{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Acts Daily Devotional Podcast","title":"Day 108 — The Town Clerk Restores Order (Acts 19:35-41) | August 11 ","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":428,"description":"A mid-level Roman administrator worried about his career ended the riot. The city clerk was the chief executive officer of Ephesus, the official liaison to Rome. If word got back that his city had hosted an illegal riot, his neck was on the line. He stood up to address the crowd to save himself. He flattered their civic pride, exposed Demetrius's complaint as a personal grievance, and reminded them that Rome would punish unauthorized assemblies. Then he dismissed the assembly. Luke wants us to see who just rescued the gospel mission. A bureaucrat doing his job. The same God who used Cyrus and Gallio used a Roman clerk in Ephesus. Your circumstances don't always need a miracle. Sometimes they need the right person at the right meeting saying the right thing. Two thousand years later, Artemis is a museum exhibit. The church is still here. ","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/mDCSf6VLcVTj9DA1o6CKS_loTRTZ8WlreJzhCflj8BA/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS84M2Mw/NjZlMTQ5MDE0MmYw/M2Q3Y2YwZmZkM2Fm/N2M4MC5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}