Acts 13:44–14:7 How can Christians cope in opposition? It’s only by the theological conviction that leads to proclamation.
Acts 13:44–14:7 How can Christians cope in opposition? It’s only by the theological conviction that leads to proclamation.
Acts 12:1-25 The world opposes the God who rescues, judges, and whose word cannot be stopped.
Acts 8:4–25 The word is more powerful than persecution and paganism, which means the outcast Samaritans can be included, but faith must be apostolic and repentant.
Acts 6:8–8:3 A wrong understanding can make us look like fools, and this is the case with the bible too. Stephen shows that we need to rightly understand how God works in his people, through his word.
Acts 5:17–42 God is at work in the gospel, so don’t be discouraged, he cannot be stopped!
Acts 4:23–31 Pray to God for boldness even when the whole world is against the gospel.
Acts 4:5–22 Jesus is the only way to be saved, a truth we must speak about in a culture that doesn’t want to listen.
Nehemiah 4 Nehemiah faces opposition to the building of the walls, in the same way we are expected to face opposition to the building of the people of God, but with trust in the sufficient promises of God we shall persevere.
1 Kings 21:1-29 ‘Naboth’s Vineyard’ is not a great chapter heading. But this chapter is not actually about vineyards. It’s about injustice. It’s as up-to-date and relevant as George Floyd and Jeffrey Epstein and Asia Bibi, and the lives of millions in our world today.
Philippians 1:12-18 Nelson Mandela was in prison for 27 years, yet had a powerful impact even from there because of the power of proximity. Proximity is something the apostle Paul made the most of as well for the advance of the gospel – and we can too, in our workplaces and neighbourhoods. (This talk is by Musa, one of the Barge Mission Partners, who pastors a church in Soweto).