Moved with Envy

Open Door Baptist Church Stephen's case against the establishment has 8 accusations: 1. Acts 7:2-10 The will of God was with Joseph, the establishment rejected him. 2. Acts 7:17-29, 35 Moses came as a deliverer and was rejected. This is the first time that the children of Israel rejected Moses. This Moses whom they refused, …

The Face of an Angel

Open Door Baptist Church Acts 6:9-15 9 Libertines - Freedman, the name of a synagogue. a freedman, one of the class of manumitted slaves; a synagogue at Jerusalem appears to have been reserved for them. Manumitted - Manumission, or affranchisement, is the act of an owner freeing his or her slaves. Cyrene - Cyrene (/saɪˈriːniː/; …

The Diaconate

Open Door Baptist Church Acts 6:1-7 The ordination of the first deacons. The word Deacon doesn't occur in the passage as written in the KJV but it does in the Greek 1 And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because …

That Good Part

Danby House Luke 10:38-42 Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house. And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus' feet, and heard his word. But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and …