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3. Then they called them in again and commanded them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus. But Peter and John replied, “Which is right in God’s eyes: to listen to you, or to him? You be the judges! As for us, we cannot help speaking about what we have seen and heard.”

5. “If you don’t stand for something you’ll fall for anything.”

6. Precursor for the saying appeared in a Methodist church announcement in an Iowa newspaper from 1926. “It is easier to fall for anything than to stand for something.”

7. During WWII in the January 1945 issue of “Mental Hygiene” Gordan A. Eadie wrote “If they don’t stand for something, they will fall for anything.”

8. The War of Arms and The War of Ideas. The War of Arms and The War of Ideas. There is a constant cultural shift in ideas. If you don’t know what you stand for you will be swept away with the current or what is popular rather than what is right. There is a constant cultural shift in ideas. If you don’t know what you stand for you will be swept away with the current or what is popular rather than what is right.

9. Pastor Martin Niemöller (1892–1984) Spoke against Hitler and spent 7 years in concentration camps as a result. Rebuking pastors and believers who did not speak out he wrote… Pastor Martin Niemöller (1892–1984) Spoke against Hitler and spent 7 years in concentration camps as a result. Rebuking pastors and believers who did not speak out he wrote…

10. “First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Socialist.

11. Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Trade Unionist.

12. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—Because I was not a Jew.

13. Then they came for me— and there was no one left to speak for me.”

14. Irene Dunne, in May 1945 pulled it into the personal realm stating “If we don’t stand for something, we’ll fall for anything.”

15. What do you really stand for? What do you really stand for? What is the basis of your belief? What is the basis of your belief? What are the out-workings of your beliefs? What are the out-workings of your beliefs? To really believe affects values and behaviors. To really believe affects values and behaviors. True convictions shape every part of your life, even Facebook. True convictions shape every part of your life, even Facebook.

17. Called to account for the miracle… they healed a man so he could stand and then took a stand!

18. 8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them: “Rulers and elders of the people! 9 If we are being called to account today for an act of kindness shown to a cripple and are asked how he was healed,

19. 10 then know this, you and all the people of Israel: It is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead, that this man stands before you healed. 11 He is “ ‘the stone you builders rejected, which has become the capstone.’

20. 12 Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.” 13 When they saw the courage of Peter and John and realized that they were unschooled, ordinary men, they were astonished and they took note that these men had been with Jesus.

21. 10 then know this, you and all the people of Israel: It is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead, that this man stands before you healed. 11 He is “ ‘the stone you builders rejected, which has become the capstone.’

23. 12 Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.” 13 When they saw the courage of Peter and John and realized that they were unschooled, ordinary men, they were astonished and they took note that these men had been with Jesus.

24. 12 Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.” 13 When they saw the courage of Peter and John and realized that they were unschooled, ordinary men,

25. 12 Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.” 13 When they saw the courage of Peter and John and realized that they were unschooled, ordinary men, they were astonished and they took note that these men had been with Jesus.

27. “I cannot and will not recant anything, for to go against conscience is neither right nor safe. Here I stand, I can do no other, so help me God. Amen.” – Martin Luther

28. “13 Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand.”

29. Always speak the truth. Always speak it in love. Always speak the truth. Always speak it in love. Truth does not compromise or it is no longer truth. Truth does not compromise or it is no longer truth. Even if people never like your position, they should always like your disposition. Even if people never like your position, they should always like your disposition.