What I learned at Church today

As I said last time, Acts is the boys' own adventure of the New Testament, and this section illustrates that perfectly. We've got visions, a prison break, an escape in a basket, several martyrdoms, a dramatic conversion, someone being raised from the dead, and a wonderful cast of characters. We look at three in this lesson. Stephen What do we know about Stephen? He must have been "of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom" (6:3) to be selected as one of the seven. He was "a man full of faith" (6:5), "full of faith and power, [who] did great miracles among the people" (6:8), people "were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake" (6:10) and when "all that sat in the council" looked at him they "saw his face as it had been the face of an angel" (6:15 - compare Alma 5:14 ). Stephen's task as one of the seven was essentially to take care of the business of ministering and looking aft...

Note: For several years each Sunday I have posted on social media using the hashtag #WhatIlearnedatChurchtoday. The idea is that I want to show that I go to church not just to worship but to be instructed, uplifted, improved, edified, educated. A lot of teaching happens in our church on a Sunday, and I do a lot of learning as a result, and wanted to note down all the things I learn each week so that I didn't forget them, and for the benefit of those  who couldn't make it to church that day. Today (7th July 2019) I was called as the Adult Sunday School teacher for my ward, and this has rather changed things. For one thing it's hard to take notes when you're the teacher, and for another I learn less on a Sunday because mostly I've been learning it over the past week or so as I prepared the lesson. So I'm going to give the What I learned at Church today posts a bit of a rest, and instead put my Sunday School lessons here for those that miss them and want to le...