Simon the Sorcerer, part two: what happens when someone tries to buy the power of the Spirit, and what Peter tells him to do about it.
Acts 8:9-25. Simon the Sorcerer loses his audience once Philip starts performing signs that actually change lives.
Acts 7:54-60. Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, sees heaven open and dies asking God not to hold the sin against those killing him.
Ananias and Sapphira in Acts 5:1-11 — a story the preacher openly admits he does not like, and works through rather than around.
Acts 3:17-19. Sin breaks things, plainly — and the good news is addressed to exactly what it breaks.
A conversation with an InterVarsity campus minister about reaching students, including an outreach modelled on PostSecret that turned anonymous confession into a way in.