Acts 6:8-7:60 - "Boldness In Christ"

When we focus on ourselves, we tend to be timid about our faith. Or, we try to look brazen and daring to compensate for our unsettled, insecure beliefs about God. But if we would only look to God Himself, we would become bold in the biblical sense. Boldness comes from better understanding God: His power, His purposes, and His promises. In our passage, Stephen understood God in these ways, and that’s why we see him speaking boldly about God in the face of persecution.