Monthly Archives: August 2014
I want to tell you a story about God. It tells the story of two fathers.
The one father, when he was very young, decided he would do his absolute best to build a house for his children.
So he did several things:
He sacrificed his own comfort. He became very determined about what he set out to do. He made sure that everyone who worked for him would keep this goal in mind – “I need to build a house for…..
The stoning of Stephen, described in Acts chapter 7, kicked off a powerful persecution of the church. In Acts 8through 12, we see a description of what the Church endured, and how it coped. One of the chief things that stand out when we read these chapters is the sacrificial nature of the Church’s leadership.
Good leadership usually involves sacrifice. Take a look at these quotes of famous leaders:
Sir Winston Churchill I have nothing to offer but blood, toil,…..
One of the most poignant passages in the Bible is Acts Chapter 7, where Stephen witnesses about Jesus to the Sanhedrin of 70 elders. For the most part, these were men who had voted to hand Jesus over to the Romans for crucifixion (Matt. 26:57-58).
Stephen gives a beautiful speech, showing that this very body had rejected Jesus, just as Israel in the past had rejected men like Joseph and Moses, sent from God to show them the truth. The…..