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We come now to the study of the word of God. We'd like to ask you to turn in your Bibles to Acts Chapter 4. As I was coming down the aisle, I heard somebody say how long is going to get through that outline. And I realized when I told the girls in the office that the text was Acts 4:1-37, they almost fell over. We'll not at all cover all those this morning, obviously. Okay, Acts Chapter 4. I've titled this whole chapter really through verse 37, how to handle persecution. And we're going to just begin to dive into a little bit this morning--an initial statement through verse 12.
And persecution, of course, is a very, very intrinsic part of the Christian picture and always has been. And here we have some tremendous truths given to us in the example of the apostles as they handled persecution. Now persecution was a blessing to the apostolic church just as it is a blessing to all churches and all believers. Five times in 11 years hands were stretched forth to persecute the church in Jerusalem on an organized basis. And this chapter records the first of these persecutions and really the beginning of the persecutions of the church that are still going on today, some 2,000 years later.
During the first 300 years of the church's existence or the first three centuries really, there were ten persecutions of major proportions brought against the church. Beginning with Stephen and extending nearly to all of the apostles, death became the common way to go, if you were a Christian. The first persecution, for example, broke out under Nero Domitius, the sixth Emperor of Rome and about the time A.D. 67, which isn't too long after the church began.
And Nero contrived all kinds of punishments for Christians. He sewed some up in the skins of wild animals and then turned hungry dogs loose on them. He used others dressed in wax shirts and attached to trees to be lit as torches in his garden. The next persecution under Domitian was perhaps even more inventive. Christians were imprisoned. They were put on racks, they were seared, they were broiled, they were burned. They went through scourging, stoning, and hanging. Many were lacerated with hot irons. Others thrown on the horns of wild bulls.
In the fourth persecution beginning about 162 A.D., some Christians were made to walk with already wounded feet over thorns, nails, sharp shells. Some were scourged until their flesh was gone. Others were beheaded and so it went. Under the eighth persecution at Utica, 300 Christians were placed alive around a lime kiln and told that they were to make offerings to Jupiter or be pushed in. Unanimously they refused and all 300 of them perished in the lime.
That was only the beginning of what the church has undergone. And Satan's persecution as time has progressed, has become all the more subtle than it was then. It's not nearly as obvious how it is that Satan persecutes today. And incidentally, today apparently much more successfully, Satan's techniques are working. Now ourtext records for us the first persecution. This is the beginning of the steady stream of persecution that has gone on since the commencement of the church. In one way or another the Christian church is always under persecution. It is not always political. It is sometimes personal. It is sometimes religious. It sometimes comes from illegitimate Christianity. That is the greatest persecutor of evangelical Christianity--is probably liberal Christianity--at least in the American situation. And one way or another then, the church has suffered persecution ever since what we're going to see in Acts Chapter 4 began at all. And as I said, persecution is subtle today. It's not what it used to be. Satan usually directs the persecution today not at the physical body, but at the ego. He directs his persecution at pride or acceptance or status, etc. And it's really very effective.
He doesn't threaten the Christian by saying if you witness, I'll cut your head off. He threatens the Christian by planting within his mind the fact that if you witness you might lose your job or your status or somebody might think you're strange. In these days, persecution has a tremendous effect in a very subtle way. The form of persecution in the early church made heroes out of those who died. And it came to be such a normal thing for Christians to die, that many Christians developed a martyr complex and just went around trying to put themselves into positions where they could be martyred. I mean, they wanted to belong, you know.
But today the persecution that comes is more effective. It doesn't make heroes out of anybody. And it's a sad thing, while the church today is not being killed physically, the church has succumbed to a kind of living spiritual death. I suppose the perfect illustration would be the church at Sardis in Revelation Chapter 3, verse 1, which says "And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write these things saith he which hath the seven spirits of God or the Holy Spirit and the seven stars, the ministers of the seven churches, I know thy works that thou hast to name that thou livest and art dead."
Satan has killed the church in terms of its spiritual effect without ever having to kill the Christians in it. In fact, by letting them all live in an insipid kind of godless Christianity, he has a greater effect than if he wiped them all out and had to face the issue again that the seed of the church is the blood of the martyrs. And so Satan whose persecution in the past has slaughtered Christians physically, has found it much more effective to kill the church by making it complacent, indolent, fat, rich, socially oriented, and accepted. And insipid as its watered down its theology to accommodate the world.
Much more effective than if all Christians were boiled in oil. Now there are some places in our world where persecution does reign, physical persecution. Even some places here in America. But one way or another Satan is antagonistic to the church. He persecutes the church. Obviously and flagrantly and blatantly, physically or subtly by the persecution to become involved in the world to strip off that which offends in order that you might maintain your prestige, your status or whatever it is that you desire from your ego.
Now Jesus in John Chapter 15 warned the church in the statement to His disciples that they might as well expect persecution. In verse 18 of John 15 we read this, "If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love its own." You see that's why, John says, "love not the world." What happens when a Christian falls in love with the system is, the system no longer really is hindered by this guy. They are no longer offended by this guy, and Satan has accomplished a greater persecution than if you had taken that guy and killed him physically, because he has destroyed his effect. In fact, he has made him a negative.
"If you are of the world, the world would love its own, but you're not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hates you." And they'll persecute you. Verse 20, "Remember the word that I said unto you, the servant is not greater than his Lord. If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you." Verse 2 of Chapter 16, "They'll put you out of their synagogues, the time comes when whosoever kills you will think that he does God's service." Religious persecution.
So there is always persecution. Jesus stated it. Peter went on a step further in 1 Peter 2:21 and said this. And this is an important statement. He in effect said we should expect it. "For hereunto were you called because Christ also suffered for us leaving us an example that you should follow His steps." If you confront the world, the world will react violently one way or another. Now you may succumb to the persecution of Satan so that you fiddle out and kind of get laid by the wayside long before you ever confront the world, because you're really doing that to save your ego from being persecuted.
But Paul said to Timothy, 2 Timothy 3:12, "You," pardon me, "Ye, and all that live Godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution." Now that's a very clear statement. Ye, and all that live Godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution." You say well, you know, I go along and I don't suffer persecution. Read the verse again. "All that live Godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution." If you're not suffering persecution, why aren't you? Because you're not living Godly in Christ Jesus, just that simple.
If you live the kind of life that God intends you to live in Christ, you will by the very nature of that life butt heads with the world and when I say world, I mean the system. If you are not suffering some persecution, you have either fallen right into the flow of the system so that they don't know the difference or they haven't discovered yet who it is that you really are. You've hidden it well. But you begin to live openly and Godly in the world and you're going to bang heads with Satan and with his establishment. You begin to confront the world and the persecution is automatic.
Now, we see this in the early church. First of all, it looks so great. You know, we always say if you really live a Christian life, the world will be drawn to you. Sure they'll be drawn to the beauty of your person, but as soon as they find out what it is, then all of sudden that which draws them to you, unless they come to Christ turns to be a negative. The early church, for example, in Chapter 2 and 3, everything looked real positive. Chapter 2 the world was amazed at them and they found favor with all the people and everything looked great. And all of a sudden they found out what it was they stood for and everything shifted gears mighty fast.
Now in Chapter 3, you'll remember that Peter had gone with John to the temple and there he had healed the lame man. A crowd had gathered together in the courtyard. Peter and John had stood in Solomon's portico up off the floor, a little bit off the courtyard, and he and John had between them the lame man and Peter began to preach. And he preached a powerful message regarding Jesus as Messiah or the Christ, God. And he indicted Israel for executing Christ. He closed with an invitation to them in verse 19 "repent and be converted." And he really let them have it.
You see he confronted the world. He stood up in the middle of their thing, right smack in their temple where they were doing their religious duties and he said this is wrong, you have blown it, and he confronted them face to face. Now that's the kind of confrontation I'm talking about. That's the kind of confrontation that brings hostility. But that's the kind of confrontation that God expects us to be involved in.
It is not that kind of a mealy mouth hiding in order to protect our ego, our status and our prestige and our name among the world. The response to what Peter did was very interesting. Look at verse 4 of Chapter 4 and we're kind of begin to look at our text. "But many of them who heard the word believed." Now that's what we're trying to affect. We're not trying to hide, because if we hide, not only do we not suffer, but nobody gets saved either. That's the problem. Sure you say well if I do that, I'm liable to get really messed up. That's right. You're liable to get messed up and somebody else is liable to get straightened out. And your life is expendable my friends, so is mine. True?
My life is expendable for the sake of somebody else. As soon as I start trying to live to protect my ego and to protect my status and to protect my prestige, then my life has become self-centered and it's no good to God or to anybody else. If I'm not willing to confront the world for the sake of the salvation of those in the world, then I don't have really anything to offer God or anybody else, and I'm only kidding myself.
