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Speaker 1: You will set sailed for Rome. Immediately there you will

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Speaker 1: stand before the Great Emperor and make your case.

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Speaker 2: People have been telling me my whole life to play

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Speaker 2: it safe, take the secure path coast, don't take chances.

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Speaker 2: But you can't walk on water if you aren't willing

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Speaker 2: to step out of the boat. I'm Michael Chandler, and

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Speaker 2: this is Heroes in the Bible.

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Speaker 1: Paul torch light flickered across the marble columns of Herod

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Speaker 1: Agrippa's court. Paul stood in chains at its center, a

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Speaker 1: small man or a throne of lions, the pharisees lying

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Speaker 1: the walls like birds of prey, waiting for a corpse.

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Speaker 1: A grivaceat motionless on his throne. His gaze drifted across

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Speaker 1: the room, to Bernice, his lover, a woman whose beauty

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Speaker 1: concealed a calculating mind. To Annis, the high priest, surrounded

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Speaker 1: by his pharisee dogs, to Silas, Paul's companion, watching from

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Speaker 1: the crowd with desperate hope. In the corner of the room,

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Speaker 1: a serpent slithered. Unseen. Murmurs rippled through the chamber until

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Speaker 1: a voice cut through silence. The Count of his Excellency,

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Speaker 1: King Havard a ripper, is now in session, Saul of Tarsus,

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Speaker 1: the one they now call Paul the Apostle. There are

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Speaker 1: many accusations against you, treason, blasphemy, inciting a revolution against

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Speaker 1: the temple. To the great pleasure of the courts, you

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Speaker 1: have appealed to Caesar as a Roman citizen, as is

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Speaker 1: your right, you may now speak your case to the court.

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Speaker 1: Paul did not flinch, did not look away.

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Speaker 3: I consider myself fortunate to be standing before you here.

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Speaker 1: At the day King Agrippa. The faces surrounding him dripped

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Speaker 3: You all know where do I come from. I was

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Speaker 3: a Hebrew of Hebrews, a Pharisee of Pharisees. But God

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Speaker 3: reveal himself to me, and I do not stand trial

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Speaker 3: here today for sedition or treason. I stand before you

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Speaker 3: in chains because I preach the name of Jesus Christ.

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Speaker 3: I testify what the prophets have testified before me, that

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Speaker 3: the Christ must suffer, and that by being the first

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Speaker 3: to rise from the dead, he would proclaim light both

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Speaker 4: He's a madman.

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Speaker 1: Paul drew a long breath, a smile crossed Paul's face.

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Speaker 3: You say I'm mad, but I believe King Agrippa knows

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Speaker 3: what I am saying to be rational.

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Speaker 1: Agrippa's head tilted, intrigued.

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Speaker 5: You know the.

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Speaker 3: Prophets, King, you've read the text. Does the case for

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Speaker 3: Jesus being the Christ seem so absurd? Look into my

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Speaker 3: eyes and tell me they bared the gaze of a madman.

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Speaker 1: Agrippa held his stare. A long moment passed, then a chuckle.

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Speaker 1: In this short time, you almost convinced me to become.

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Speaker 3: A Christian, however long it takes. I pray that everyone

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Speaker 3: here would become like me.

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Speaker 1: Paul lifted his chains and let them rattle.

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Speaker 3: Though I would spare to them the.

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Speaker 1: Chains, Agrippa waved his hand guards stepped forward and struck

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Speaker 1: Agrippa raised his hands, and silence fell like a blade.

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Speaker 1: This man has done nothing worth imprisonment. He shouldn't have

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Speaker 1: made an appeal to Seeson. Once in motion, such an

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Speaker 5: You will set sail for.

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Speaker 1: Rome immediately there you will stand before the Great Emperor

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Speaker 1: and make your case. Wil Gone broke gray over the harbor.

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Speaker 1: The crews hauled barrels up the gangplank. Prisoners shuffled aboard

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Speaker 1: but no less a captive. Julius, the centurion and captain

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Speaker 1: He could tell that something was waiting out there, something wrong.

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Speaker 4: Prisoners coming aboard.

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Speaker 1: Julius approached from behind.

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Speaker 6: I'm told you remain unchained since you have yet to

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Speaker 1: Paul didn't turn. His eyes stayed fixed on the distant

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Speaker 6: But mark my words, Jew, I will not hesitate to

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Speaker 3: Chained or unchained. I am a bond sort ofant.

