What happens when the true living God aggressively confronts a culture of idols? Today on Day 177, we meet two of the most courageous figures in Scripture stepping onto hostile stages to declare the truth. In 1 Kings, the northern kingdom of Israel plunges into its darkest spiritual era under King Ahab and Jezebel. Out of nowhere, the prophet Elijah bursts onto the scene, shutting up the heavens with a word, surviving by ravens at a brook, raising a widow's son, and preparing a final showdown against the prophets of Baal.

In the book of Acts, Paul carries that exact same confrontational fire into Thessalonica, Berea, and Athens. We watch him reason from the Scriptures, proving that the Messiah had to suffer and rise. We look at the noble Bereans, who test everything against the Word, before following Paul to Athens, where his spirit is deep ...