The theme of suffering and persecution is one which runs throughout the book of Acts and yet we live in a society which does not like to talk about these things. The openness of the apostles as they faced opposition and the faith and courage of Christians throughout...

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...