Sermon 05-22-11 "Remarkable People"

As a “chosen people, a royal priesthood,” the church is a remarkable people in the world. What makes them so remarkable? What makes them such powerful witnesses? What would cause such conviction, that a man like Stephen would die for it? Martin Luther wrote: "This is the meaning of the word of Christ spoken here: to believe in God and to face without fear whatever may oppose and confront us." As we examine the remarkable nature of Stephen’s witness in Acts 6 and 7, we ask, “What makes us a remarkable people of God today?”

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