Now it says in verse 4 that "many of them who heard the Word believed and the number of the men was about five thousand." Now the word was about should be translated came to be five thousand men. That means this is the total of men at this point, this is the membership role of the church. This is the male volume anyway. And there are two words for men in the Greek, two really most dominate words, anthropon or anthropos and that word has to do with man generically. Man as a race. Then the other one is andros, or here tonandron, plural. This means man as opposed to female. And it would be best translated males. And so what it says is this, "And the number of the men came to be or the number of the males came to be five thousand." That means in addition to that, they were probably at least another five thousand women and children.
That's a large church for such a fast beginning and you never hear another listing of how many from here on out. It grew so fast from this point that they it got past the possibility of keeping an accurate account. But many believed and that was the reaction. Now that was worth the price that Peter paid. It's always worth the price. To confront the world that God may do His work. If we never confront the world, we blow it because it is to the world that we are sent with the gospel.
You say well, I might lose my job. Praise the Lord, so lose your job, who cares about your job? I mean, God can handle you. He can provide everything you need and promises that He will. Now this doesn't mean you're to be a lousy employee and waste all your time preaching the gospel. You better reread Ephesians. You're to work like you ought to and give an honest day's work for an honest day's earning. But wherever you are in this world, they ought to know that you stand for Jesus Christ.
Now let's look at the text and see two things, the persecution manifests first of all in the first four verses and then the persecution met. And then we'll look at the principles for meeting persecution and just kind of look at a few of them this morning. We don't have much time to look at all of them. And I'm excited about this, because this is going to give you some practical things, some real tools that you can use. First of all, persecution is manifest in the first four verses, verse 1. "And as they spoke," while they were speaking, "unto the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them."
Now the idea of "came upon them" is with anxiety, anger to arrest them. I mean, they absolutely grabbed them, this is the point. This crowd had been gathered into the temple courtyard. They had seen the miracle and the official people of the temple and Israel were really getting uptight about it and so in the middle of Peter's sermon really it isn't fully the middle because he's already wrapping up with his conclusion, but while he has yet speaking, they arrive at Solomon's portico and they grab them. They "came upon them" it says.
Now I want you to see who's involved in this. It doesn't say oh the robbers and thieves and crooks in town and so forth and so on. It says, number one, the priests who were to represent God, which immediately shows you where the priesthood had gone. Long way from where God intended it. It's interesting too that there were 24 courses of priests in the Levitical order and there were so many priests that they divided them into 24 courses, and of those courses only certain priests ministered every week. So when the priests were ministering in the temple, that meant it was their week. And you waited a long time for your week and when your week finally came, it was a big deal. And least of all, did you want all of this commotion going on during your week that you'd waited so long for?
And so here in the middle of the week of these particular priests, all of this hubbub is going on and they're really concerned. This is religious opposition. And remember as I said earlier, persecution of the church often comes from religious groups. Still even often from Judaism. All right, second person that we meet is the captain of the temple, the Sagon, and this is the head of the temple police. Here is the political opposition. In some parts of the world, there is political opposition against the church.
In China today, there is political opposition against the church. In Russia, there is political opposition. Did you read in the Times the other day about the big hassle in Russia now because so many of the Russian leaders are getting connected with religious groups and now Russia is tremendously concerned to untangle these people who are in important positions in Russia from various religious groups. There are certain places in the world where there is political opposition. And that we get from the captain of the temple who was the head of the temple police.
Now the Roman government was very tolerant, but against disorder publicly they were merciless. And so he wasn't about to get himself in a position where there was a riot or he would really be in trouble. Then we meet the most important group and that is the Sadducees. Now you say what are the Sadducees? Well, within the framework of Israel there were many groups. There were the Pharisees and there were the Zealots and so forth, and one interesting group was the Sadducees. Now we don't really know where that name comes from. Some say from Sadock, but there's really no way to tell.
But Sadducees were a religious and a political group. So they combined the worst of both in their persecution. They were the power sect in Israel. They were the religious liberals. They were the high priestly family. All the high priests at this point were Sadducees. They were the opposition party to the Pharisees, like the Republicans and the Democrats with a religious flavor. They were the opposition.
Now the opposition of the Pharisees dominates the gospels and the opposition of the Sadducees dominates the book of Acts. So both of them get into play. It's also very interesting that they were very wealthy. The Pharisees tended not to be wealthy, they tended to be extremely wealthy. They were also the collaborationist party. They were the ones who were always scratching Rome's back for the mutual scratch, you know. They really didn't care that much about the common people. They only cared about maintaining the status quo and keeping their power and their prestige in Israel. So they maintained a collaborationist attitude with Rome. Kept on friendly terms with Rome in order to maintain their prestige, power, and their comfort.
They were a small group, very minority, but were greatly dominate in the political influence of Israel. They didn't care for anything about religion other than the fact that it was social custom. And so they were strict liberals. They were strict social religionists. In fact, I'll give you just four points of their theology. Won't take more time than that. We'll get into it a little later in the book. But number one, they believed that only the written law was binding. And no...none of the oral tradition. That is none of the rabbinical laws were binding. All of those things that the Pharisees lived and died by.
Secondly, they believed there was no resurrection of the body. There was no future reward. There was no future punishment. Typical liberal line. Thirdly, they believed that the existence of angels and spirits and the spirit world was a myth. Fourthly, they believed that man was the master of his own destiny. That God was not involved in calling the shots. That there was no such thing as sovereignty or predestination, but man mastered his own fate.
So here they are, the religious ranking liberals, the VIPs of Jerusalem, the bluebloods, and they're the ones that come after Peter and John. And the reasons they did it are very clear in verse 2 and I want you to see them. Very clear. "Being grieved that they taught the people and preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead." Now I want you to notice the word grieved. Now that sounds in the King James like oh they were so sorry. They were so sad in their hearts, but that is not what the word means. It is a very strong word and it means they were thoroughly pained. They were in terrible, mental anguish.
It's not the kind of sorrow that oh things are getting all distraught. What a sad day for Israel. It's the kind of anguish that's based on indignation and wrath. That's the word. In fact, it's used again in Acts 16:18 where Paul saw the woman at Philippi under the power of an evil spirit and he had the same kind of attitude. It's an angry indignation. It's not just simple sorrow. Now they were really angry. This is standard bigotry, you see. They really got uptight. They got...they got very disturbed. Very indignant. Very angry. And they had three reasons.
Number one, let's look at verse 2. That "they taught the people." First of all, they were upset that they were teaching, Peter and John. Now you see they believed that they had the corner on all truth. That they had all right to teach and nobody else had a right to open his mouth. I mean, that was all...that was the way it was. Theirs was the prerogative of teaching and nobody else had the right. And least of all to walk right in the temple where all of these teachers were, stand up and teach contrary truth to that truth which they had been teaching.
They were really upset because these two were teaching. Who were they to teach? They're not approved. And interestingly enough, look at verse 13. "When they saw the boldness of Peter and John and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men they marveled." They were unlearned and ignorant. Now that's two interesting words. And you don't get the total impact by just reading those words. Let me show you what it means. Unlearned means that they didn't know the sacred writings and the Jewish law. They weren't versed in Jewish theology. These guys are not even Jewish theologians they said.
They're ignorant of rabbinic law. They haven't been to the proper schools. How can they know anything? You remember they accused Jesus of the same thing. Who is He that's saying all of this? He's never been to our school. Where's He getting His information? And then Jesus answered, I get it directly from God. Oh, you know, school is a little extraneous.
And secondly, it says not only were they ignorant in terms of Jewish theology, but the second word "ignorant" means that they are commoners. They are not professionals. They are strictly amateurs. Who are these uneducated amateurs? That's exactly what they're saying. And to make it even worse, they were from Galilee which, of course, was the ultimate in despising. And so they had no right to step into the narrow world of the instructors and stand up in the very temple and teach doctrines contrary to their own. And they were mad, because they did not agree with their theology.
Now whenever you stand up in the face of opposition and you proclaimthe truth that they deny, you're going to get in trouble. And so they were angry. They had every reason to be from their perspective, because they needed to preserve their own position. So it bugged them that they taught. That they even stood and taught. Secondly, it bugged them what they taught. Look at the first two. They preached Jesus. They preached through Jesus the resurrection, but they were preaching Jesus and that they hated.
They had determined that Jesus was a blasphemer and here they were back announcing all over town that Jesus was Messiah and you all have killed your Messiah. Now that is not real popular stuff. And you try announcing that today in the midst of a congregation of Jewish people and you're going to find some reaction. Peter proclaimed Jesus is Messiah and he indicted the whole nation of Israel for missing the Messiah and he got a reaction. So they didn't like that he taught and they didn't like what he taught.
And thirdly, they didn't like the resurrection idea. He preached through Jesus, the resurrection, from the dead. He kept announcing that Jesus was alive. Well, that's a fearful thought. I mean, if they have executed their Messiah and He's back alive again, that's scary for them. Because what would hinder Him from moving right out to bring about the vengeance that they would justly deserve? And let's be honest enough to think that they knew they were hypocrites. I don't think they covered that up very well.
