The fact that the apostles were not killed in Acts 5 was (from a human point of view) due to the intervention of a man named Gamaliel – an unlikely mediator! Gamaliel was a grandson and follower of the liberal Rabbi Hillel and mentor to a man called Saul, who was...

A key verse in this portion of Scripture (Acts 5:12-42) is found in verse 29: ‘We must obey God rather than human beings.’ Here, in a nutshell, Peter points out where the Christian’s ultimate allegiance must lie. Broadly speaking, Christianity teaches obedience to the...

Paradox is a key part of the Christian life; things that seem contradictory actually can sit alongside each other snugly. Jesus told us the greatest must become the least (Luke 9:48), that if we want to gain life, we must first be prepared to lose it (Matt 16:25)....