5.17 - Acts 8:1-25 // Shaping Persecution Into Purpose
May 17, 2026
What happens when following Jesus gets hard?
In this message from Acts 8, Pastor Bryan walks through the persecution that scattered the early church after Stephen’s death and shows how God used that pain to push the gospel forward.
In this sermon:
- Why persecution could not stop the church
- How the resurrection changed the disciples’ fear of death
- Philip’s ministry in Samaria and the joy that followed
- Simon the sorcerer and the danger of false repentance
- Why the gospel must move through us, not just around us
- The challenge to pray for “great joy in the city”
Series: The Gospel Goes Forward
Message: Persecution into Purpose
Scripture: Acts 8:1-25
Preacher: Pastor Bryan
Date: May 17, 2026
The gospel kept moving through persecution, problems, suffering, and opposition. And it still does today.
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