I'm sure they knew they were hypocrites in their hearts and they probably took a second thought and thought, Well, maybe we did blow it. Maybe we did execute our Messiah. Boy if we did and He's alive again, this is bad news. Better to shut these guys up. Apart from the fact that the Sadducees theology did not permit a resurrection, which irritated them to death. And do they didn't like the fact that they taught and they didn't like the truths that they taught. And so they reacted. Now what were the resultsin verse 3? "They laid hands on them," and as I say that is not to ordain them. "They laid hands on them and they put them in custody in jail until the next day for it was now eventide." Three hours had gone by, they came here remember about three o'clock in the afternoon for the afternoon prayers. And by this it's at least six o'clock which was eventide. So three hours have gone by and this little incident, and they finally laid hands on them. And I don't know how many of those three hours Peter spent preaching, but nevertheless, they came to get them and they put them in jail overnight.
Now that was the reaction, so the persecution began. But at the same time, I love verse 4. "Many of them who heard the Word believed and the number of the males came to be five thousand." Imprisoning the apostles didn't nullify their effect. And it didn't prevent the progress of the gospel, you see. This was the first instance which since has been so often repeated and which persecution has only led to the extension and the establishing of the church rather than destroy it. It has brought it growth. If trial, watch it, and persecution on a personal level is God's way of maturing a Christian, and it is if you read James 1, then trial and persecution on a whole church-wide level is God's way of maturing His whole church and building it up.
Persecution always results in growth. Mark that. That has to be the beginning thing, because that's your commitment to do what's right even if persecution is involved. Persecution results in growth for many reasons. Number one, it strips off all of the dead weight. If you're a part of a group of people that are having to lay their lives on the line for Jesus Christ, then we're only going to have people in that group who are willing to do that, right?
And part of the problem of the church today are all the tares that are sown among the wheat and the easiest way to get rid of the tares is just to make the wheat pay the price...or make the church pay the price of total discipleship and the tares will just drop off because they're not really that committed and don't want to get that involved. And so as a church is persecuted, it is purified. The waste is stripped off, false believers leave, the strong are left and God works freely through them.
So we see persecution manifest and persecution purifies the church and it greater increases its effect to a greater degree. Now let's see how they met this persecution, just the first couple of points in our outline. And here are seven principles for meeting persecution. As I say, the first thing you've got to do is commit yourself to confront the world or you'll never have to run into the problem. Now here are some practical things. These are really practical.
In James Chapter 1, you know, he says, "Count it all joy when you fall into trials and temptations." That's a wonderful opportunity to grow. That's the way you grow is by going through the test you see. If we live Godly in the world, we will suffer persecution. If we suffer persecution, we ought to be happy because persecution will make us grow and it will reach others for Christ and that's what we're all about. True?
But somewhere you've got to make the commitment that you're willing to do that and make your life expendable rather than to hide and protect yourself. So we look forward to persecution with great anxiety and great joy for righteousness sake. Now watch seven principles in reacting to persecution. Number one, be submissive to it. If persecution comes, be submissive. Verse 5, well let's look at verse 3. "And they laid hands on them and put them in custody." Does it say they laid hands on them and Peter and John hit back and a brawl ensued? Doesn't say that at all. They laid hands on them, and they just put them in jail overnight.
Verse 5, "It came to pass on the next day that their arrest is the morning after they've been in jail all night, rulers and elders and scribes and Annas and Caiaphas and John and Alexander," etc., etc., "when they had set them in the midst, they asked by what power, by what name have you done this." Now you see no resistance in any of this. Now this is more implied than stated, but it's there. There is no resistance at all. Now I'm not talking about a martyr complex that goes in there and says yes, I'll die. You know, I'm not talking about that. I'm talking about trust in God. They didn't resist it, because they saw in it God's great opportunity. You see? This is tremendous and I want you to see this. They knew that their arrest was in God's hands. They had been obedient in the proclamation, they would be submissive in the arrest, assuming that since their obedience had brought them to that point that's where God wanted them to be. Do you understand that?
If you're obeying the Lord and you wind up in a mess, you can assume that God ordained the mess. So stick around, there's something that's going to happen in that mess. Now if you get yourself in a mess in disobedience, that's another...that's a horse of a different color. That's a whole different issue. But if you had been obedient and you had been confronting the world and proclaiming Christ and you get into a hassle, just praise God and wait to see what it's all about and be submissive. Don't fight back.
Now look at this, this is so interesting. Verse 5, they were..."It came to pass on the next day the rulers and elders and scribes," they brought them into this...into a counsel really the Sanhedrin. The scribes, the elders, and the rulers, along with the high priests made up the Sanhedrin. And the Sanhedrin was the high ruling counsel of Israel. This is the Supreme Court of the Jews. And even in the Roman times, they had the right to arrest. It had 70 members and then the high priest was ex-officio President, so there were 71. And it included the priests and the scribes, do you remember the scribes were the ones who were the experts in the law? And the elders who were from the people. And then it included in addition to people from priestly family. And they were really a motley bunch to say the least. With this kind of leadership it's no wonder they had their problems.
Verse 6 introduces Annas. And you remember Annas who was the high priest formerly, but had been deposed by the Romans. He was the senior ex-high priest, but he really ran the show. He was the power behind the scenes. In fact, when Jesus was taken in the Garden of Gethsemane, John 18, they immediately took Him to Annas, because Annas was really the power of the whole structure in Israel. He was a Sadducee. Now he had a son-in-law by the name of Caiaphas who was Roman appointed high priest and he was as bad as Annas was. Then it says John and Alexander. Now it's very difficult to know who they are. There's no way to know, but it is interesting that Annas did have five sons. One of his sons named Jonathan. And some of the manuscripts read Jonathan instead of John, so it may have been his son. And some say that Alexander is a form of Eleazer and Eleazer is a known son of Annas. So perhaps they were two sons of Annas, perhaps we're reading into it, that we just really don't know.
But anyway, they were of the kindred of the high priest. They all gathered at Jerusalem. Now they got together in their counsel and their Sanhedrin and they brought in Peter and John. Now this is a tough pill for them to swallow, because they're still not rid of Jesus, you see. He's still the issue. Verse 7 says, "And when they had set them in the midst," now that's interesting because they usually assembled in the precincts of the temple there was an inner place called the hall of hune stone. And they sat in a semi-circle and they faced the President who sat out here and they always stuck the prisoner in the middle.
So when it says they put them in the midst, that gives you a good idea even of the picture of Peter and John standing here with a semi-circle of the 70 and the President behind them. Now this is so exciting. Do you know what God had just done? God had just given them the wonderful opportunity to preach to the Sanhedrin. This is a good case of Satan overdoing it. Satan does this all the time. He gets himself into real trouble. By persecution he opens avenues that are never opened any other way.
Do you know there was no way that they could have set up an afternoon to present the gospel to the Sanhedrin? There was no way possible to preach to those men except this way. That's why I say in the design of God to submit is the whole key. They submitted and God put them right where He wanted them. It's a fantastic thing. God allows them to carry their testimony to the Sanhedrin itself. What an opportunity. And precisely why we must be submissive in persecution.
In persecution if you've been obeying God and you're persecuted for righteousness sake, then accept it because God has a design in it, you see, that maybe could never be realized in any other way. Our resistance can thwart God's plan if we resist at the point of persecution. There was no other way they could have gotten them. And thus Satan in his opposition overreached himself, and as always God has a way of taking Satan's best efforts and turning them to His glory.
All right, then it says that once they got them in there, they then asked the right question. God set the stage so perfectly. "By what power or by what name have you done this." What a set up. What a question. In fact, it is indicating in the linear tense that they kept on asking them. They kept asking them. Come on now. Come on. Come on, tell us. And it just maybe that Peter was saying well, I don't know if we ought to say anything about. And he just waited until they egged him on and then he said it. That's possible. Not necessarily true.
But anyway, they kept on asking him and they said first of all, by what power? In other words, they may be in contempt in that question. What magic are you using? But the second question by what name has to do with by whose authority. A name represented authority. In whose name do you do that? By whose...who gives you the authority to heal people and to teach the way you do? And so they asked a simple straightforward question. Just exactly the question that set the stage for Peter to preach.
Now don't you see how their submission at this point is the key to everything. If we submit in persecution, we'll find ourselves in the place that God wants us to be. Listen to what Peter says. In 1 Peter, and Peter was there, so he may have been reflecting on some of these things. 1 Peter 4, verse 12, "Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to test you as though some strange thing happened to you." I mean, you're confronting the world, you're going to get it. "But rejoice inasmuch as you are partakers of Christ's suffering that when His glory shall be revealed, you may be glad also with exceeding joy. If you be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are you for the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you. On their part He is evil spoken of on your part He is glorified."
