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In this week’s episode, we step into Stephen’s powerful defense before the Sanhedrin as he weaves together Israel’s early history to show that true worship of God long predated Moses, the Law, and even the Temple itself. You’ll hear how Stephen quotes Amos 5:25–27 to draw a bold parallel between Israel’s idolatrous ancestors—who worshiped the golden calf, Molech, and the “star of their god Rephan”—and his own contemporaries, who had elevated the Law and the Temple into hollow religious trappings.

We then follow Stephen as he reminds his listeners of the Tabernacle—God’s movable dwelling among the people through the wilderness and into the Promised Land—and how even David and Solomon’s magnificent Temple never confined the presence of the Most High. Drawing on prophetic passages from Isaiah, Stephen drives home the unforgettable truth that “Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool” (Acts 7:49), challenging us to consider where—and how—we truly seek God today.

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We continue our verse-by-verse, chapter-by-chapter journey through the Book of Acts with an in-depth look at Acts 7:30–41.

Stephen stands before the Sanhedrin, defending himself against false accusations of blasphemy against God, Moses, the temple, and the Law. In his response, Stephen boldly argues that God has never been confined to a temple or tradition. He reminds them that God appeared to Moses not in Jerusalem, but in the wilderness—through a burning bush on what God Himself declared to be holy ground.

Stephen emphasizes that God revealed Himself to Moses as the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—long before there was a temple, the Law, or even a nation called Israel. His message is clear: God’s presence isn’t limited by buildings or rituals.

Stephen also highlights Israel’s long history of rejecting God’s chosen leaders, including Moses—and now Jesus. He quotes Moses’ prophecy: “God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from among your own people,” pointing to Jesus as the fulfillment of that promise.

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We continue our verse-by-verse, chapter-by-chapter journey through the Book of Acts. In this episode, we dive deeper into Stephen’s powerful defense against the false accusations of blasphemy against God and Moses. Stephen turns once again to Israel’s history to demonstrate how the people repeatedly rejected God’s chosen messengers—including Moses, the very prophet he is falsely accused of dishonoring.

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We continue our verse-by-verse, chapter-by-chapter study of the Book of Acts.  In this episode, we explore Acts 7:1–15, where Stephen presents his defense against accusations of blasphemy against God and Moses. Brought before the Jewish ruling council, the Sanhedrin, Stephen begins his response by recounting Israel’s history—emphasizing how God’s chosen leaders were frequently rejected by the very people they were sent to help.

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We continue our verse-by-verse, chapter-by-chapter study of the Book of Acts.  In this episode, we explore Acts chapter 6, where the early church faces growing pains and responds with wisdom. As the number of disciples increases, so do challenges, including complaints of unfair treatment between the Greek-speaking widows and the Hebrew-speaking widows in the daily distribution of food.  We’ll unpack how Jesus' apostles delegate authority by appointing seven Spirit-filled men to serve, including Stephen, whose bold faith and powerful witness begin to stir opposition. Join us as we discuss leadership, unity, and the beginning of Stephen's remarkable journey.

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We continue our verse-by-verse study of Acts, chapter 5, focusing on verses 34–42 as we close out the chapter. This passage picks up during the trial of Jesus’ apostles, who were once again arrested for teaching that Jesus died for the sins of humanity.

After Peter boldly explained to the high council why they continued to proclaim Jesus, the council became enraged and wanted to put the apostles to death. However, a respected and well-educated Pharisee named Gamaliel stood up and offered wise counsel. He reminded the council that if this movement was of human origin, it would eventually fade away on its own. But if it was from God, there would be no way to stop it—and they would find themselves fighting against God Himself.

The council took Gamaliel’s advice and decided not to execute the apostles. However, they still had them beaten and once again ordered them never to speak in the name of Jesus.