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Speaker 6: I think I'll take my chances listening to more experienced

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Speaker 1: His tent macure Julius turned to leave. Above them, the

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Speaker 1: The storm had come with fury, rained like arrows, wind

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Speaker 5: Fear not God, The Lord has declared that you must

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Speaker 5: stand before Caesar. Behold, God has granted you and all

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Speaker 1: Light where goes outwork on the figure, washing over the

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Speaker 1: And the angel was gone. Paul turned to the terrifying

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Speaker 5: Take heart.

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Speaker 3: I then assured by my God that we will endure this.

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Speaker 3: Trust me and behold, for I worship the God of

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Speaker 3: the sea and storm.

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Speaker 1: When followed his chaos given form, the waters rose in

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Speaker 1: overhead light filtered through his salt crusted eyelids. He lay

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Speaker 1: He rose slowly and stead and looked around. Julius approached sand,

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Speaker 6: Not a single man locked in the storm or the wreck.

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Speaker 3: It was as you said, praise God.

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Speaker 6: I have no God but Caesar, and it looks like

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Speaker 6: you'll still get to stand before him, one way or another.

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Speaker 1: Paul turned toward the horizon. The wind pulled at his cloak.

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Speaker 1: He closed his eyes and lifted his face to the

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Speaker 2: I was recently asked about my biggest win, and you'd

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Speaker 2: think that my answer would be becoming the Bellatory lightweight Champion,

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Speaker 2: or my first win in the UFC. You'd think that

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Speaker 2: it would be something dynamic, crowds chanting my name at

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Speaker 2: the height of my craft, standing in victory, but more

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Speaker 2: I wanted to respect my parents, and I've always strived

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Speaker 2: and it's in Paul's too. Earlier in acts before this story,

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Speaker 2: it became clear that Paul was walking into a storm,

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Speaker 2: not just a literal storm like today's story, but a

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Speaker 2: Rome to appeal to Caesar. It was a suicide mission.

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Speaker 2: There was no way that Paul would come back from

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Speaker 2: then Caesar certainly would.

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Speaker 1: But Paul was alert to safety.

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Speaker 2: Paul counted the costs. He knew there'd be danger, he

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Speaker 2: knew there'd be loss, but he moved forward anyway. Paul

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Speaker 2: had decided that it was worth it. He told the

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Speaker 2: Philippians this for his sake, I have suffered the loss

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Speaker 2: of all things and count them as rubbish in order

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Speaker 2: that I may gain Christ. Philippians three eight comfort zones

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Speaker 2: don't build champions. Whatever we risk losing in following Christ

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Speaker 2: is nothing compared to what we gain when we follow him.

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Speaker 2: Paul's risk made sense because it was aligned with his

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Speaker 2: greater purpose to glorify Christ and make his glory known.

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Speaker 2: I'm not telling you to be dumb. Don't make foolish

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Speaker 2: and irrational decisions. Seek counsel, pray, and prepare, but don't

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Speaker 2: let fear.

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Speaker 1: Hold you back.

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Speaker 2: Take the risks that make sense, Take the leap that

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Speaker 2: leads to the next level. And when you take that step,

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Speaker 2: or serpents. What I love about Paul was his willingness

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Speaker 2: he stood firm. He wasn't surprised by any of it.

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Speaker 2: This poise under pressure allowed Paul to be a trusted anchor.

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Speaker 2: He was able to shepherd others through the chaos. Calm

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Speaker 2: is contagious in chaos. For all of Paul's flaws, you

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Speaker 2: can't say that he wasn't brave, but that boldness wasn't

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Speaker 2: born from trust in his own abilities. Paul could stand

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Speaker 2: firm in the wind and the waves because he knew

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Speaker 2: the one who commanded them both. Bravery isn't the absence

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Speaker 2: of fear in the storm, it's knowing who controls it.

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Speaker 2: Let's close with the reading from that story, mark four

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Speaker 2: thirty five through forty one. That day, when evening came,

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Speaker 2: he said to his disciples, let us go over to

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Speaker 2: the other side, leaving the crowd behind. They took him along.

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Speaker 2: Just as he was in the boat, there were also

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Speaker 2: the waves broke over the boat, so that it was

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Speaker 2: nearly swamped. Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion.

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Speaker 2: The disciples woke him and said to him, teach her,

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Speaker 2: don't you care if we drown. He got up, rebuked

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Speaker 2: the wind and said to the waves quiet, be still.

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Speaker 2: Then the wind died down and it was completely calm.

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Speaker 2: He said to his disciples, why are you so afraid?

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Speaker 2: Do you still have no faith? They were terrified and

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Speaker 1: Who is this?

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Speaker 2: Even the wind in the waves obey him. The battle

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Speaker 2: for faith never sleeps, and neither do we lock in

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