today on Summit Life with J.D. Greer.

The Jewish priest had been very antagonistic

toward Jesus, had they not?

Now their hearts are changed from being antagonizers of Jesus

to instead being believers in Jesus.

How did they change? Was it because of some

unbelievable apologetic sermon that Peter got up and preached where he

defended the resurrection? No, their hearts were changed by seeing the church

pour out itself in service to the poor around them, that's what changed

the hearts of the antagonist. Welcome to another week of biblical teaching on Summit Life with Pastor J.D. Greer

As always, I'm your host Molly Vidovich. You know, one of the outworkings of the gospel

is that it will inevitably reorder your value system. Things that weren't important,

become important, and all of the other stuff kind of

fades into the background. This is exactly what we find in the book of acts as we

continue our teaching series called Sent and it's what we see in the life of an ordinary man named Stephen.

He realized the value of the gospel and was willing to risk everything to preach it.

It's because of common people like Stephen that the early church grew.

Today we'll explore Stephen's ordinary life and his impactful ministry,

so grab your Bible in a pen and let's get started.

So if you have your Bible, you want to take it out and open it or turn it on to

Acts Chapter 6, we are going to come today to the story of the very first Christian martyr.

The very first Christian martyr and in the story of this man

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