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Acts 8:1-25: Preach Wisely

Genesis 31, Psalm 13, Matthew 5:33-46, Acts 8:1-25 Acts 8:1-25: Persecution is not something we ever wish to occur. But it is something that God uses to advance his kingdom. The watchword of ...
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Acts 7:39-60: Stephen’s Death

Genesis 29-30, Psalm 12, Matthew 5:21-32, Acts 7:39-60 Acts 7:39-60: Stephen's sermon continues. As he preaches, he is drawing the conclusion—like a screw turning ever tighter—that his hearers are guilty of turning their ...
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Acts 7:1-38: Stephen

Genesis 27-28, Psalm 11, Matthew 5:13-20, Acts 7:1-38 Acts 7:1-38: This is a long reading—and yet it finishes really in the middle of Stephen’s sermon, so by this reading alone, it’s hard to ...
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Acts 6: The Word and Prayer

Genesis 25-26, Psalm 10, Matthew 5:1-12, Acts 6   Acts 6: We begin with another critically important object lesson that Luke introduces from the story of this gospel expansion in the early church. There ...
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Acts 5:17-42: Rejoice and Witness!

Genesis 24, Psalm 9, Matthew 4:18-25, Acts 5:17-42 Acts 5:17-42: Another extraordinary story from the first chapters of Acts! Once again, the apostles and the church face persecution. Luke gives us the reason: ...
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Acts 5:1-16: Fear and Grace

Genesis 21-23, Psalm 8, Matthew 4:12-17, Acts 5:1-16 Acts 5:1-16: The last of Luke’s three pericopes of the ideal New Testament church comes in the second part of this section we are looking ...
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