Acts 26 records the apostle Paul’s conversation with King Herod Agrippa II. This is the fifth of five defenses Paul gives for his faith in Jesus Christ. We can learn much from the way Paul presents the case for Christianity and the tone with which he delivers his case. Join Pastor Jim for this insightful analysis of Paul’s testimony and the reactions of those who heard it.
“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
Acts 1:8
“The person who says naively, ‘I don’t need to preach; I just let my life speak,’ is insufferably self-righteous. What one among us is so good that he can let his life speak and leave it at that?”
Elton Trueblood
The Company of the Committed
“But sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts, always being ready to make a defense to everyone who asks you to give an account for the hope that is in you, yet with gentleness and reverence.”
1 Peter 3:15
“It is idle to talk always of the alternative of reason and faith. Reason is itself a matter of faith. It is an act of faith to assert that our thoughts have any relation to reality at all.”
G. K. Chesterton
Orthodoxy
“For the scientist who has lived by his faith in the power of reason, the story ends like a bad dream. He has scaled the mountain of ignorance; he is about to conquer the highest peak; as he pulls himself over the final rock, he is greeted by a band of theologians who have been sitting there for centuries.”
Robert Jastrow
“You can’t get second things by putting them first; you can get second things only by putting first things first.”
C. S. Lewis
