The Difference Between Compassion and Enabling
(And do you know what Antioch's famous for?)
Do you know what Antioch’s famous for? It comes up in this week’s walk through the Book of Acts. So does a lot of other stuff.
Like El Diablo’s MASSIVE self-own when he decided to pick a fight with some Christians only to give himself a headache **this** big. Antioch stepped up to demonstrate how Christian compassion in a difficult situation in the first century is a whole different animal than the example set by today’s churchianity. A lesson or two to be learned by their example, mayhap?
When the Enemy knocked out Stephen, the first Martyr in a way that would have been to them very much a Charlie Kirk moment, they didn’t curl up and wet their big Christian diapers. They lived into the new life they had laid hold of.
And flipped the planet on its head in the process.
This week, we track the trajectory of God getting the last laugh long after the Devil must have figured he had scored a big win.
If you’re paying attention, you’ll see this theme running through all of scripture. Better yet, for those who dare to take him at his word, it’s still a pattern that continues through to the current day.
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