DID YOU KNOW Life sometimes places us in the middle of a chapter where God’s purpose is difficult to see. Stephen is dead, Saul is persecuting Christians, believers are scattering, and the church appears to be losing ground. Yet Luke quietly shows us that God is still directing the story. What first appears to beContinue reading “The Detail That Did Not Look Like Hope”
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Resilient Hope
And Red Herrings A Day in Church History When I read the account of Stephen’s death in Acts 7, my heart aches. Luke tells us Stephen was dragged outside the city, surrounded by a hostile crowd, and stoned to death for his witness to Jesus. This was the first recorded martyrdom of the church, andContinue reading “Resilient Hope”