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Stephen was the first martyr of the church after Jesus' accension. He had an opportunity to back down, or step into a moment and be courageous. When his life was threatened, he began to preach. What would our world look like if every Christian had even a little more of such courage?

Galen ended this week's sermon with the idea that "Living things grow, and growing things change." We'll talk about how this affected the early church, modern church, and the call to action on Acts 6 for each of us.

Living things grow. Growing things change. Galen visits the growing structure of the early church and what we can learn from it in the modern one.

Today we start a little "in the weeds" stepping further into the oikonomia idea Galen presented and how it fits into the theological model called Dispensationalism.

BUT THEN we get back to more applicable questions of how well we follow the examples of the first Christians in the days after the Pentacost.

We in Wyoming don't have difficulty imagining the mighty roaring wind that came through the room the day the Holy Spirit arrived. But what about the way the people who it fell upon changed; the boldness and courage? That is something we should also be able to attest to, but how often do we feel the Spirit burning inside us?

The first chapter of Acts covered by Pastor Galen in our new series contains Luke's account of the Great Commission, in which Jesus called his disciples to go and spread the news. But how does this affect us, today? We share the commission given the early church leaders, so who are our personal versions of these groups? Who is your Jerusalem? Your Judea? And what about your Samaria?