In response, the apostles rejoiced that they were counted worthy to suffer dishonor for Jesus' name. And without hesitation, they went right back to teaching—every single day—that Jesus is the Messiah!
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We continue our study of Acts chapter 5. We look at verses 17-33. We examine that the apostles are arrested once again for teaching the people about Jesus, repentance, and forgiveness of sin.  An angel breaks them out of jail before they are tried before the religious leaders' high council.   The angel instructs them to return to the temple to continue to teach about Jesus.  The high council does not know that the apostles are gone until after they send the temple guards to bring them to court. To the temple guards' surprise, the apostles are no longer in the jail although the jail's locks have not been tampered with, and the other guards have been there the whole time.  They report this to the high council.  While this is being reported to the high council, the high council gets startling news that the apostles that they had arrested are back at the temple teaching about Jesus.   The apostles again are arrested and brought before the high council.  The high council confronts the apostles about disobeying its order not to teach about Jesus. Peter replies that they have to obey God and not them.  Peter explains how the religious leaders had Jesus murdered, but God raised Jesus from the dead. Peter further explained that God placed Jesus at His right hand as Prince and Savior.  After the religious leaders heard this, they decided to kill the apostles. 

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In this episode we start our look at chapter 5, verses 1-16, of the Book of Acts.  As chapter 4 ends with the story of Barnabas selling his land to support other believers in need, chapter 5 opens with the story of a married couple, Ananias and Sapphira, who sell their land but lied to God about giving all of the proceeds from the sale to the apostles to help support other believers in need. As a result, they both lose their lives.  Afterwards, great fear gripped the entire church.  God should be praised and feared.  The fear did not stop people from coming to Jesus; however, because "More than ever believers were added to the Lord, multitudes of both men and women." Amen!

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We finish chapter 4 of the Book of Acts. We look at verses 23-37.  John and Peter were arrested for teaching people about Jesus. After being freed, they tell the other disciples about being arrested for teaching about Jesus.  Then Jesus' disciples pray for boldness to continue to teach about Jesus in the face of persecution.  God answered their prayer as the place where they were  miraculously shook, and they continued to teach the people about Jesus with boldness. We see Jesus' followers being united in heart and mind as they were led by the Holy Spirit.  We see Jesus' disciples being led by the Holy Spirit to share everything with one another as there was a great need because many of the followers didn't have anything.    

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We start chapter 4 of the Book of Acts. We look at verses 1-22.  The religious leaders have Peter and John arrested for telling the crowd about Jesus after the healing of the crippled man at the Jewish Temple.  Peter, who once was afraid of the religious leaders, but who is now empowered by the Holy Spirit, boldly tells the religious leaders that they killed Jesus. He tells them that God raised Jesus from the dead and the crippled man was healed by the power of Jesus.   The religious leaders warn Peter and John not to speak or teach about Jesus again. Peter and John respond to their threat by asking them, "Do you think God wants us to obey you rather than him?"  Peter and John say that they will not stopping talking about Jesus.  Although Peter and John tell the religious leaders this, they release Peter and John because Peter and John had not done anything illegal.  And because the religious leaders were afraid of the people because the people knew the healing of the man who had been crippled for 40 years was a miracle.

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We continue and finish our look at chapter 3 of Acts. Specifically, verses 11-26, where Peter takes the opportunity to witness about Jesus to the crowd that gathered after the crippled man was healed at the Jewish Temple. Peter tells the crowd that he did not heal the crippled man, but God did to bring glory to Jesus.  Peter explains to this Jewish crowd that they shouldn't be surprised by this because their prophets over the centuries had prophesied about Jesus.  Peter encouraged the crowd to repent of their sins and turn to Jesus for salvation.

