Acts 4:13-22
One of my favorite Scripture verses: …for we cannot help but speak of the things that we have seen and heard. (v. 20) That was my “go to” verse from my classroom days. I would irregularly quote Scripture in class whenever verses popped into my head (appropriately into my lecture!). And I never feared being challenged for those quotes by some radical student arguing about the separation of church and state. I knew that my faith was part of who I am, just like my farm background, my military service, my family, were part of who I am. That would have been my defense, but I never got called on it.
And they [the Council] recognized that they [Peter and John] had been with Jesus. (v. 13b) Wouldn’t it be great for us to be recognized for our having been with Jesus? That reality came to the Council members only after they had heard Peter’s witness from yesterday’s reading. So if we want to be recognized for having been with Jesus, it would probably be helpful if our conversation directed our listeners to wonder about that connection.
Slava Bohu!