Dewey Bertolini's Podcast

He is the unsung hero of Church History. As you will hear in this PODCAST, I would not be overstating the case to suggest that if it wasn’t for this individual, there would be no Church History. Indeed, if it wasn’t for him, all twelve apostles would have been executed, summarily stoned to death on the spot. Hear it for yourself in Acts 5:33, “When they heard this, the high council was furious and decided to kill the apostles.” And they surely Would.Have.Killed the apostles—all of the apostles—if it wasn’t for this one man. This one man who wasn’t even a believer in Jesus. This one man who stood as a buffer between the High Priest and the Apostles. His name was Gamaliel. And whether you have heard of him before or not, he factors prominently in the development of the New Testament Church in multiple ways. Gamaliel, a man who certainly lived up to the meaning of his legendary name: “God's Reward.” For God surely rewarded the faithful obedience of the twelve apostles by sovereignly superintending Gamaliel to be