Stephen
241Stephen the Martyr and Simon the Sorcerer
30 Mar 2026
0:31¶ 2
“Yes, technically his defense, but it’s certainly sermonesque, his testimony. Let’s just pick it up there. Having recounted the history of God with Israel,…”
1:38¶ 5
“You have the law. You’re proud of the law. You’re proud of talking to angels, and guess what you did with it? You broke…”
6:16¶ 29
“He falls asleep in the Lord. So the great grace that Stephen had – here are these people that are so angry at him…”
240Times Change
16 Mar 2026
7:36¶ 30
“He’s on trial for his life. You need something like the book of Hebrews to explain why what he said is not blasphemy and…”
7:51¶ 31
“First, at first glance it sounds like a history lesson, which it is but it’s interpreted history, which is what the prophets always were.…”
8:16¶ 32
“His focus is sort of on what he said, that the outward forms of the old covenant are not essential, but more than that…”
239The Power of the Spirit and the Role of Deacons
2 Mar 2026
44:02¶ 161
“This is unusual and it probably is a stamp on the office of deacon. Notice when the seven were described, he’s the only one…”
48:38¶ 176
“There are things like that where you don’t want to just hand it out to anybody. “Well, you’re driving the car so I guess…”