You see in this, this kind of thing God desires to gain glory. And I love verse 19. "Wherefore, let him that suffers according to the will of God commit the keeping of his soul to Him in well-doing as unto to a faithful creator." Just say, Hey Lord You got me into this; here I am. You better take care of me. "And God will be glorified in it." You see, if you let this happen, submit to it; then the glory of God is a possibility.
Second principle, in dealing with persecution, be submissive to it. Secondly, be filled with the Spirit, verse 8. "Then Peter," what's the next word, "filled with the Holy Spirit said unto them." Now you see the key to anything in the Christian life is the power of the Holy Spirit, right. And Peter at this point has yielded to the Spirit of God. It's an errous passive. It indicates perhaps that he was already ready because he was already filled with the Spirit.
Now we've talked so much about the filling of the Spirit. If you are at all confused about what that doctrine has to say to you, then you can get the tape on Ephesians 5:18 or the one on Acts Chapter 2. The very beginning and we have an explanation of that in there. But let me just say this. Some have thought that the filling of the Spirit is a kind of a trauma or a kind of a mourners' bench experience or a kind of a emotional thing. It is not. The filling of the Spirit is not the result of lengthy prayer. It is not the result of an emotional experience. It is not the result of some kind of a highly exciting spiritual activity.
The Spirit...the filling of the Spirit is simply when a believer walks in obedience to the Word and the Spirit. You see? Peter had already taken the steps to be Spirit filled because he was obedient. He had preached and he had submitted as God had brought the persecution and that was under the control of the Spirit at that point. That's why it's an errous passive. It had already been done.
It is simply submission is all it is. It's, here I am; what a wonderful opportunity; I submit to you Spirit. Whatever You want to do through me do it. The Spirit-filled life is just that. It is yielding everything to the full power of the indwelling Holy Spirit. Every Christian has within him the Holy Spirit. He is there to empower us, and as we yield to His power that power is released, and Peter knew there is no way he's going to get victory over this problem unless he was yielded to the Spirit of God.
You say well, if I was there, I probably would have fallen over in fear. Well, that's possible, but instead of falling over in fear, Peter just leaned his whole weight on the Holy Spirit. There's no other way for victory. And folks at this point without the other five steps to victory Peter has already guaranteed victory. Once he had turned this into that kind of thing he had won the victory. Because what? If this experience had caused him to yield to the Spirit of God, then it's a plus. Would you buy that? Anything in my life that causes me to be filled with the Spirit is a good thing. It's a victory is it not?
Step number two, Peter has already got victory, because you know what happened. This persecution came and it drove him closer to the Spirit of God. That's victory. He was filled with the Spirit. And at this point the whole thing had drawn him to the Lord, completely yielded to His will. That is victory. And I'll tell you something, this is what's missing in the church today. This is why the church isn't victorious over it's persecution, because they're not really leaning on the Spirit of God. When somebody comes at you and persecutes you, you get uptight, you run and hide instead of standing firm and yielding to the Spirit and saying, What's your design? I submit to this. You say, you tend to back off. You know, Whoa!-- see.
Or if we know there's something offensive about our gospel or offensive about what we believe, we tend to delete it and we talk in little innocuous, religious platitudes, so we don't offend anybody. Because we're afraid instead of boldly saying what we know is right and then yielding to the Spirit of God and watching Him work. We are defeated first of all by the failing to say what we know is the truth even though it offends, because if it doesn't offend, you might as well not say because you need to offend people so you can show them they've got a problem.
But after that, we fall apart in fear and we make sure that we avoid the issue from then on. That's a backwards thing, but when the church is Spirit filled then it is going to be uncomfortable in the world, but it is going to be victorious. Today the church is comfortable. It is not Spirit filled, it is defeated. Peter and John found themselves out of step with the going pattern of belief. They collided hard with it and they didn't run and hide. They stood there. They submitted. They were filled with the Spirit. They were victorious.
You better be out of step with the world. You better be marching to the beat of a different drum. You better be a constant thorn in the side of somebody in the system. You better be violating incessantly the selfish, godless, immoral, materialistic, indulgent society you live so that you do collide with it or you really have no reason to exist. So they were submissive and they were Spirit filled.
And thirdly, this is good. The third principle of victory is boldly they used as an opportunity. This is terrific. Verse 8, "Then Peter filled with the Holy Spirit said unto to them, ye rulers of the people and elders of Israel, if we this day be examined of the good deed done to the impotent man by what means he has made well. Be it known unto you all and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth whom ye crucified whom God raised from the dead." Which of course sets them at the opposite end from God again and which He does all the time. "Even by Him doth this man stand here before you well."
Boy that is powerful stuff. Here he goes again. Filled with the Spirit, he uses the persecution as an opportunity for a bolder testimony. Instead of getting persecuted and then clamming or falling apart, he just says well, let me tell you what it was that I was saying so that you will really clearly understand it. I said Jesus is Messiah and you crucified Him. And God had to raise Him again from the dead.
Now apparently in this message, which is only 92 Greek words, it embodies all of the apostolic preaching characteristics. It's got it all. The indictment of rejection. The presentation of Jesus as Messiah from an Old Testament text and then a good note about the resurrection. It's all there and it's even got a closing invitation in verse 12. And in verse 9, he says...he starts to preach in verse 8 and verse 9 and he says, "If we this day be examined of the good deed," isn't that interesting?
In other words, he establishes to begin with that there's injustice. Because what is the thing that they've just done? What does he call it there in verse 9? A good deed. He just makes sure they understand that they're doing unjustly. "He establishes the injustice of the persecution by stating that all they had done was a good deed." It certainly would be evil to heal a lame man would it? If you want to know what it's all about, verse 10. "Be it known unto you all," and then he announces, "to all the people of Israel that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth." And you could just see them go, Ugh! You know. "Whom ye crucified," and then the anger begins to seethe, "whom God raised from the dead. Even by Him doth this man stand here before you well."
Now that is boldness friends. I mean, they...he put his head on the block. He put his life on the line. In the very citadel of the enemy he proclaims the living Christ to them who killed Him. Your own Messiah did this, Jesus of Nazareth whom you killed and God raised. And he always puts them at odds with God, because they always they were plugged into God, you see. He constantly does that.
And so even in the presence of the Sanhedrin he doesn't back off at all on the resurrection. He doesn't back off at all on the indictment of Israel for executing Christ. Let me give you a principle. Never, never, never accommodate the gospel by deleting what offends somebody. You need to major on what offends them. That's the point. And so Peter doesn't back off. And they knew they were spiritual hypocrites and the lingering fear that perhaps He was Messiah must have begun to eat inside. And then as if to dig a deeper hole for them, he says this, verse 11 he quotes Psalm 118:22 right out of their own prophecy. Because their question was well, if this is the Messiah, He wouldn't be dead and brought back again. We don't see that. And so he quotes, "This is the stone which was set at not of you builders which has become the head of the corner."
You know your own Psalm 118:22 said there would be a stone to be the cornerstone, but the builders would reject it, but it would be brought back to be the head of the corner. That's a prophecy of the death, resurrection of Messiah. It's right there. You've got it all. Buildings had cornerstones. In fact, they've found some from the original temple or one of the temples I should say that measures 38 feet in length. They would run up to the corners. They were tremendous things.
And one that wasn't perfect would be thrown away because everything else would be imperfect all the way up. The head of a perfect cornerstone. And so the prophecy simply says Jesus will be the cornerstone, but the builders would reject it thinking it imperfect, but God would bring it back and make it the corner. That's exactly what happened with Jesus. They threw it away. That's not our cornerstone. God raised Him from the dead and stuck Him right back in, created a new temple, Ephesians 2:20. The church.
And in Matthew 21:42, our Lord even claimed to be that stone. And in Romans 9:31-33 Paul said He was that stone. And then his invitation comes powerfully in verse 12. "Neither is there salvation in any other for there is no other name under heaven given among men whereby we must be saved." People always say well you can get saved a lot of ways. We were in Israel, we went up to Haifa and they've got the Bahaism Temple up there and it has nine doors to God. Muhammadism, Confucianism, Buddhism, every kind of ism there is and that isn't true, there aren't nine doors to God. Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth, and the life, and no man comes unto the Father," what, "but by Me." There is no other name. There is no salvation than any other. There is no other name under heaven given among men whereby we must be saved.
And Peter is saying in effect people if you don't turn to Jesus you will be damned. There is no other way. People always accuse Christians of being narrow. We're not narrow friends, any more narrow than the word of God. Unfortunately, the word of God is the most narrow book ever written. It's always right and never wrong and anything that contradicts it is wrong.
It is only in His name. They said to them...they said to him, "who healed that man?" And he said, "Jesus did." And he uses the same word for healing the man is used...when it says it made him well. How did you make this...the end of verse 9. "What means he is made well," is the same word as salvation. And so he does a play on words. This man was physically healed by Jesus and you'll never be spiritually healed unless it's by Him. He's the only way. There's no salvation in any other.
