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We are in the book of Acts and we are joined for the Book of Acts by

Bob Hiller. We decided to bring a real pastor on again. So we are talking about, like,

you know, the early church, the earliest, earliest of the churches. And so we like,

we better get somebody that knows what

they're talking about. So we got Bob Hiller joining us for the book of Acts. And also, you know,

1517, 17 board member.

1517 board member, co-host of the White Horse Inn and pastor of community Lutheran Church

in, is it technically Escondido, Bob? Yeah, we are in Escondido. We've got two campuses, Escondido and San Marcos, but my campus on mat is properly Escondido. Yeah, if you're in that area and you're looking for a church, congratulations, you just found it. You found it. I promise. And I'm going to make Bob blush right now, but Bob really is a great preacher. So you'll get, you'll get fed well.

Yes, sir. I agree. You're supposed to say, Bob, that's right. That's what look. I'm fine preacher. I'm a terrible Bible teacher. So this would be a lot of fun. It's going to be a great time going through Acts. Yeah. All right. So we're in Acts chapter one, but before we dive into the text, We always just do a little bit of introduction.

We never spend a ton of time on it.

If you know anything about the book of Acts,

then you know it's pretty obvious that Luke is the author of Acts because it is addressed to the

same person, Theophilus, that he addresses his gospel to. So this is a sequel to the gospel of Luke that goes on to tell

really the history of the early church, mostly from the vantage point of either Peter and John

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