“May your money perish with you, because you thought you could buy the gift of God with money!” Acts 8:20 Hey friends 👋 We’re continuing through Acts, so open your Bible and study along with me 📖 After Stephen’s death, persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem. What was meant to silence the gospel actually helped spread it! Verses 1–8 “A great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem.” (v. 1) Saul began destroying the church, dragging believers from their homes and...

“Look,” he said, “I see heaven open and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.” Acts 7:56 Hey friends 👋 We’re continuing through Acts, so open your Bible and study along with me. 📖 Stephen continues recounting Israel’s history showing how God remained faithful even when His people repeatedly rejected Him. Verses 37–50 Stephen reminds the council that Moses said, “God will raise up for you a prophet like me from your own people.” (v. 37) Yet Israel rejected Moses and “in their...

“Then the Lord said to him, ‘Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.’” Acts 7:33 (NIV) Hey friends 👋 We’re continuing through Acts, so open your Bible and study along with me. 📖 Stephen continues recounting Israel’s history and now turns his attention to Moses. Verses 17–29 As the time drew near for God to fulfill His promise to Abraham, the Israelites multiplied in Egypt. (v. 17) But a new king came to power who oppressed God’s people and even forced...