
May 10, 2017 15:37 - 46 minutes - 42.2 MBThe apostle Paul turns the tables on King Agrippa and urges him to make a decision to accept Jesus Christ (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
Acts 25 – Pomp In Circumstance
May 10, 2017 15:36 - 39 minutes - 36.5 MBAfter two years in a Caesarea prison cell Paul is brought out to be questioned amidst all the pomp of a formal state function (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
Acts 24:1-27 – An Inconvenient Truth
May 10, 2017 15:35 - 43 minutes - 40.2 MBGovernor Felix seems to be convicted by Paul’s preaching but tells him to go away until he has a more “convenient time” to listen (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
Acts 23:11-35 – The Fast Of The Furious
May 10, 2017 15:34 - 40 minutes - 36.9 MBA band of forty zealous Jews takes a vow not to eat again until they have murdered the apostle Paul (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
Acts 22:24–23:10 – Playing The Grace Card
May 10, 2017 15:33 - 38 minutes - 35.6 MBPaul plays his cards right and thereby avoids two hostile interrogations (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
Acts 22:1-23 – He Takes A Lickin’ And Keeps On Talkin’
May 10, 2017 15:32 - 40 minutes - 55.2 MBPaul delivered a sermon on the stairs to the mob that nearly beat him to death (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
Acts 21:26-40 – In Case Of Riot, Use Stairs
May 10, 2017 15:31 - 35 minutes - 49.3 MBWhile being carried to safety up the stairs the apostle Paul asks permission to share the Gospel with the mob that nearly beat him to death (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
Acts 21:15-26 – Pay-Per-Vow
May 10, 2017 15:24 - 36 minutes - 49.7 MBPaul agreed to pay the expenses of four Jewish believers who had taken a vow in order to dispel the rumors he was antagonistic to the customs of the Jews (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
Acts 21:1-14 – Cruisin’ For A Bruisin’
May 10, 2017 15:23 - 33 minutes - 30.6 MBPaul takes a series of cruises to return to Jerusalem and is warned along the way that chains and tribulations await him upon arrival (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
Acts 20:16-38 – Elder Vs. Predator
May 10, 2017 15:22 - 43 minutes - 39.8 MBThe apostle Paul warns the elders of the church at Ephesus that God’s spiritual flock will be attacked by predators (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
Acts 20:1-15 – In The Sill Of The Night
May 10, 2017 15:21 - 39 minutes - 36.3 MBThe apostle Paul raises from the dead a young man who falls out of a third story window after dozing off during Bible study (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
Acts 19:21-41 – Every Crowd Has A Silver Whining
May 10, 2017 15:20 - 43 minutes - 39.8 MBThe silversmiths who craft shrines to the goddess Diana stir-up the crowd against the Christians when their business drops off because the Gospel is turning people to God from idols (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
Acts 19:8-20 – An Exorcise In Futility
May 10, 2017 15:19 - 39 minutes - 36 MBGod breaks the Ephesians of their superstitions after the seven sons of Sceva fail miserably to exorcise a demon using the names of Jesus and Paul (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
Acts 18:24–19:7 – We’ve Got Spirit, Yes We Do, We’ve Got Spirit, How About You?
May 10, 2017 15:17 - 35 minutes - 32.4 MBApollos and the twelve disciples of John the Baptist are instructed about the baptism with the Holy Spirit by believers who were themselves empowered by Him to be witnesses (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
Acts 18:18-23 – Hair Do’s And Don’ts
May 10, 2017 15:13 - 30 minutes - 27.7 MBOn the return trip to Antioch the apostle Paul completes a controversial vow by cutting his hair (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
Acts 18:1-17 – Apostle Paul’s: ‘A Series Of Fortunate Events’
May 10, 2017 15:10 - 41 minutes - 37.8 MBThe apostle Paul is blessed by a series of events that empower him to preach with boldness in the city of Corinth (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
Acts 17:1-15 – Mars Attacks
May 10, 2017 15:04 - 45 minutes - 41.4 MBPaul is invited to share his message with the intellectuals on Mars Hill but is verbally attacked when he mentions the resurrection of Jesus (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
Acts 17:16-34 – Mob Stirs
May 10, 2017 14:41 - 38 minutes - 35.5 MBPaul is twice driven out of cities when envious Jews cause the mob to be stirred-up against him (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
Acts 16:16-40 – Sing Sing
May 10, 2017 14:40 - 36 minutes - 33.6 MBPaul and Silas exorcise a demon from a possessed slave girl and are imprisoned because it affects the local economy. Prison becomes a place of prayer and praise as they sing unto the Lord (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
Acts 16:1-15 – The Best Macedonian For The Job Is A Woman
May 10, 2017 14:39 - 43 minutes - 39.6 MBPaul sets out on his second mission’s trip and is eventually led by the Holy Spirit to Macedonia where he shares the Gospel with Lydia by the river outside of Philippi (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
Acts 15:22-41 – United We Stand, Divided We Sprawl
May 10, 2017 14:38 - 39 minutes - 36.3 MBThe church arrived at a united opinion about what was necessary in order to be saved. But when Paul and Barnabas decided to go back to the churches they established with the good news, they divided over whether or not to take John-Mark with them (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
