A friend made the comment recently that Stephen (Acts 7) is not the sort of person you would call on if you ever needed a lawyer or defence attorney!
When falsely accused, Stephen, instead of arguing his point, uses the situation to makle a different, more important point. He sacrifices the opportunity to save his own skin (remember Acts 6 tells us he could out argue all his accusers) and instead chooses to argue for the truth of the church and what it is doing.
How often do we choose to defend ourselves without seeing the opportunity to effect change. How often are we more concerned about our own reputation than the mission we're called to promote? How often do we choose selfish instead of selfless?
What difference does it make?
What did Stephen really gain?
Is there such a big impact?
Well, is there...?
...Ever heard of a guy called Paul?
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