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We finish chapter 2 and begin chapter 3 of the Book of Acts.  In chapter 2, verses 42-47, after 3000 were saved following Peter's speech about Jesus and the Holy Spirit, many of the new believers stayed in Jerusalem to devote themselves to the apostles' teaching about Jesus.  In doing so, they created a community of unity and sharing.  We learn that the apostles performed many miraculous signs and wonders. In Acts chapter 3, we see Peter and John while on their way to the Jewish Temple for prayer services, they encountered a man who had been crippled since birth.  He was begging for money. Peter told him:  "I don’t have any silver or gold for you. But I’ll give you what I have. In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, get up and walk!'  Guess what? The crippled man "jumped up, stood on his feet, and began to walk! Then, walking, leaping, and praising God"   Amen. 

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In this episode, we continue to look at Peter preaching to the crowd after he and his fellow Jesus followers received the Holy Spirit as promised by Jesus.   Specifically, we look at verses 24-41 from Acts chapter 2.  We see Peter quoting from Psalm 16:8-11 to prove to the Jewish crowd that King David prophesied about Jesus.   David had written in Psalm 16 hundreds of years earlier that God would not leave His Holy One (Jesus) in the grave to rot. Peter explained to the curious crowd that David was looking into the future and speaking of the Messiah's (Jesus) resurrection.  Peter declared that Jesus is the Messiah David wrote about and who was killed and raised from the dead. In fact, Peter told the crowd that he and others had personally witnessed Jesus' death and resurrection from the dead.   Further, that Jesus was currently at the right hand of God.  Peter told the crowd that God the Father had promised to Jesus that He would pour His Spirit upon mankind.  Thus, Peter said that what the crowd was seeing was not drunk men, but men who had just experienced the infilling and indwelling of the Holy Spirit as promised by God the Father and Jesus!   Peter's words pierced their hearts, and they wanted to know what they should do. Peter told them to repent and turn to God for forgiveness of their sin and receive the Holy Spirit. And 3000 did! Amen. Listen to hear the complete story and be blessed by the Word of God!

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In this episode, we start chapter 2 from the Book of Acts.  We cover verses 1-24. We see the Holy Spirit come to start His earthly ministry as promised by Jesus.  After the Holy Spirit comes and fills Jesus' believers during Pentecost, they are empowered by the Holy Spirit to speak in languages previously unknown to the believers.   A crowd of Jews who spoke different languages, who had come from different parts of the Roman Empire to Jerusalem to celebrate the Feast of Pentecost, heard the loud sound of the Holy Spirit coming. The crowd of Jews came to where they heard the sound, which was where Jesus's followers were.   When the crowd arrived, they heard Jesus' followers speaking to them in their various languages (languages until then that were unknown to Jesus' followers) about the goodness of God.  As a result, the crowd was amazed and perplexed. But some, as always were critical, and assumed that Jesus' followers were drunk. But Peter, now empowered by the Holy Spirit, told the crowd that Jesus' followers were not drunk.  He told them that what they were witnessing was the fulfillment of a prophecy by the prophet Joel when God said in the Old Testament that He would one day pour out His Spirit upon mankind.  Listen to hear the complete story and be blessed by the Word of God!

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In this episode, we continue our study of the Book of Acts.  Specifically, chapter 1, verses 12-26.   After Jesus ascends back into Heaven, having appeared to His followers for 40 days after His resurrection from the dead, Jesus' followers are still in Jerusalem waiting for the Holy Spirit per Jesus' instruction.  While they wait, Peter tells the other disciples that per Psalm 109:8, "‘Let someone else take his position.’"-it was time for someone to take Judas Iscariot's place as an apostle of Jesus.  Peter lays out the qualification for the replacement; that is, he must have been with them as a witness of Jesus' baptism by John the Baptist until Jesus' ascension back into Heaven.  This is so because in Jesus' last commission to the apostles, He tells them, "you will be my witnesses."  Thus, Judas' replacement must have witnessed Jesus' ministry.  They nominated two men: Joseph called Barsabbas (also known as Justus) and Matthias, who met the qualification. After praying to God, they casted lot and Matthias was chosen.

