Thursday, May 19, 2005

Sermon Text Sunday

In Acts 12 there are two communities, the world and the church, arrayed against one another, each
wielding an appropriate weapon. On the one side was the authority of Herod, the power of the sword and the security of the prison. On the other side, the church turned to prayer, which is the only power which the powerless possess.

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The dramatic details Luke includes in Acts 12 all seem to
emphasize the intervention of God and the passivity of Peter.

--John Stott

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