Acts 15:1-21 – Pro-Moses Keepers
May 10, 2017 14:37 - 47 minutes - 43.2 MBCertain men begin to insist that Gentiles must be circumcised according to the customs of Moses in order to be saved (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
Acts 14:19-28 – Back To The Stoned Age
May 10, 2017 00:00 - 39 minutes - 36.4 MBThe disciples suppose Paul is dead from being stoned but he miraculously recovers and continues his mission (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
Acts 14:1-18 – Paul Revered
May 09, 2017 23:59 - 38 minutes - 35.1 MBAfter being rejected and run-out of Iconium Paul and Barnabas are nearly revered as gods in Lystra (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
Acts 13:42-52 – You Light Up Their Lives
May 09, 2017 23:58 - 40 minutes - 37.2 MBPaul tells the Jews who reject the Gospel that he and Barnabas will be a light sent instead to the Gentiles (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
Acts 13:13-41 – Saturday’s Alright For Preachin’
May 09, 2017 23:54 - 46 minutes - 42.8 MBPaul is invited to present the sermon as he attends Sabbath services at the local synagogue (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
Acts 13:4-12 – Sorcerer Smackdown
May 09, 2017 23:52 - 42 minutes - 38.8 MBPaul must square-off against Elymas the sorcerer who is trying to keep proconsul Sergius Paulus from getting saved (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
Acts 12:25-13:4 – Life Comes At You Fast
May 09, 2017 23:51 - 38 minutes - 35.2 MBAfter twice fasting and much praying the Church at Antioch released Barnabas and Saul to go where the Holy Spirit was sending them (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
Acts 12:1-24 – The Worms Go In The Worms Come Out
May 09, 2017 23:47 - 43 minutes - 40.1 MBJames and Peter are persecuted for their witness of Jesus Christ by King Herod prior to his being eaten by worms (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
Acts 11:19-30 – I See Graced People
May 09, 2017 23:46 - 45 minutes - 41.3 MBBarnabas encourages the Christians in Antioch in whom he can see the grace of God (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
Acts 11:1-18 – Silence Of The Legalists
May 09, 2017 23:46 - 38 minutes - 34.9 MBLegalists threaten to add the keeping of the Law of Moses to God’s free gift of salvation (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
Acts 10:24-48 – Guess Who’s Coming To Sinners
May 09, 2017 23:40 - 36 minutes - 33.8 MBPeter answers the invitation to come to Cornelius’ house and learns that the Gospel and the gift of the Holy Spirit are for “whoever will believe” (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
Acts 10:1-23 – Peter, Peter, Unclean Eater
May 09, 2017 23:39 - 39 minutes - 35.9 MBPeter is prepared for his visit to the Gentile household of Cornelius by being invited three times to eat animals that were unclean to him as a Jew (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
Acts 9:32-42 – Saint Peter’s Miracle Ministry Tour
May 08, 2017 22:11 - 45 minutes - 42.1 MBPeter gets stirred-up and embarks on a ministry tour during which two notable miracles occur (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
Acts 9:23-31 – When Life Lets You Down
May 08, 2017 22:10 - 40 minutes - 37.1 MBSaul escapes Damascus when he is let down in a basket through the wall (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
Acts 9:10-22 – On Vessel Assignment From God
May 08, 2017 22:08 - 41 minutes - 37.9 MBJesus tells Ananias that Saul is His chosen vessel (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
Acts 9:1-9 – Goad Hazard
May 08, 2017 22:08 - 42 minutes - 38.7 MBSaul quits kicking against the goads and is saved on the road to Damascus (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
Acts 8:26-40 – Operation Desert Inform
May 08, 2017 22:07 - 38 minutes - 35.3 MBPhilip is sent to the desert on a mission to inform the Ethiopian eunuch that the Person he is reading about is Jesus Christ (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
Acts 8:9-25 – The Sorcerer And The Stone
May 08, 2017 22:06 - 33 minutes - 11.6 MBSimon the Samaritan Sorcerer attempts to purchase the ability to impart the Holy Spirit and is strongly rebuked by Peter (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
Acts 8:1-8 – Live And Let’s Die
May 08, 2017 22:04 - 50 minutes - 46.4 MBSaul observes that whether the Christians he persecutes live or die they do it as unto the Lord (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
Acts 7:1-60 – Resistance Is Fatal
May 08, 2017 22:03 - 41 minutes - 37.7 MBWhen Stephen tells the Jewish leadership that they are resisting the Holy Spirit they respond by stoning him to death (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
Acts 6:8-15 – To Boldly Glow
May 08, 2017 22:02 - 44 minutes - 40.9 MBAlthough slandered and seized, Stephen sits with his face glowing (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
Acts 6:1-7 – Tips For Waiters
May 08, 2017 22:01 - 40 minutes - 74.1 MBThe apostles instruct the Church to choose seven men to wait on the tables of the widows (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
Acts 5:27-42 – Shame On!
May 08, 2017 22:00 - 44 minutes - 40.9 MBThe twelve apostles are beaten but rejoice that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for Jesus (Pastor Gene Pensiero)