Acts 7 - Pattern Passers

What would you do if you were standing against an angry mob who was slandering, falsely accusing, and ridiculing you, all while reviling the One you loved the most? Would you have the fortitude and resolve of Stephen to speak the Truth unashamedly and boldly, or would you begin to seek to defend yourself from the injustice being dished out? This chapter is about a man, who followed the Man, Jesus Christ! It is about a man who upheld the pattern that was passed down to him at the cross of his Lord, and became an unknown instrument in the life of the man we now know as Paul. You see, in every facet of life, we are pattern passers, whether we like it or not, and what we choose to pass down can affect generations after us! What pattern are you passing? Truly? Is it the comfortable and popular pattern of this world, or the against the grain, counter-cultural pattern of Jesus Christ...