August 15, 2020
Unstoppable
What Acts Teaches Us About Persecution as a Catalyst for Spreading the Gospel By John Whittaker In a great stone room, the apostles stood surrounded by the entire council and senate of Israel—12 ordinary men enveloped by the nation’s most powerful leadership body. “We must obey God rather than men,” Peter and the apostles declared. And the ruling body became like a lynch mob until a single member intervened. “If their purpose or activity is of human origin, it will fail,” Gamaliel said, “but if it is from God, you will not be able to stop these men; you will
