The book of Acts is the first glimpse of the church after Christ ascends into heaven. Written by Luke, a physician, and historian, and considered the most prolific New Testament writer wrote in detail the birth of the Christian church. The book of Acts covers the birth of the church; the lives of the men and women that helped spread the Good News of Christ. Looking at three of the individuals, Peter, Stephen, and Paul, who helped lay the groundwork for the spreading of this Good News that is still relevant today. Acts talks about a man named Peter; he was one of the twelve Disciples of Christ and the first one to preach the message of Christ in the book of Acts. Peter preached without restraint; his preaching is what got him jailed, threatened, and at one point was almost put to
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Stephen first appears in the book of Acts when there is a debate on how the food supply should be distributed. He is described as “a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit” (Acts 6:5 NLT). Acts Chapter seven goes on to describe Stephens’s arrest, trial, and his death. This chapter shows that Stephen was full of faith and the Holy Spirit, and knowledgeable of the scripture. His testimony of how the Jewish leaders were deaf to the truth is not what caused his demise; no, it was Stephens’s undying faith that brought about his death, and it is what brought him into glory.
Peter and Stephen are two of the many people of the early church minchend in the book of Act. However, one man stands out from the rest, and that is Paul. Paul’s ministry was different from the rest of the rest of the apostils in Acts. His ministry started with a mission to destroy the church and ended with him preaching the Good News, the very one that he sought to destroy. Pauls’ ministry covers a majority of the book of Acts; it was a ministry of hope and faith in Christ during the
Stephen first appears in the book of Acts when there is a debate on how the food supply should be distributed. He is described as “a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit” (Acts 6:5 NLT). Acts Chapter seven goes on to describe Stephens’s arrest, trial, and his death. This chapter shows that Stephen was full of faith and the Holy Spirit, and knowledgeable of the scripture. His testimony of how the Jewish leaders were deaf to the truth is not what caused his demise; no, it was Stephens’s undying faith that brought about his death, and it is what brought him into glory.
Peter and Stephen are two of the many people of the early church minchend in the book of Act. However, one man stands out from the rest, and that is Paul. Paul’s ministry was different from the rest of the rest of the apostils in Acts. His ministry started with a mission to destroy the church and ended with him preaching the Good News, the very one that he sought to destroy. Pauls’ ministry covers a majority of the book of Acts; it was a ministry of hope and faith in Christ during the