A New Heart for the New Year

Dr. Passavant reflects on North Way Christian Community’s first year, postpones organizational plans, and instead teaches from Acts 8 that a church can be active and growing yet incomplete without the Holy Spirit’s transforming work in each heart. Using Simon Magus as a warning, he urges believers to reject “simony”—seeking spiritual power or validation without surrender—calling for repentance, inner healing from bitterness and bondage, and a renewed first love for Jesus. He then invites personal commitment, prayer, and worship.