Paul and Silas preach in Thessalonica, get run out of town, land in Berea, and Paul ends up alone in Athens, face to face with a city full of idols. The question tying it all together: how do you keep sharing your faith when it keeps costing you something?

In this episode, we walk through Acts 17 with Carlos Renfroe — covering the Bereans, Paul's Mars Hill moment, and why your identity in Christ is what keeps you standing when the outcome isn't guaranteed.

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Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro 1:49 - Thessalonica: When the Gospel Starts a Riot 4:00 - The Bereans: How to Study the Bible the Right Way 5:48 - Paul in Athens and the Altar to the Unknown God 8:04 - How Do You Keep Going When Sharing Your Faith Gets Hard? 9:41 - Your Identity in Christ Is What Holds You Together 11:54 - The Be-Know-Do Framework and Closing

Why did Paul fight to free Timothy from the law — and then turn around and circumcise him? The answer reveals one of the most practical ministry principles in all of Acts.

In this episode, Dallas and Carlos walk through Acts 16 and unpack three movements that still speak directly to how we live today: Timothy's willingness to sacrifice for the sake of the gospel, Lydia's conversion and what it means to run your home and business as an act of worship, and Paul and Silas singing hymns at midnight in a prison cell — right before God shook the walls down.

Whether you're navigating tension between your faith and your culture, trying to figure out what it looks like to be a Christian in the workplace, or just need a reminder that God moves in the hard moments — this one is for you.

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TIMESTAMPS 0:00 — Intro & The Question: Why Did Paul Circumcise Timothy? 1:20 — Welcome & Recap of Acts 15 2:00 — Acts 16:1–5 | Meet Timothy: Dual Citizen, New Disciple 3:45 — Jewish Law 101: Why This Moment Is Complicated 5:00 — Paul's Strategy: Remove the Roadblocks, Not the Gospel 7:00 — Dallas's Story: The Ponytail, the Calling & What God Asked 10:15 — What Are You Willing to Give Up So the Gospel Has Room to Breathe? 12:00 — Corey's Story: Gauged Ears and a Mission Trip to Cambodia 13:00 — Acts 16:11–15 | Lydia: Seller of Purple 15:00 — How God Opens Hearts — and What Lydia Did With Hers 16:30 — Your Business, Your Home & Your Whole Life as an Act of Worship 18:20 — More Than a Jesus Fish: What Living It Out Actually Looks Like 19:00 — Acts 16:16–40 | The Slave Girl, the Demon & the Arrest 20:30 — A Real Warning About Divination (and Miss Cleo) 21:30 — Paul and Silas: Beaten, Chained & Still Singing 22:00 — The Earthquake, the Jailer & a Sword He Almost Used 23:45 — "What Must I Do to Be Saved?" — The Simplest Answer in Scripture 25:00 — What the Prisoners Heard Before the Miracle Happened 26:30 — A Whole Family Gets Saved: What God Does Through Obedience 27:30 — Final Thoughts: Don't Be Afraid of Sacrifice If It Points to Christ 28:10 — Closing & How to Connect with The Healing Place

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The Midweek Move is a weekly Bible study podcast from The Healing Place in Shreveport, Louisiana — examining scripture in context and asking: what is actually happening here?

Can church conflict actually be a good thing? In this week's Midweek Move, we dig into Acts 15 — one of the most defining moments in the early church — where a fight over salvation itself forced the apostles to clarify what the Gospel really is. Carlos Renfroe and Dallas Mora sit down to unpack the Jerusalem Council, explain why Jewish believers were adding circumcision to the requirements for salvation, and explore why cultural identity and spiritual identity are not the same thing. Plus — the moment Paul and Barnabas went separate ways over John Mark, and why that "split" may have been exactly what God intended to double the mission.

Timestamps: 0:00 — Intro: Can you add things to salvation? 0:28 — Welcome to the Midweek Move 0:49 — Pastor Scott on sabbath — a word to leaders: take a break 1:21 — Series update: finishing Acts with Carlos Renfroe 1:55 — The early church wasn't conflict-free either 2:49 — What is actually happening in Acts 15? 3:22 — Jews, Gentiles, and a clash of cultural identity 4:10 — Acts 15:1–2 (ESV) — "Unless you are circumcised, you cannot be saved" 4:28 — Why did Jewish believers feel they needed to add the Law to salvation? 6:19 — Faith, comfort, or control? The three reasons we add to the Gospel 7:43 — Circumcision as a marker of covenant identity — going back to Abraham 8:29 — When controlling the gates of heaven means controlling people 9:27 — Is this your faith being challenged, or just your comfort? 10:00 — The youth room story: discomfort vs. spiritual resistance 11:00 — Spiritual complacency is the enemy of growth 12:05 — Acts 15:19–20 — What the Jerusalem Council actually decided 13:09 — What the four restrictions were (and what they weren't) 14:05 — Acts 15:36–38 — Paul and Barnabas plan to revisit the churches 15:01 — The John Mark problem: why Paul said no 15:59 — Is this a church split? What actually happened 16:36 — God used their disagreement to cover more ground, faster 17:40 — Personal example: conflict with a spiritual father doesn't mean it's over 18:29 — Stay on mission — what matters is where your eyes are fixed 19:31 — Closing: Romans 10:9 — what salvation actually requires 20:05 — Connect with The Healing Place | thpshreveport.com | 8957 Kingston Rd, Shreveport, LA