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Boldly Preaching Jesus as Christ :: Quietly Through Thursday LinkUp #29

July 5, 2018 2 Comments

Boldly preaching Jesus as the Christ takes boldness, the type of boldness that comes from the Holy Spirit. Do you want this boldness? Of course you do, so lets read our Bibles, look at some awesome examples of boldness and then pray of an extra measure ourselves. This post may contain some affiliate links for your convenience. Click here to read my full disclosure policy. “…and when they had called for the apostles and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go. So they departed […]

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Persecution, Scattering, Preaching, Heeding :: Quietly Through Thursday (Plus Link-up)

June 29, 2017 4 Comments

Saul Persecutes the Church “Now Saul was consenting to (Stephen’s) death. At that time a great persecution arose against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles. And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him. As for Saul, he made havoc of the church, entering every house, and dragging off men and women, committing them to prison. Christ Is Preached in Samaria Therefore those who were scattered went everywhere preaching the word. Then Philip went down […]

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Beaten and Rejoicing :: Quietly Through Thursday (Plus Link-up)

June 22, 2017 4 Comments

…and when (the council) had called for the apostles and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go. So they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for His name. And daily in the temple, and in every house, they did not cease teaching and preaching Jesus as the Christ. (Acts 5:40-42) Beaten and rejoicing. Those don’t sound like two words that complement each other. Or how about worth and shame? Again, words that I wouldn’t […]