We follow the gospel’s unstoppable momentum as Peter defends God’s welcome of the Gentiles and the church grows beyond old boundaries. We also wrestle with a tough question from Acts 12: do we pray like we truly expect God to answer, even faster than we imagined?
• the Book of Acts as the story of the Holy Spirit building the church through ordinary people
• Peter’s vision and the shift from “unclean” labels to God’s expanded family
• the Jerusalem believers’ objections and why Peter refuses to hinder what God is doing
• Antioch as a turning point for mission, teaching, and the first use of the name Christians
• generosity in crisis as the church sends relief during a coming famine
• Herod’s persecution, Peter’s imprisonment, and the church praying earnestly
• Peter’s rescue by an angel and the comic shock of answered prayer at the door
• humility before God contrasted with Herod accepting worship and receiving judgment
• a practical challenge to pray with faith that expects God can act right now
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