The word salvation means deliverance from sin. No other name, no other name. I close with this, very quickly. In February 1959 at the South Pole, 17 men in Operation Deep Freeze Number Four, took their spare time and built a 16 foot square chapel. And on that chapel they put a sign called the Chapel of All Faith. The structure contained an altar over which they had a picture of Jesus, a crucifix, a Star of David, and Lotus Leaf representing Buddha. The inscription on the wall read, "Now it can be said that the earth turns on the point of faith." And all faiths altar was recently dedicated at a university, it's called an inter-religious center at one of the Midwestern universities.
The altar it revolves. One is for Protestant, one for Catholic, one for Jewish, and then there's one miscellaneous that's adaptable to any religion. That's just exactly what the Bible says is so wrong. It would have been very easy for Peter and John to have mumbled innocuous platitudes about religion and won the smiles of all. And the early church would have been immediately acquitted from the world's hatred by a reasonable broad-minded, downgrading of Jesus Christ.
But not so, not so. This is it. Be submissive, be Spirit-filled and boldly use it as an opportunity to preach the gospel. That's the first three ways to be victorious over persecution. Let's pray.
Father, we thank You this morning for teaching us from Your book the truths You want us to learn. Seal them to our hearts and us to thy use. We'll give You the glory and the praise for it in Jesus' name. Amen.
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Royals Minor League report: July 25
Omaha Storm Chasers (55-50)
Omaha 4, New Orleans 3
WP: Jason Adam (1-1)
SV: Tim Collins (2) HR: Matt Fields (20)
Omaha Storm Chasers (55-50)
Omaha 4, New Orleans 3
WP: Jason Adam (1-1)
SV: Tim Collins (2) HR: Matt Fields (20)
Omaha won the opener at New Orleans. Paulo Orlando started the scoring with a three-run double in the third. Matt Fields added a much-needed insurance homer, tying Francisco Pena for the team lead at 20 home runs. Starter John Lamb was ejected in the fifth inning. Jason Adam tossed 2.0 perfect innings for his first Triple-A win. He is ranked eighth among Royals prospects by MLB.com. Tim Collins earned the save, tossing 3.0 innings.
NW Arkansas Naturals (17-18 second half, 42-63 overall)
NW Arkansas 4, Springfield 1
WP: J.C. Sulbaran (7-7)
SV: Andrew Triggs (16)
HR: None
J.C. Sulbaran tossed 7.0 shutout innings as Northwest Arkansas evened the series at a game apiece. The righty struck out nine, scattering four hits and two walks. The Naturals scored three in the second. Edinson Rincon drove in the first run. Angel Franco added two hits, an RBI and a run.
Wilmington Blue Rocks (18-15 second half, 51-50 overall)
Wilmington 2, Winston-Salem 0
WP: Miguel Almonte (6-6)
SV: Daniel Stumpf (1)
HR: None
Jonathan Dziedzic, Miguel Almonte and Daniel Stumpf combined on a two-hit shutout. Dziedzic fanned three, walked one and allowed a hit over 5.0 innings. Almonte (3.2 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 SO) earned the win and Stumpf recorded one out for the save. Almonte is ranked fifth among Royals prospects. Jared Schlehuber was 2-for-3 with both Wilmington runs.
Lexington Legends (11-23 second half, 40-64 overall)
Charleston 6, Lexington 1
LP: Luke Farrell (1-9)
HR: None
The Legends have lost eight straight after being swept by Charleston. Tripp Davis retired all 10 batters he faced in a relief outing, striking out three. Carlos Garcia was 2-for-3 with a double, a walk and the lone Lexington run. He has hit in 11 straight games (.432, 19-for-44).
Idaho Falls Chukars (20-17)
Idaho Falls 17, Orem 6
WP: Shane Halley (1-1)
HR: Brandon Thomasson (1), Kyle Pollock (2)
Every Idaho Falls batter recorded at least one hit and one run in a lopsided road win. Robert Pehl drove in four, with Mike Hill, Kyle Pollock and Brandon Thomasson posting three RBI apiece. Thomasson hit his first professional home run. He was KC's ninth-round pick last month.
Burlington Royals (16-18)
Burlington 3, Kingsport 2 (Game One - 10 innings)
WP: Estarlin Cordero (1-0)
HR: None
Burlington 7, Kingsport 2 (Game Two - 7 innings)
WP: Chase Darhower (3-1)
HR: None
Burlington won two vs. Kingsport. The first contest, scheduled for seven innings, went 10. Jose Martinez singled, stole second and third, then scored the winning run due to a wild pitch during the second steal attempt. Carter Hope held the Mets to two runs, five hits and three walks along with four strikeouts over 6.0 innings. Estarlin Cordero worked 4.0 scoreless innings, with runners reaching only on errors. Burlington scored five in the third inning of game two, building a 6-0 lead. Cristian Cano and Jose Martinez had two hits, an RBI and a run apiece. Chase Darhower carried a shutout into his fifth and final inning, allowing two runs, three hits and two walks while striking out three.


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"Thank you, Chris. Your story has certainly resonated with anyone who loves those in the iGeneration and works to help them develop real relationships with mentors and with Jesus. Your article points the way in a humorous, hopeful, and helpful way. Well done. Really well done." - Marshall Shelley, Christianity Today
Hear the heart of Chris Maxwell, campus pastor and director of spiritual life at Emmanuel College, in this article oringinally posted in the Summer 2013 issue of Leadership Journal from Christianity Today.
Dismissing my spiritual formation class, I walked to the window and gazed across the campus. I noticed five students sitting together—three on a bench and two on the quad's grass. But they weren't talking to each other. They made eye contact only with their phones. They were so close, yet so far apart.
So I decided to enter their world. I texted one of them, "I can see you." Then another, "I am watching."
From my perch on the third floor, I watched them. They began laughing and looking around—and telling the others about the texts. They had a common goal: to find me. When they did, I waved and came downstairs to join them. They put aside their devices, and we enjoyed a time of conversation and laughter together.
In making disciples, it isn't enough to glance from the window and notice. We must teach relationships. We must design groups for growth and apprenticeship. We mentor and coach. But how can we meet this multi-tasking audience right where they are, while also guiding them toward deeper interaction with Christ and each other?
We welcome modern technology but we dare not end our connections there. Is there a way to reach Millennials through digital media while guiding them gently toward stronger relational ties?
A Spiritual Father
Digital natives still desire mentoring. My friend Josh knows the pain of seeking a father. His earthly father was enslaved by addiction and eventually left his family, but Josh still looks for an example, a servant leader, a mentor. Josh says, "The absence of a father is like a handicap; it leaves members of my generation broken. We're constantly in search of that love and acceptance we didn't get from our fathers. Many have looked for it in things like sex. We build relationships out of lust instead of love. Spiritual fathers are crucial. They teach us how to love, how to live in community, how to be in a family. Those things are almost impossible to learn alone. Some never get it, so they turn into absent fathers like they had."
Josh and I began our conversations through email and text. We engaged in brief conversations in group settings. But we needed to move from a third floor window view to level ground, to dialogue, to togetherness. Josh says, "Chris and I began talking at a campus restaurant. Soon I opened up and told him about my struggles. From there, we continued meeting for food and conversation. Trust was built over time; I saw that he was genuine. Now he continues speaking over my life. His influence has taken root and helped changed me from the inside."
A New Status
Though face-to-face interaction is best, I still use modern means of communication. By engaging social media, I can connect with a 20-something that may tweet if he's depressed or just facing overwhelming challenges. When we read words of sadness or deep hurt, we might be tempted to simply dismiss them as just another Facebook friend working through their problems. Paradoxically, in our high-tech world, we are better able to broadcast our feelings, yet there's also a tendency to ignore these hard realities.
After reading one such post, I didn't respond on Twitter or Facebook. Neither did I call; I've found phone calls don't have the same effect on today's young people. I needed to initiate the conversation correctly. So I sent a simple text, asking if I could pick him up and drive him to church. His response? "I'll be ready in 10."
Once in the car, driving through the north Georgia cool breeze on a cloudy Sunday morning, I asked him questions. I needed to meet him where he was and slowly move him toward growth and development. "Hey, I saw your tweet about wishing you were back home in New York," I said. "But I know the hurts you carry from your years there. Tell me what's going on."
'Note to self: Never friend request your professor on Facebook while sitting in his class!'
"I don't know, PC [Pastor Chris]. I just don't know," my young friend answered. His uncertainty revealed something that was certain: he needed someone with him.
After a little silence, I quoted one of his tweets. More silence. Then he spoke—not with words, but with tears slowly falling from his eyes. This is a language spoken by every generation—to release, to let go, to refuse to hold on any longer. I wanted to talk, to at least say something. But I didn't. He began adding words about feeling like a failure, about fearing the future, about wishing things were different.
Then he said something that surprised me: "I just need to get to church and worship." I asked, "What has helped you through your pain?" He answered with the title of a popular praise chorus. I asked him to confess three lines from that song over and over as we continued driving. His words, aloud, came from deep within. Like a confession. Like a healing. Like a Psalm from David in a cave.
