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In which John and David marvel at how Paul responds to rejection. the difficulty of navigating rejection is something most of struggle with. Hidden within chapter 13 of Acts is some insight in to how Paul navigates this.

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In which John and David discuss how we respond to a teaching like Paul's in Acts 13. As always there's a world beneath the text that gives us pause to think about more than just what's happening in the narrative.

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In which John and David explore the centrality of Jesus to Paul's sermon and thought. How Paul frames and engages with his ideas help us make some sense of what he means in his famous prayer in Ephesians.

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In which John and David consider  how Paul's "impromptu" sermon comes together. We know there's lots to debate about Paul, but we definitively know he loved the text of Scripture. When asked to speak without warning, guess what leaks out of him...the sacred text!

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In which John and David consider the gathering traditions of Paul and Barnabas. Gathering in the synagogue space is the long tradition of Jesus followers tracing back through the ways of Jesus himself and further still. We consider what that could mean for us today.

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In which John and David discuss how relationships have always been a point of tension for the church. Paul and Barnabas's missionary group is stretched and reshaped as friends and family move on from the work they are doing.

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In which John and David observe Paul and Barnabas's encounter with a magician. The new missionary group head out into their gospel work, but they being to encounter some opposition.

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In which John and David consider how the Spirit guides the church. The language of the Spirit is easily used, but does contemporary usage reflect what we saw happen amongst the early Christians? Continuing in Acts 13, we explore some thoughts about this.

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We arrive at our 60th episode on Acts! True to form in this series we don't get through as much in this episode as we imagined we would! Right at the start of Acts 13, there's this beautiful little sequence about the Holy Spirit in Antioch...

...and we loved it!

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We're back after our annual summer break and excited to talk to you about Acts. We did think, however, that maybe a brief recap on where we've been might be helpful - we've been in Acts for over a year now, so there's quite a lot of content been laid down here. Normal pace (!) will resume next episode, but here for now is us getting back into the groove.

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