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Acts 5:12–16 MEV

Many signs and wonders were performed among the people by the hands of the apostles. And they were all together in Solomon’s Porch. No one else dared join them, but the people respected them. Believers were increasingly added to the Lord, crowds of both men and women, so that they even brought the sick out into the streets and placed them on beds and mats, that at least the shadow of Peter passing by might touch some of them. Crowds also came out of the cities surrounding Jerusalem, bringing the sick and those who were afflicted by evil spirits, and they were all healed.

Acts 2:42–43 MEV

They continued steadfastly in the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of bread and in the prayers. Fear came to every soul. And many wonders and signs were done through the apostles.

Romans 12:2 MEV

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

Apostles

Peter crucified upside down

Paul was stoned and lashed multiple times and then beheaded

James was killed by the sword

John was thrown into a boiling vat of oil and when that didn’t kill him he was exiled to the island of Patmos

If your politics influence your view of your Bible instead of your view of your Bible influencing your politics, then you are doing it wrong.

social issues, what is accepted and what is rejected will all change, but the Bible stays the same