S5 Ep 8B | Pastor Reece Woodruff on Acts 4 (Peter 8)

Reece is a pastor at Christ Freedom Church – a three-year-old church in Lewisville Texas. He is also a graduate of DTS and an insightful teacher of God’s word.    Take a few minutes to meditate on Acts 4:8-13 and then listen in on this interview to hear where God led Reece.   Some highlights from our conversation: Reece helps us understand why the men are astonished by Peter’s courage. We discuss how understanding where our hope truly lies should give us courage. We talk about the radical grace and mercy that was extended to Peter And we talk about how Reece knew he was called to vocational ministry.   The exact verses read in this podcast are Acts 4:8-13 in the NIV.   The exact verses read in this podcast are Acts 4:8-13, printed below, in the NIV.   Acts 4:8-13   8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them: “Rulers and elders of the people! 9 If we are being called to account today for an act of kindness shown to a man who was lame and are being asked how he was healed, 10 then know this, you and all the people of Israel: It is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead, that this man stands before you healed. 11 Jesus is “ ‘the stone you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone.’ 12 Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.” 13 When they saw the courage of Peter and John and realized that they were unschooled, ordinary men, they were astonished and they took note that these men had been with Jesus.

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