They accused him of blaspheming God's chosen leader and the temple.

And Stephen is very cleverly going to talk about God's dealings with his own people,

Sands Moses and Sands Temple.

Right.

Welcome to the Spoken Gospel podcast.

Spoken Gospel is a ministry that's dedicated to speaking the gospel out of every corner of Scripture.

In Luke 24, Jesus told his disciples that every part of the Bible is about him.

In each episode, hosts David and Seth work through a passage of scripture to see how it's

all about Jesus and his good news. Let's jump in. Well, welcome everybody to the spoken gospel podcast. Thank you so much for joining us. We are

continuing our time in the book of Acts. This has been a really sweet time and we're kind of lingering

and I like it and we're having

fun. And so with me again, I have Christine and Josh who was with us at the beginning of these

conversations is out sick and Seth is still, we're having trouble syncing up with him right now

in some new capacities we'll tell you about. But for now, I'm very excited that me and Christine have

gotten to study acts together and are getting to share with you what I But for now, I'm very excited that me and Christine have gotten to study

Axe together and are getting to share with you what I guess I might be going on a limb here,

but I don't think so, which is probably your favorite story in Axe or your favorite person

that Axe talks about other than Jesus, obviously. But when you think about Stephen,

Christine, I know we've had conversations, but why

is Stephen so special to you? He's been a hero of mine for as long as I can remember. The way his

life maps so much onto Jesus is just truly beautiful. And he is the first person to give his life for Jesus and in a very visceral way.

And the martyrs have just always been very special to me.

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