We parked to enter church. Or, maybe we'd just had church. We left the car to walk into the auditorium, but now my friend had a new status: healing.
Perils of Friending a Prof
Blake Rackley, a professor and psychologist, is one of those tech-savvy professors who uses his iPhone and Mac in class. Students often "friend" Blake on Facebook to connect outside the classroom. He says, "It's a touch point, a way to make the first contact. It is a path, not a destination. Social media has become a modern version of shaking someone's hand and saying your name."
Instead of being bothered by the potential distraction, Blake can laugh as he connects to the tech-addicts:
"I use my iPhone in class as a remote to change the slides on my PowerPoint and Keynote. As I was lecturing on a rather boring topic one day, my phone vibrated in my hand. I looked down at what just popped up on my screen. 'Caleb N. has requested to be your friend on Facebook.' I looked up from my phone to the back of the room where—yes—Caleb N. was sitting with this laptop open, fully engrossed in what was on his laptop's screen.
"I looked back to my phone. Do I correct him for not paying attention, or do I take this opportunity to connect with this student? I looked up from my phone and said, 'Thanks for the friend request, Caleb!'
"He turned red. His Facebook status later read, 'Note to self: Never friend request your professor on Facebook while sitting in his class!'
"I made a connection. I digitally shook his hand and introduced myself that day. It is the first step to meeting this generation, letting them know about you and your relationship with Jesus."
Free-Ranging Thoughts
Blake reminds ministers that the first connection isn't the final goal: "Social media is a great starting point. It's about getting their attention. It is width not depth. A friend request, a text, a tweet are ways to reach wide to draw them in, but the goal is not to end there. We reach wide so with some we can go deep.
"Students sometimes are hesitant to get to know me beyond the classroom. But I've bridged some of these gaps by using social media as a stage for my hobby, photography. Students know that I take my camera nearly everywhere. I like to catch real emotions, laughter, and surprise. Once I have their picture, I post it online (with their permission of course) and make the next step. There is something innately connective when another person takes the time to take your picture.
"Once I've become a student's Facebook friend, I take the time to ask about their status updates. I see how they are doing. I stop them in the hall and say, 'Hey, I saw your status this morning. I'm praying for you.' Or, 'Your status made me laugh!' Or, 'I love the picture you posted.' From this, I've been able to forge deeper relationships with these students. They come to my office, seeking direction, advice, a listening ear, a place to vent. It allows me to minister to them in a way that I would not be able to if I didn't have social media.
"Their world is a lot more open than that of previous generations. They allow their thoughts and feelings to roam free through cyberspace. When someone takes the time to notice them, ask about those thoughts and feeling, it opens the door to their hearts."
"Students spend countless hours in my office talking about life, love, and their relationship with God. Social media is their way of shouting to the world, 'Hear me! Notice me! I am someone! I have a voice!' Social media has helped me form relationships with students that have lasted for years. Commenting on a post, a picture, or a video shows you care about what they are doing. It draws them to you.
"Social media gives you an opportunity to step into their world, form a relationship, and change their life. Interesting—that's exactly what Jesus did."
From Flaky Kid to Maturing Man
Recently, I met with Jonathan Lampley, a college senior. I wanted to review his years of college life and personal development. Noticing Jonathan staring again at my bookshelves, I said, "Four years ago you sat in this office and asked why I had so many books. Now you're asking for book recommendations."
Jonathan, typing a few book titles into his phone, said, "Yeah, I hated the books then. I couldn't understand why you read so much. Now I can't read enough."
We had sat in this office for personal guidance and pre-marital counseling. We had been together in the classroom for spiritual formation, the convention center for convocation and chapel, and the small room next door for an accountability group. I asked, "How have you grown in your spiritual adventure?"
Jonathan couldn't stop talking about his changes, calling it an "evolution of boys to kings." He said, "Mentoring is the missing link in the chain of evolution that takes childish, mudslinging, tree climbing boys and transforms them into husbands, fathers, and world-changers. Young men spend greater time and effort playing video games and making YouTube videos than building successful careers and families."
I wanted to interrupt and ask for more details, but Jonathan didn't slow down. He raised his voice and continued, "There is a remedy to this atrocity: mature men standing up and taking intentional steps to train the next generation. I am a product of multiple men mentoring me in the ways of the Lord and manhood."
I asked for specifics. What had worked best for him?
"Through my time with you and other spiritual leaders," he said, "I've learned the ins and outs of being a man in everyday life, relationships, and ministry. Your class taught me spiritual disciplines through which I could better communicate with the Lord. Our counseling sessions challenged me to take bolder stances on purity and love. Your mentoring has taken me from a passive, flaky, selfish child to a maturing man who walks with the confidence that he will succeed—and make a difference."
We sat a moment in silence—a rare experience for us both. I thought about him playing music, riding his motorcycle, proposing to his sweetheart. I thought about those times we talked about emotions and questions and pain. I remembered honesty, confessions, and pursuit of redemptive love.
Finally, we prayed, we hugged, we smiled. I'm excited to watch his development continue.
From Third Floor to The Quad
Relationships like these don't happen automatically. LifeWay Research reveals that only 42 percent of churchgoers say they are intentionally helping others grow in their faith. We need intentional work.
I'm still learning from my glance out that third floor window. I seek to relate to students, to guide them gently, lovingly, honestly. Not to earn their applause or approval. But to meet them where they are and hear their stories, seeking to walk with them through their life journeys.
From the third floor to the quad, from tweeting to counseling, from global Facebook to friends and family by a fireplace, from a joke to a prayer, from a loud worship set with videos playing on a large screen to a calm pause in one-on-one conversation, today's leaders can accept the honor of this calling: gently guiding young people toward Christ-likeness.


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I recommend The Secrets of Droon books to kids who like mystery books that are really fun. I think that you will like these books, so I hope you read the Secrets of Droon books 1-28. You can buy some at Barnes and Noble or look in the Secrets of Droon bin at school. If you like Magic Tree House, then you will like the Secrets of Droon. I hope you all read all Secrets of Droon books in the series and find out all the mysteries in Secrets of Droon.


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Date: April 21, 2003
Senate Passes S.476, the "CARE Act of 2003"
On April 9, 2003, by a vote of 95 to 5, the Senate passed S. 476, the "CARE Act of 2003."
Title V of the bill is the "Savings for Working Families Act" and includes a provision relating to Supplemental Security Income (SSI) that would:
- Expand the individual development account (IDA) program by adding "individual development parallel accounts." These are accounts for matching funds and earnings dedicated to IDA owners at qualified financial institutions. Section 512 of the bill would exclude the IDA and parallel accounts, earnings, and any matching funds "for the purpose of determining eligibility to receive, or the amount of, any assistance or benefit," which would include SSI.
- Require pre-effectuation review (PER) of SSI disability and blindness allowances for individuals aged 18 and over. PER would be required for 25 percent of cases in FY 2004, and 50 percent of cases for FY 2005, and thereafter. (A similar provision was passed by the House on February 13, 2003 in H.R. 4 (see Legislative Bulletin 108-1).
S. 476 now goes to the House. (Note: In the 107th Congress on July 19, 2001, the House passed a similar measure, H.R. 7, by a vote of 233-198. However, the Senate took no action on H.R. 7 in the 107th Congress.)


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The RN-BSN program can be completed at the Thomas University campus in Thomasville, Georgia or at one of our three satellite campuses in Tallahassee, Florida and Moultrie, Georgia. Classes are offered at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital, Capital Regional Medical Center (Tallahassee) and Colquitt Regional Medical Center (Moultrie) through unique partnerships with each hospital – TU is the only RN-BSN program in the region to offer this unique opportunity! New cohorts are admitted on a rotating schedule at each location and enrollment is open to RNs employed at any healthcare facility. Thomas University also maintains contractual relationships with numerous agencies in southwest Georgia and north Florida so that you can complete your clinical requirements in a setting that is convenient to you. For more information, please contact the Division of Nursing at (229) 227-6904.
In accordance with Florida law, we are required to inform you that the Florida Department of Law Enforcement maintains a sexual predator and sexual offender registry. Information can be found on the FDLE website or by calling their toll free phone number.
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Fiona said: Queensland Genealogy was the first geneablog I found, and Judy has flung open so many doors for me. Judy also runs the Genealogists for Families Kiva group which has done so much to help so many.
Alona said: Judy has a number of different blogs, but I've chosen to nominate her Queensland Genealogy blog because since she took up the 'Family History Through the Alphabet Challenge' she has been highlighting various Queensland records – and every one of them has taught me something new.
Helen said: Judy Webster is a well known Queensland professional researcher and a personal friend. Judy is very generous with her knowledge. Her website is full of useful information for anyone doing Queensland research. Her latest entries in Alona's 'Family History Alphabet Challenge' showcase fascinating records. Judy does a number of blogs including one about her father's early life. In honour of her father she started the Genealogists for Families project where people make micro-loans via Kiva enabling other families to make a better life for themselves.
