Not Going There

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

So they went on their way from the presence of the Council, rejoicing that they had been considered worthy to suffer shame for His name.  Acts 5:41  NASB Rejoicing– When the disciples were beaten and instructed no longer to proclaim Yeshua as Messiah, they reacted in a way that is not easily understood.  They rejoiced.  This seems particularly strange given…

Shame

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

“rejoicing that they had been considered worthy to suffer shame for His name.”  Acts 5:41 Shame – Have you ever been treated shamefully?  Abused?  Slandered?  Insulted?  Treated without dignity?  Everyone has some story of shameful mistreatment.  But not everyone goes away rejoicing.  Today most of us hire an attorney.  The world’s way is to get…