Acts: Struck Down, But Not Destroyed

About this episode

The episode discusses how Stephen's death leads to the spread of the gospel amidst persecution.

Stephen’s death in Acts 7 sparks the first great wave of persecution against the early church. What looks like defeat becomes the very means God uses to spread the gospel beyond Jerusalem as believers scatter and carry the good news wherever they go. In this passage we see the danger of misplaced religious zeal, the sovereignty of God in times of disruption, and the power of the Holy Spirit to continue Christ’s mission through ordinary believers. Even when the church is struck down, the risen...

Topics covered

• persecution
• gospel
• Christian mission
• religious zeal
• Holy Spirit

Keywords

• Acts 7
• early church
• misplaced religious zeal
• sovereignty of God
• ordinary believers

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Jerusalem

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