At Stephen's stoning, Luke pauses to name a young onlooker named Saul. Isn't it great that our full story, with all its furious moments and failings, has been rewritten by the Author of life and rebirth?
Adonijah claimed David's throne while the king slept, and subtle compromise can do the same to our hearts. Now is the time to examine where we are heading and whether it still fits His plan.
Acts 7 shows men who stopped their ears against the truth. Scripture honors those who listened and heeded. Our entire walk with God rests on our willingness to keep quiet and hear His Word.
We pass the needy at stop lights and storefronts, but rarely at our church doors. Acts 3:3 turns the question inward: what would you give, and what have you already been given?
When the pressure was crushing, God opened heaven and showed Stephen the risen Messiah. Stephen told what he saw and paid for it. That same Savior sees you, so tell the secret too.
We love to watch the wreckage, but Stephen looked past the rage to the risen Christ. If we keep our eyes on Jesus, our journey through this virus can bring God the same glory and honor.
We searched for ways to grow a church and found endless lists. But God already showed us: praise Him from a redeemed heart, and let the Lord add to His church.
The early church broke bread daily with gladness and simplicity of heart. Our challenge is to carry that fellowship over, continuing daily in worship even when the doors are locked.
Acts 2 shows believers who held everything in common. Longing for that kind of church is good, but real change starts within. If you want things different, let it begin inside of you.
The early church gathered daily in the Word and in prayer, and their fellowship became family. Let your meals carve out intentional focus on Christ, especially when it's your own family at the table.
Peter's many words became six: save yourself... When your life gets summarized, make sure the short version begins and ends with your relationship with the Lord.
News updates are revised by the hour, never final. But God's Word comes from the Creator's unchanging wisdom, and it needs no updating. Lean on Him in these ever-changing times.
Before you existed, God promised to call you to Himself, give you new life, and fill you with His Spirit. He kept that promise at Pentecost, and He keeps it still. Walk today by faith.
After twenty-five years of marriage, a husband sees in his wife's daily forgiveness a living picture of God's grace. In Christ, the Lord has forgiven their sins and will one day welcome them into His throne room.
Eve blew it. Judas blew it. Peter and Paul blew it. When sin's deceit leaves you asking "What shall I do?", the answer is settled before the question is ever spoken—keep returning and clinging to Jesus, who is always there.
We all came from someone, and the resemblance runs deeper than family traits. Made in God's image, your worth never falls when you stumble. Run to the Father and let Him make you whole.
God calls heaven His throne and earth His footstool, so no possession we buy is ever truly ours. When our things begin to own us, it is time to put His name back in the owner column where it belongs.
A shared conversion story reveals a quiet truth: Jesus can be many things in a life yet not be Lord over it. From Acts 2:36, we consider where on the journey one truly becomes a redeemed child of God.
Peter explained the resurrection, ascension, and outpoured Spirit as exactly what God does. So why have we set our sights so low? He is not through—and that next step has you in mind. Seek Him, and refuse a lesser god of convenience.
No firsthand account or tangible proof remains, yet God calls those convinced of the empty tomb His witnesses. Why do you believe, and what does that belief do to you?
A film scene of repeated rejection opens a window into our spiritual walk. When our hopes pass us by, surrender to Christ becomes the path to contentment, joy, and victory.
A thousand years before the cross, David knew the Messiah would breathe His last — and rise. The departure had to be complete, for the resurrection was the whole point of the crucifixion.
Israel turned to the sun, moon, and stars, and God gave them over to the ruin they chose. The more urgent question is the spiral of your own heart. Keep it turned toward God, and He will handle what comes next.