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In today's passage, we are looking at Paul's final defense before the Roman authorities. Paul's speech in Acts 26 is his climactic defense of the Christian faith in the book of Acts.

There is the path to righteousness and life, and the path to wickedness and death. Psalm 1 describes the nature of the path of righteousness and the benefits that are gained by following this path as well as the curses that will come from rejecting this path and following the path to wickedness.

Today's passage teaches about one of the most important messages for the Church today - unity within the Church. It isn't optional for us. It is at the very heart of the Christian life.

In today's passage, Paul is in prison, and he is caught up in a legal battle. A lawyer is going to put forward a case against him, Paul is going to respond, and then he's going to sit in a cell for two years.

John was the only gospel writer to include the story of Thomas refusing to believe the resurrection. Not only did he include it, but he has positioned it to function as the CLIMAX of his Gospel. John saw something powerful here. What do we learn from the story of doubting Thomas--

Today's text says that Jesus endured the cross -FOR the joy that was set before him.- This raises an important question. What is this -joy- that was set before Jesus--