Based on our reading for this week, there are consequences to speaking Christ's name. Though this may seem the case, Peter and John (Acts 4) are on trial because they did the more heinous act of loving someone who had been cast out of the community. They saw the presence of God in a man whose life others considered mattering less, and for that they must stand trial. And they do not stand alone. We do not stand alone when we speak or act or care for God's people whom our culture has pushed aside and denied life. How will we rise and speak Christ's name for the restoration of others? #sermon #blacklivesmatter #LGBTQrights #restoringhope #OffWeGo