Dewey Bertolini's Podcast

“For more than forty years.” As you will hear in this PODCAST, five simple words, easily missed if we hastily read the account as recorded for us by Dr. Luke. Five astonishing words that unlock this entire episode in the life of the first early church in Jerusalem. “For more than forty years.” For more than forty years, everywhere this man went someone had to carry him. For more than forty years this man never knew the simple pleasure of standing on his own two feet. For more than forty years this man knew nothing of the joys of going for a walk, let alone a jog. For more than forty years he could never once kick a soccer ball, hit a baseball, throw a football, or run through the waves as they lapped upon the shore of the Mediterranean. For more than forty years this man never knew a healthy day—never knew for even a minute what it would be like to have two legs that weren’t as limp as dishrags. For more than forty years this man had in his legs no feeling, no movement, no sensations of any kind. For more tha