When It Feels Like This Is How It’s Always Going To Be

About this episode

The episode discusses how difficult moments can feel permanent, but offers a perspective of hope through the story of Stephen in Acts.

Send us Fan Mail When It Feels Like This Is How It’s Always Going to Be When something hard is happening, it can feel like this is how it’s always going to be. Like the moment we’re in is all there is. But Acts tells a different kind of story. “But filled with the Holy Spirit, he gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God…” — Acts 7:55 Stephen was living in the same world as everyone else. He had seen the power of Rome. He had seen hope rise—and fall. He had seen what happens when...

People in this episode

Host: Horace McMillon

Topics covered

• hope
• faith
• spirituality
• overcoming challenges
• Christianity

Keywords

• hope
• Acts
• Stephen
• challenges
• faith
• spirituality
• Christianity

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Acts

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