Has God ever delivered you from something, only to send you back to the very thing to bear witness some more?

This passage of scripture is so staggering to me.

What do Achan, Uzzah, and Ananias & Sapphira have in common?

True signs of God's presence in a community.

Here is a great example of what to do when facing opposition.

"They took note... that they had been with Jesus." Would to God that this would be said of us.

They're still going on and on about the name of Jesus. And, for our sake, thank God they did!

Why do the religious leaders get outraged over the name the Peter is working in? Indeed, what's in a name?

On the way to the temple to pray, Peter changes the life of one man, and sets the cats amongst the pigeons in the community.

Being accepted into the family of God is not the end, it is the beginning of a journey of being formed into the likeness of Christ. Christian community is essential for this to taken place.