This Sunday we continue our journey through Acts. We arrive at the account of Stephen (Acts 6-7) a man of great courage, character, faith and gifts though not an Apostle himself.
The church learns three lessons from this man:
- To resource the care of the vulnerable in our midst, both for their sake and that the word of God might prosper.
- To seek all spiritual gifts, instead of trying to tell Jesus which gives to give.
- To loosen our grip on the Temple, that the word of God might go beyond Jerusalem into the wider world.