What does it mean to have hope in the resurrection?

Do you know Jesus is alive? As we read about Paul's trial, the main dispute is around Paul's claim that Jesus is not dead, but alive! The others in the story have differing responses to that news, what's your response? And does it make a difference to your life?

In Acts 22, just after his arrest in Jerusalem, Paul defends himself and his actions to the Jewish crowd. He has much to say but in essence it boils down to this: I do what I do because of who is uncharge of my life. I wonder who is in charge of your life?

This long chapter starts with a diary-like recounting of the ordinary everyday of travelling on mission. It can sometimes feel in life like God is only present in the big, life-defining moments, but God is also in the detail. How has God worked in your week?

This passage is a snapshot of what God was doing in a time and an age 2000-ish years ago and 2250 miles away from B&A. It's a time and context very different to ours, but people are still people, God is still God and the good news of Jesus is still good news, so what can we learn from them?

Sometimes even good news get's lost in translation because it doesn't seem relevant to the hearer or they can't understand the message. The new movement of 'Little Christs' that we read about in Acts had a message that is Good News everyone can understand if they hear and listen.