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Acts 6:9 – 7:2 — What Is Blasphemy? Lessons from Stephen Before the Sanhedrin

Stephen, one of the seven servants the 12 picked to serve the Yerushalayim congregation, is brought before the Sanhedrin on a number of serious accusations that the law of God indicates are worthy of death. Before looking at his defense in Acts 7, we should look at what blasphemy is.

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What Stephen’s story reveals about real faith and spiritual power (Acts 6:7-10)

https://hallel.info/wp-content/uploads/file/080830%20Acts%206vv7-10.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 43:42 — 7.5MB)Subscribe: RSSDiscover how Acts 6:7-10 shatters common assumptions about the early church. In this study of Stephen’s ministry, we explore why “a great many of the priests” believed, how signs and wonders relate to the Word of God, and whether Paul really changed the Torah—or […]

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Acts 6:1–7 — ‘deaconing’

https://hallel.info/wp-content/uploads/file/080823%20Acts%206vv1-7.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 57:13 — )Subscribe: RSSThe apostles, who were busy teaching and praying for the thousands of new believers in Yeshua (Jesus) the Messiah, appoint seven exceptional men as deacons to manage a dispute over "equal treatment under the Torah" of needy Greek Jews and Hebrew Jews in the […]

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Acts 4:32 – chapter 5 — Unity Without Uniformity: What Gamaliel Saw That Others Missed

https://hallel.info/wp-content/uploads/file/080809%20Acts%204v32-ch5.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 57:35 — 9.9MB)Subscribe: RSSWhat does real unity in the Body look like—and how can careless words like “pagan” and “heathen” quietly tear it apart? In this study of Acts 4:32–5, we explore Spirit-led generosity, the shocking judgment of Ananias and Sapphira, and Gamaliel’s surprising defense of the […]

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Acts 4:32 — ‘of one heart and one mind’

The early believers in Yeshua as God’s special Anointed One, His Messiah, had the Spirit of God bringing them together in “one heart” and “one mind.” Though the sharing of resources was a temporary necessity for pilgrims far from home and hungry for God, the commonality they experienced is something all believers throughout time must embrace.

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Acts 4:32 – 5:42 — mind of Messiah

The early believers in Yeshua as God’s Messiah had God’s Spirit bringing them together in “one heart” and “one mind.” Sharing was temporarily necessary for pilgrims, but all believers must embrace their commonality.

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Apostolic Writings Discussions Shabbat

Hebrews 3–4 Explained: Rest, Sabbath, and the Promise You May Be Missing

A prominent Bible teacher has challenged the validity of the Book of Hebrews in the Apostolic Writings because he thinks the writer was attacking the validity of the Torah, the law of God. In Hebrews 3-4, some see the teaching that the seventh-day Sabbath has been replaced with “daily rest in Yeshua,” but a careful reading reveals just the opposite.