Aug 28, 2022
For the past two episodes we've been celebrating all that God accomplished through Philip in bringing the Gospel to Samaria and leading the Ethiopian official to faith in Christ. It is exciting to see the ways the Kingdom of God grew and expanded to Samaria and Africa. But persecution continued to rage against Jewish...
Aug 21, 2022
God redeemed the persecution of the Jerusalem Church by bringing salvation, healing and joy to the city and territory of Samaria. God accomplished this through Deacon Philip and then used Philip to spread the Kingdom to Africa!
Aug 14, 2022
Philip brought joy to the city of Samaria. He could have brought bitterness and hatred for the Jews which would have found a receptive audience. But Philip accepted persecution and stayed focus on serving the Kingdom. Like Stephen, the Holy Spirit empowered Philip to do miraculous signs; signs that validated the message...
Aug 7, 2022
Many Jews were coming to faith through Stephen's preaching and men from the Synagogue of the Freedmen (perhaps Stephen's former synagogue) didn't like it. But when they attempted to disprove Stephen's preaching, they couldn't. To defeat Stephen, his enemies resorted to false accusations which they communicated to...