Teaching and Fellowship
- Why does religion require fellowship?
- How does one qualify to become a teacher of religion? How does one who does not have the education acquire the right to teach?
- Why do people need churches for worship?
The Healing of a Lame Man
- Why did Paul and Peter remain Jews, attending the temple etc?
- What made them so bold and confident that the lame man would be healed?
- Are there fewer miracles now compared to the early church or more? What makes the difference?
The Rise of Opposition
- Why were the disciples allowed to worship in the temple?
- What gives the right to refuse worship to any individual?
- From where do religious leaders derive their authority, from God or from the people?
Ananias and Sapphira
- Why did Ananias and Sapphire feel they had to declare the sum they were donating was the total they had received from the sale of their land?
- What was sinful in holding back a portion of their proceeds from the sale?
- Were the apostles responsible for their punishment or were they merely announcing God's response?
The Second Arrest
- What made people think that merely touching Peter's shadow could cure them?
- What would it have taken for the Priests and Sanhedrin to accommodate the teachings of the disciples of Christ? Was that possible?
- Was Gamaliel correct in stating that any religious movement not from God would fizzle out and die?