Jill nominated the Genealogists for Families blog: 'Genealogists for Families' Project team leader and blogger, Judy, is an inspiration as she encourages genealogists to reach out and help families in third world countries with micro-loans. Judy's enthusiasm for this project and her personal generosity know no bounds.
Having received the award, it is now my duty to tell you one random fact about myself (my hobbies include paper-making and collecting postcards) and to give the award to five other blogs with illuminating content. They are (in no particular order):
- The Legal Genealogist: The author is a certified genealogist with a law degree. She writes about 'genealogy, the Law, and so much more'. Categories include Constitutions, Copyright, Court Cases, DNA, Legal definitions, Methodology, Primary Law, Resources, Statutes, Terms of use.
- Historical Medical Miscellany: I find this blog both interesting and informative, especially as I am a medical scientist and an indexer of hospital and mental asylum records.
- Sassy Jane Genealogy: Practical advice from a genealogist who is also an archivist.
- London Roots Research: I have lots of London ancestors, and Rosemary writes about both basic and unusual sources (for example, Fire Insurance records).
- Dance Skeletons: Fiona's sense of humour is often a ray of sunshine in an otherwise dull day. Thank you for making me smile!


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Sidebar to the article Improving Access to Services for Female Offenders Returning to the Community by Marie Garcia with Nancy Ritter
SVORI was an unprecedented national response to the challenges of prisoner re-entry.[1] Funded by the U.S. Departments of Justice, Labor, Education, Housing and Urban Development, and Health and Human Services,
SVORI provided $100 million in funding to improve the criminal justice, employment, education, health and housing outcomes
for people returning to the community after prison.
Beginning in 2003, 69 agencies in the U.S. received $500,000-$2 million over a three-year period. There was little federal
guidance for the development of re-entry programs, although the agencies had to offer a three-phase continuum of services
beginning during incarceration, intensifying just before release and during the first few months post-release, and continuing
for several years. Therefore, the 89 programs developed under SVORI varied considerably in approach, services provided and
target populations.
NIJ funded RTI International and the Urban Institute to evaluate the impact of SVORI. The evaluation assessed:
The multi-year, multisite evaluation included an implementation assessment, impact evaluation and economic analysis. The final
report was published in 2009 in six volumes.
In fiscal year 2010, NIJ awarded $401,670 to RTI to reexamine data collected in the original SVORI evaluation and supplemental
data. The project will attempt to determine what worked and for whom. Findings are expected in 2012.
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[note 1] Lattimore, Pamela K., and Christy A. Visher, The Multi-site Evaluation of SVORI: Summary and Synthesis (pdf, 176 pages), Final report to the National Institute of Justice, grant number 2004-RE-CX-0002, April 2010, NCJ 230421.
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Stampede Release 2013-2014 Regular Season Schedule
SIOUX FALLS, SD -- The Sioux Falls Stampede are thrilled to announce their 15th anniversary, 2013-14 regular season schedule.
All USHL teams will play an unbalanced 60 game schedule (30 home, 30 away) from mid-September to early April. The season begins on September 21st in Des Moines and concludes on April 5th at home against Omaha. The playoffs are slated to begin the following week with the top four teams from each conference qualifying.
This year's schedule is very family friendly with 28 of the 30 home dates being played on weekends. 13 games will be played on Fridays, 12 on Saturdays and three on Sundays. In addition, the Stampede will play two home games on Tuesday nights.
2013-2014 Sioux Falls Stampede Regular Season Schedule
The defending Western Conference regular season champions will start the season on the road when they face Western Conference rival Des Moines on Saturday, September 21st at Buccaneer Arena in Urbandale, IA. The Herd's home opener is set for Friday, October 4th at 7:05 PM against the Omaha Lancers.
Other highlights of the home schedule include Saturday, October 26th when the Herd face the Fargo Force in a rematch of the Western Conference Finals. The Stampede will square off against Fargo nine times (5 home, 4 away) this season, more than any other team. Arch rival Sioux City makes their first appearance at the Sioux Falls Arena on Saturday, November 9th. The Stampede will play Sioux City a total of eight times (4 home, 4 away).
Sioux Falls will host the defending Clark Cup champion Dubuque Fighting Saints on Black Friday (November 29th) and fans can ring in the New Year a little early on December 29th when the Herd entertain Fargo.
In a drastic change from last year, the Herd will play 12 of their first 15 games on the road and 19 of their 30 home games after Christmas. The league will not play any games the weekend of December 20-21st for the holidays.
"We are thrilled with our schedule this season," said Stampede President/CEO Tom Garrity. "Our home games are spread out well and playing 28 of our 30 games on weekends will make it easier for our fans to enjoy Stampede hockey. Coming off a record setting season and this being our 15th anniversary season, there are many reasons for fans to be excited."
The 16 USHL Member Clubs are divided equally into two conferences– Eastern and Western— representing a true geographic split. The Western Conference will feature Des Moines, Fargo, Lincoln, Omaha, Sioux City, Sioux Falls, Tri-City and Waterloo. The Eastern Conference includes: Cedar Rapids, Chicago, Dubuque, Green Bay, Indiana, Muskegon, Team USA and Youngstown.
Here is a breakdown of the number of games against each opponent:
Fargo (9)
Sioux City (8)
Tri-City (7)
Lincoln (6)
Waterloo (6)
Des Moines (4)
Omaha (4)
Cedar Rapids (2)
Chicago (2)
Dubuque (2)
Green Bay (2)
Indiana (2)
Muskegon (2)
Team USA (2)
Youngstown (2)
Stampede players will report in mid-August for training camp. Nearly 30 players will be vying for 23 roster spots at the end of the pre-season. Single game tickets for the regular season will go on sale in late September.
Season tickets and "E-Z Game Tickets" are now available. "E-Z Game Tickets" are just $99 and come with 10 ticket vouchers good for any regular season Stampede or Canaries baseball game. Call the Stampede office at 605-336-6060 for more details.
The Stampede will be announcing their exhibition schedule, promotional calendar and details on their 15th anniversary season at a later date.
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Windows Phone 8 devices have been available since the beginning of the month and users are starting to report early issues across HTC and Nokia handsets. In a thread over at WPCentral with 143 replies, a variety of HTC 8X users report that handsets randomly reboot while in use. A thread on Microsoft's own support forums has also gained 50 replies complaining about the issues. The Verge can confirm that an 8X we are testing has rebooted on more than one occasion.
Nokia Lumia 920 users are also reporting random reboots and freezes, with some complaining of poor battery life too. In a thread on Nokia's support forums, a number of users appear to be complaining of lock ups and resets with the Lumia 920. Battery life issues have led to some users wiping their devices in hope of a quick fix, unfortunately that seems to have resulted in some devices left stuck on a Nokia splash screen. In our own experience with several Windows Phone 8 devices, we've found that disabling the tap + send (NFC) feature results in improved battery life. We have reached out to Microsoft, HTC, and Nokia to discuss the issues and we'll update you accordingly.


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The Big 12 Conference has named 60 student-athletes to the 2013 Academic All-Big 12 Volleyball Team, the league office announced.
Amy Wehrs (Kansas), Courtney Cook (Kansas State), Nicole Hragyil (Texas Tech) and Elizabeth Gulick (West Virginia) were nominated with 4.00 grade point averages. Additionally, 13 student-athletes became three-time first team honorees.
Kansas State led all teams with nine total honorees, including seven first team selections. Kansas posted the most first team honorees with eight. A total of 51 members comprise the first team, while nine members make up the second team.
First team members consist of those who have maintained a 3.20 or better GPA while the second team selections hold a 3.00 to 3.19 GPA.
To qualify student-athletes must maintain a 3.00 GPA or higher either cumulative or the two previous semesters and must have participated in 60 percent of their team's scheduled contests. Freshmen and transfers are not eligible in their first year of academic residence. Senior student-athletes who have participated for a minimum of two years and meet all the criteria except percent of participation are also eligible.


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- Page 1 HTC Mozart Review
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- Great Screen
- Fast processor
- Good-looking design
- Windows Phone provides a slick user experience
- Camera could be better
- Currently lacks multitasking and cut and paste
- No microSD card slot
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- 1GHz processor
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Before Nokia announced that it was throwing in the towel on its own smartphone OS efforts and instead putting its faith in Microsoft's fledging Window Phone 7 platform, HTC was perhaps Microsoft's best buddy when it came to Windows Phone hardware. Along with the Trophy and HD7, the Mozart was one of three handsets that HTC introduced at the UK launch of Windows Phone 7.
Of these three, the Mozart is perhaps the most handsome. Today's touchscreen phones tend to look quite slab-like simply due to the large size of their displays. However, the Mozart has beautifully rounded corners and curved edges. The dark grey metallic finish also looks the business and the three part approach to the rear of the phone, where the middle is made of metal with plastic cutaways at the top and bottom edges for the battery cover and camera surround, works really well.