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In this episode, we start our study of the Book of Acts. Specifically, we cover chapter 1, verses 1-11.  Acts is written by Dr. Luke. It was written about 63. Acts covers a period of approximately 30 years. In Acts we see the prominence of the Holy Spirit.  In verses 1-11, we are told that during the forty days after Jesus' resurrection from the dead, He appeared to the apostles from time to time, and He proved to them in many ways that He was actually alive. And He talked to them about the Kingdom of God. Also, during this time, Jesus instructed His followers to stay in Jerusalem until the promised gift of the indwelling of the Holy Spirit came on and in them. Jesus explained after the Holy Spirit came upon them, they would be His witnesses starting in Jerusalem, then throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth. Finally, we see in these verses; after giving His instruction to stay in Jerusalem, Jesus ascends back into heaven. While His followers are watching Jesus physically ascends into the sky, two angels appear to them, and tell them Jesus will return from heaven in the same way they saw Him go! Yes, Jesus is coming back to this Earth one day!

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We conclude our study of the Book of John. Specifically, we cover verses 18-25 of chapter 21.  We see after Jesus restores Peter after Peter's denials of Jesus, Jesus predicts Peter will eventually be crucified because of Peter's faith in Jesus.   After this prediction, Peter asks Jesus about what will happen to John, who is the writer of this book. Jesus replies to Peter that if He wanted John to live until Jesus' second return, that wouldn't change what Peter needed to do; that is, follow Jesus.  John concludes his book by stating that he was an eyewitness to what he wrote in his book, and that everything he wrote is true and accurate. Finally, John says that Jesus did more miracles than what he recorded.  In fact, Jesus did so much more that if they were all written down, the whole world could not contain the books that would be written.

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In this episode we start our look at the Book of John's chapter 21, which is the last chapter of the book.  We see Jesus restoring Peter to fellowship after Peter had previously denied knowing Him. Jesus gives Peter the commission to feed His sheep. That is, to teach people about Jesus.
 
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In this episode, we finish chapter 20 of the Book of John.  Jesus has been resurrected from the dead. Meanwhile, His disciples are in a locked room hiding from the Jewish leaders because they fear the Jewish leaders will execute them as well.  Then, Jesus just appears to them.  Jesus tells them that He will be sending them out to preach the gossip of His life, death and resurrection.  Jesus breathed on them and said, "'Receive the Holy Spirit.'"  This represents that what Jesus did on the cross now makes it possible for them and all believers to receive or to be baptized with the Holy Spirit--though the full indwelling of the Spirit will not happen until Pentecost (Acts 2:1–4). Jesus tells them that those who accept Him will have their sins forgiven. Finally, John tells us why he wrote his book; that is, to focus on Jesus as the Messiah and God, and so those who read it will accept Jesus as Savior.
 
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In this episode, we look at the resurrection of Jesus from the dead as we start chapter 20 out of the Book of John.  Jesus died for the sins of mankind; He was buried; and early on Sunday morning Jesus rose from the dead.  Mary Magdalene discovered that Jesus' tomb was empty first.  She told Peter and John. Peter and John go to the tomb to find it empty, with only Jesus' burial linen and head cloth still there. They go home, however. Mary returns to the empty tomb to find two angels there.  But as she is turning to leave, she sees the living Jesus but doesn't recognize Him. She believes He is the gardener who might have taken Jesus' body away. It is only after Jesus says her name does she realize that it is Jesus.   Jesus tells her to go tell the other disciples that He is alive. She does, but the disciples don't believe her.  Later that day, the disciples are in a locked room hiding from the Jewish leaders as they are in fear of them. Then Jesus just appears in the room. He shows them the nail holes in His hands from the crucifixion, and the wound from when the Roman soldiers pierced His side when He was on the cross.  Afterwards, the disciples were filled with joy because they now know and believe that Jesus did come back from the dead. Amen!
 
