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Jul 2023
53m 27s

Acts 22-28 Part 2 • Dr. Scott Woodward •...

Hank Smith & John Bytheway
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Dr. Scott Woodward explores Paul being the Lord’s messenger as the people become members of the new covenant and how the new congregations breach the various cultural and personal differences to become one people.

  • 00:00 Part II–Dr. Scott Woodward
  • 00:07 Bearing testimony in front of non-believers
  • 02:30 Oklahoma Women’s softball bears testimony of Jesus Christ
  • 03:14 Elder Ballard addresses Paul’s testimony
  • 06:12 Dr. Woodward shares a personal story of testimony and conversion
  • 09:43 Paul is turned over to Julius via ship
  • 11:25 How do we respond to prophetic warnings?
  • 16:21 Paul reminds those in a storm that hope is not lost
  • 17:43 Paul’s advice is heeded and lives onboard are saved
  • 18:47 A message of hope
  • 20:08 The island of Melita and Paul is bitten by a viper
  • 21:45 Assumptions of an Apostle
  • 24:19 Parallels drawn between Paul and Jesus
  • 29:35 Jesus’s suffering and Paul’s trials point us to Jesus
  • 31:47 The final wrestle of Acts
  • 33:41 Paul is preaching under house arrest in Rome
  • 34:29 The cliffhanger conclusion 
  • 37:04 Why does he quote Isaiah?
  • 39:59 The purpose of Luke’s record 
  • 41:52 The conversion of Karl G. Maeser
  • 44:03 What tradition tells us of the death of Paul
  • 46:20 Dr. Woodward’s takeaways from Paul and the Acts of the Apostles
  • 53:29 End of Part II–Dr. Scott Woodward

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