In keeping with all the other Windows Phone handsets, there are three buttons at the bottom of the screen. The central Windows touch button acts as a Home key and this is flanked by Back and Search buttons. There's also a lock button at the top of the phone, a volume rocker switch on the left and a camera button the right.
Like the Trophy, the Mozart has a 3.7in touchscreen with a resolution of 480 x 800 pixels, which is pretty much the standard for a handset in this price range. The screen uses standard LCD technology rather than OLED, but as with all Windows Phone 7 handsets it supports multi-touch. The screen is, on the whole, excellent as clarity is top-notch, viewing angles are good and colours are vibrant. However, black levels naturally aren't as deep as you get on AMOLED displays and colours don't look quite as rich.
HTC has used a speedy 1GHz Snapdragon QSD8250 processor and given the phone 576MB of RAM to strut its stuff with. The result is a handset that feels lightning quick to use and even offers up good graphics in 3D games like "Glyder" and "Need For Speed Undercover". Naturally, it has the full armoury at its disposal when it comes to connectivity, with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth sitting alongside support for HSDPA at speeds of up to 7.2Mbps. The hefty processor and large screen do take their toll on battery life, however. For heavy usage, you'll need to recharge it every day, but those who don't make so much use of 3G web browsing or the GPS chip will get around two days from it.
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Lady Gaga has a reputation to uphold, so when she releases a self-directed 14-minute autobiographical video she really has to bring the crazy. "Marry The Night" doesn't disappoint! The part where she's actually singing in the end is a bit of a let down (cutting between a dance class and writhing on top of a burning Trans Am is so cliché), but before that we have Gaga jabbering in French in a mental institution, pondering ways to make hairnets more fashionable, angrily dousing herself in Cheerios while nude, and explaining how her BeDazzler got her through a rough patch.
In an interview Gaga explains that the video is based on the day she was dropped from her original record label, and parts of it are intentionally ridiculous. Like, maybe all of it. As she declares in the video, "It's not that I've been dishonest. It's just that I loathe reality."


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INDUSTRY Cooks with Electrons (Apr, 1946)
INDUSTRY Cooks with Electrons
Once upon a time radio meant a tune in the parlor or a news broadcast. Now radio frequencies are industry's cookstoves, melting metals and molding plastics, bonding plywood and killing bugs By Thomas E. Stimson, Jr.
Cooking hot dogs with radio waves, a popular act at electronics shows, is a spectacular introduction to new and important uses for high-frequency electricity.
Today radio waves are defrosting foods in a few minutes, "welding" plywoods and veneers in minutes instead of hours and vulcanizing rubber tires in a fraction of the usual time.
High-frequency electricity in the radio and radar bands is used to sew plastic fabrics and synthetic fabrics together without the use of thread. It cures the glue in ladies' shoes and doesn't scorch the leather. It creates an artificial fever in the human body for relieving pain and fighting infection.
Radio heat hardens the bearing surfaces of crankshafts and puts a superhard finish on the cylinder walls of internal combustion engines. It solders metals faster than they can be soldered by hand. In a single operation alone, that of "flowing" electrically deposited tin plate to smooth and brighten its surface, more than 2% times the power of all the radio broadcasting stations in the United States is used.
The 92 miles of wood reinforcing angles that were used in the construction of the 225-ton Hughes flying boat were manufactured by means of radio heat. The sturdy laminated beams used in the hull and the subassemblies of the boat were joined with the same high-frequency heat.
Soon radio may be used in the construction of homes by immediately curing the glues that are replacing nails for some purposes. It promises to kiln-dry lumber in less than an hour. Green lumber is put into a kiln to which a high-frequency current is applied for a short time; this draws the lumber's moisture content down to any desired amount without checking or warping. Electronic heat may be used for the curing of alfalfa and other hays that are subject to spontaneous combustion during the drying process. It has been used to sterilize cereal foods and other packaged products. It shells cocoa beans and roasts both cocoa and coffee beans. An electronic stove for the housewife has been proposed, but engineers are not yet ready to concede that it would be practical. The cooking of nonhomogeneous foods such as meat that contains fat and bone still requires further investigation. Heating your home electronically is in the same category. It's possible in theory but would be too expensive at present. In the past, heat usually has been applied by conductive methods, that is, transferring heat by contact. In some applications conductive methods do more harm than good. Wooden furniture, for example, would have its outer surfaces burned if enough heat were applied to dry out its interior glues in a hurry. To avoid this the furniture must be set aside for days to allow the glue to dry. If heat is applied by ordinary methods to the teeth of a gear wheel to harden them, the whole wheel absorbs the heat and becomes brittle.
High-frequency heat, on the other hand, is applied just where it is needed—internally in the case of the furniture, externally in the case of the gear wheel. The surfaces of the gear teeth become red hot in a couple of seconds; the metal then is quenched before the heat affects the interior.
Heat is "crowded" onto the surface of a metallic conductor such as the gear wheel by the induction method — placing the wheel in the magnetic field of a high-frequency induction coil. Heat is created inside a nonconducting substance such as wood by the dielectric method—placing the material between the plates of a condenser to which high-frequency electricity is applied, causing molecular agitation.
Induction heating has become a standard industrial process. It melts tool steels and other special alloys. It is used in annealing and heat-treating processes. A low-frequency current of about 1000 cycles is the most efficient for such work. At higher frequencies the heating effect is shallow and at ultra-high frequencies the direct heating action affects the skin of the material only, without heating the interior.
Electrical engineers put this phenomenon to work in a dozen different ways. The bearing surfaces of practically all crank- shafts for aircraft, tank and Diesel engines now are hardened inductively. It takes about two minutes to place the special inductive collars around a 13-bearing crankshaft, heat the bearing surfaces red hot and quench them. Rocker arm shafts for aircraft engines are hardened similarly at the rate of 1000 per hour. Interiors of automobile hubs are hardened by inductive heat, and even the cutting edges of chisels receive a local heat treatment that doesn't affect the toughness of the rest of the is being studied in the fields of dehydration, the drying of oils and in creating chemical reactions requiring "inside" heat.
Merit Shortwave Diathermy Company of Los Angeles, a manufacturer of artificial fever machines for medical use as well as industrial dielectric units, has developed an electronic heat gun that dispenses with the two electrodes that are usually required for dielectric heating operations. The gun consists of one electrode at the end of a coaxial cable. It produces heat in a dielectric material when it is held against the material and the trigger pressed. Adapted for heat "tacking" and for curing glues in furniture manufacture and residential construction, the gun contains a small neon lamp that glows bright red as soon as the glue is set. Thin pieces of wood and glue are permanently bonded by the gun in a couple of seconds and thicker material "welded" in less than a minute.
Explosive rivets have been developed to facilitate riveting where only one side of the rivet can be reached. By applying heat to that side, a small explosive charge is set off that completes the riveting job instantly by spreading the "blind" end. Heating the heads of these rivets is now done quickly and simply by use of a radio-heat gun that induces electric currents in the rivets.
Electronic heating of high explosives is much more satisfactory than other heating methods. It is easier to control and heats such dangerous materials much more uniformly, an important safety factor.
One of the major advantages of dielectric heating is its speed. During the war airborne plywood rescue boats weighing over 1-1/2 tons were developed to be dropped by parachute to flyers lost at sea. The total production time of each boat with original methods of construction was six months. With an electronic generator, production time dropped to 26 days. And rejected work was reduced from 40 percent to 2 percent.
High-frequency electricity for either induction or dielectric heating is created by electronic generators of the vacuum tube type. The circuits are essentially those of short-wave radio transmitters. Frequencies are confined to bands that will not interfere with shortwave radio communication. Certain frequencies appear to be the most effective for heating certain materials although in a general way the greater the frequency the more rapid is the heating effect.
Radio heat is much more efficient than most conventional kinds of heat. An electronic generator normally is 50 to 75 percent efficient, the remainder of the power being disposed of as waste heat. An automobile engine is only about 30 to 35 percent efficient, an incandescent lamp less than 10 percent and a steam locomotive about 8 percent.
Because electronic heating devices have few moving parts they require little maintenance. Tubes often give a year or more of uninterrupted service. The equipment for radio heating does not produce vibrations which might have a serious effect on the material being treated. High-frequency heating of either type is quite expensive. It's far cheaper, for example, to boil water by building a fire under the pot than it is to boil the water by using radio waves. High-frequency heating has little advantage in operations where temperatures are not critical. On the other hand it often produces a result that is impossible with other heating methods, it increases the speed of a process, confines the heat to the desired area, and is clean and compact.
Not all of its possible applications have been investigated yet. Further uses are being developed. For this purpose Westing-house Electric is opening three regional high-frequency heat laboratories where the practicability of heating various products electronically by beaming short waves to them is being studied.


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