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In this episode, we finish our study of chapter 19 out of the Book of John; specifically, verses 31-42.  We pick up where we left off in our last episode. In the last episode, Jesus said, "It is finished!" as He was dying on the cross.  Then Jesus bowed His head and freely gave up His spirit. Jesus died for our sins. So, in this episode we look at Jesus' burial.  After His death, Jesus' body was given to a secret disciple, Joseph of Arimathea. He, along with another secret disciple Nicodemus, prepared Jesus' body for burial by wrapping it in 75 pounds of perfumed ointment made from myrrh and aloes. They placed Jesus' body in a stone tomb that had never been used before.  But as we will see in the next episode, Jesus will not remain in the tomb because Jesus will be resurrected from the dead!

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In this episode, we continue our study of chapter 19 out of the Book of John; specifically, verses 16-30.  Jesus is crucified after Pilate gives the order to crucify Him to keep the peace with the Jewish religious leaders and the mob they had gathered.  Jesus was made to carry his own cross, most likely just the horizontal beam, through the city to the Place of the Skull (in Hebrew, Golgotha). There, the vertical post would have already been fixed permanently in the ground.  This made it much faster and easier to place the victim on the "cross."  There, they nailed Jesus to the cross. Two others were crucified with him, one on either side, with Jesus between them. And Pilate posted a sign on the cross that read, "Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews."-which He is. But the Jewish religious leaders didn't like the sign because they didn't consider Jesus their king. So, they asked Pilate to change it, but he wouldn't. We see the Roman soldiers who carried out the crucifixion divide and gamble for Jesus' clothes, as Jesus most likely was crucified naked as most were. After telling John to take care of His mother, Jesus said He was thirty. They gave Him some sour wine to drink, then Jesus said, "It is finished!" Then Jesus bowed His head and freely gave up His spirit. Jesus died for our sins.

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In this episode, we start chapter 19 out of the Book of John; specifically, verses 1-15.  Pilate is still not convinced Jesus is guilty of anything, but to appease the Jewish religious leaders and the mob they have gathered, Pilate has Jesus beaten with a whip that has rocks, bones, and nails at the end of its tails. This whip is used to inflict maximum pain.  The Roman soldiers also put a crown made out of sharp thorns on Jesus' head. The crown pierces Jesus' head. The soldiers also slap Jesus around, which is a sign of contempt and disrespect.  But this is not enough for the Jewish religious leaders and the mob. They demand that Jesus be crucified.  Crucifixion is a sadistic process that is not only agonizing, but also designed to stretch pain and embarrassment into a days-long ordeal.  Pilate wants to keep the peace, so he orders Jesus crucified. 

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In this episode, we finish our look at chapter 18 out of the Book of John. We cover verses 28-40.  After Jesus' arrest, after being questioned by Annas, and after an illegal and mockery of a trial before Caiaphas (the High Priest the Romans recognized), Jesus is taking by the Jewish religious leaders to Pontius Pilate, who was the Roman governor over Jerusalem and the surrounding area, to demand Jesus' execution.  They told Pilate that Jesus declared himself as a king who wanted to overthrow Rome. Pilate and the religious leaders were not on good terms, and Pilate didn't want anything to do with their plot to kill Jesus because he thought the religious leaders' issue with Jesus was related to a dispute over Jewish law, not Roman law.  After questioning Jesus, Pilate truthfully declared that Jesus was "'not guilty of any crime.'"  But when Pilate offered to release Jesus because of the Passover, the religious leaders, and the mob they had put together, demanded that a murder and a real rebel named Barabba be released, and Jesus killed. 

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In this episode, we continue our study of chapter 18 of the Book of John; specifically, verses 19-27.  After Jesus is arrested, He is taken to Annas, the High Priest the Jews recognized.  Annas questions Jesus. Jesus is assaulted for no reason.  Fulfilling Jesus' prophecy (John 13:38), Peter continues to deny being a follower of Jesus.   

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