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How is Jesus Christ the Word? (A special bonus edition of my daily blog! )
2023-01-25 16:14 A friend recently asked "How is Jesus the Word?" and I have been thinking about how to answer him. I have a lot of thoughts on this, and what feels like an understanding of it, but how do I put it int...
Saul Goes All In
2023-01-25 10:10 Acts 8:1-3. Stephen has just been stoned to death, with Saul consenting to his death. "And on that day, a great persecution arose against the church in Jerusalem". The new believers scattered through ...
When Cognitive Dissonance Wakes Up
2023-01-23 17:29 Acts 7:54-60. When Stephen finishes his lengthy testimony tying Christ to the promises of the Old Testament and reminding the council that the Jewish leaders have often persecuted prophets, the counci...
Stephen's Testimony Concludes - We're All on the Same Journey
2023-01-21 11:08 Acts 7:44-53. Stephen concludes his testimony before the council by reminding them that Moses made the tent of meeting according to God's instructions as a place where God would commune with Moses...
Stephen's Testimony Part VI - Making Connections
2023-01-20 08:41 Acts 7:35-43. Stephen continues: So the same Moses who the Jews asked "Who made you a ruler and a judge?" was sent back to Egypt by God to be the Jews' ruler and deliverer. He performed many wonde...
Stephen's Testimony Part V - The Fullness of Time
2023-01-19 12:16 Acts 7:30-34. Stephen continues: After Moses was in Midian for forty years, God spoke to him from burning bush, saying "I am the God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob." God told Moses to take off h...
Stephen's Testimony Part IV - Moses is Misunderstood
2023-01-18 12:15 Acts 7:23-29. Stephen continues with Moses' story: When Moses was forty years old, after learning of his ancestry, he decided to visit the Jewish people. When he saw a Jew being mistreated by an E...
Stephen's Testimony Part III - Moses, the Ultimate Inside Man
2023-01-16 08:05 Acts 7:17-22. In his testimony before the council, Stephen moves on to the story of Moses. The patriarchs had moved to Egypt during the famine at the urging of their brother, Joseph. Their families, t...
Stephen's Testimony Part II - Joseph Doesn't Hold a Grudge
2023-01-15 11:03 Acts 7:9-16. In his testimony before the council, Stephen moves on to the story of Joseph. The patriarchs (the sons of Jacob) were jealous of their younger brother Joseph, and they sold him into Egypt...
Stephen's Testimony - Part I
2023-01-14 19:40 Acts 6:16-7:8. The high priest asks Stephen if it is true that he has been blaspheming the temple and Moses. At this question, Stephen begins to testify as to the history of Israel. He begins by exhor...