{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Acts Daily Devotional Podcast","title":"Day 130 — Paul’s Defense Before Felix (Acts 24:10-21) | September 2","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":422,"description":"Where Tertullus opened with flattery, Paul opened with a fact. Then he took the prosecution apart piece by piece. Twelve days in Jerusalem is not enough time to start a revolution. No one found him arguing or stirring up crowds. The original witnesses, the Jews from Asia who started the whole thing, were conspicuously absent, which under Roman law was fatal. Then he confessed the one thing he would own: he follows the Way, worships the same God his accusers worship, believes the same Law and Prophets, and waits for the same resurrection. Christianity is not a new religion competing with Judaism. It is the flowering of Judaism’s deepest hope. Paul told Felix he trains for a clear conscience the way an athlete trains for competition. The reason he stood calm before a Roman governor is that he had been doing the quiet work of conscience long before anyone called his name. ","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}