S5:020 – How can fear and comfort in God coexist?
Join The Journey
Watermark Community Church, Dallas, TX
5.0 • 879 Ratings
🗓️ 13 May 2026
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
How did people respond to Saul’s conversion? What effect did it have on the church? In this episode, Emma Dotter and Marvin Walker continue their conversation about the events following Saul’s conversion, including how people were baffled by his transformation, how he had to escape from persecutors in a basket, and how trusted followers of Jesus came alongside him to provide encouragement and affirmation. Then, Marvin reflects on a time he saw God encourage him in the early days of pastoring Watermark South Dallas.
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Join The Journey is a realistic daily Bible reading plan that helps followers of Jesus at Watermark Community Church and beyond enjoy abiding in Jesus together. Join The Journey Jr. is designed to help parents guide their kids in Bible reading through interactive and age-specific lessons. In 2026, we’re studying the book of Acts—one passage per week. For another year, teaching on Sunday will align with each week’s passage. Then, for the next six days, we’ll return to the same passage with fresh focus, exploring insights about who God is and how we can enjoy him more deeply. Monday through Saturday, we’ll approach the same passage from a different perspective each day—whether observation, interpretation, prayer, or another spiritual practice—to gain a deeper understanding and appreciation for God’s Word. Then, watch or listen to the video podcast to tackle the week's toughest verses and discover key historical, theological, and practical insights.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | All right, all right, join the Journey family, friends, and guests. |
| 0:04.1 | You're listening to Join the Journey podcast with your host, Emma, daughter. |
| 0:09.5 | Thanks for joining. |
| 0:10.9 | This week, we are reading Acts 9, 20 through 31, and I am back in the podcast studio, |
| 0:17.6 | continuing our conversation from yesterday with my good friend Marvin Walker. |
| 0:22.7 | I'm still going to say I'm still here with your host, Emma, daughter. |
| 0:27.9 | You love it. |
| 0:28.9 | I do. |
| 0:29.5 | I really do. |
| 0:30.1 | Your voice has been playing in people's ears for five years now. |
| 0:33.4 | Whose voice? |
| 0:34.3 | Our listeners. |
| 0:35.3 | Oh, your voice. |
| 0:37.0 | Yeah. |
| 0:37.9 | I'm just, I'm just hearing. |
| 0:39.5 | You're like, maybe it's you, maybe it's not. |
| 0:40.9 | We don't know. |
| 0:41.5 | We don't know. We don't know. We don't know. We don't know. Hey, what is floating around in your mind after yesterday's conversation? Yeah, yesterday's conversation I used a word, didn't reference the verse, but in Acts 9, verse 22, you see |
| 0:56.9 | Saul increasing all the more in strength, and it says that he confounded the Jews who lived |
| 1:03.8 | in Damascus. That word confounded, as I used it yesterday, and I want to break this down a little |
| 1:09.9 | bit more, that word |
| 1:11.1 | means baffled. Why would the Jews be baffled? I'd be confounded and baffled watching someone |
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