Confident Christianity
Acts 4:1-12 The Sanhedrin try to intimidate Peter and John into silence, but filled with the Holy Spirit and backed by the indisputable healing of the lame man, they resolve to continue proclaiming the faith.
Persecution
Prepared for Persecution
Acts 7 – As the Church faces the possibility of increased persecution, we should also expect God to amazing things.
The World Will Hate You
John 15:17-16:4a – Having described the New Covenant life, Jesus begins to explain one of the reasons why love within the Church is so important: the world will hate Christians.