What Happens When the Church Goes Silent? | The Pursuit with James Griffin

About this episode

The episode discusses the challenges faced by Christians in a society that views their beliefs as a threat, emphasizing the importance of speaking out and praying for boldness.

In this episode of The Pursuit, James Griffin, Carlos Fernandez, and Ansley Huckaby unpack Acts 4, where Peter and John face opposition from the Sanhedrin and are commanded to never speak about Jesus again. Instead of caving to pressure and going silent, they prayed for boldness. The conversation explores how we're living in a "negative world" where society views Christianity as a threat, why staying silent is so dangerous, how to see opponents as captured by the enemy rather than as enemies ...

People in this episode

Host: James Griffin

Guests: Carlos Fernandez, Ansley Huckaby

Topics covered

• Christianity
• opposition
• boldness
• negative world
• faith
• communication

Keywords

• church
• silence
• Peter
• John
• Sanhedrin
• opposition
• Christianity
• boldness

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Sanhedrin

Books & works: Acts 4

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