It may be challenging for us to understand what it means to experience true persecution, particularly in the Western world. For the most part, we enjoy a great deal of freedom when it comes to our religious and political views. But when it comes to the early church, this wasn't as true, and we can see it start in Acts 4:1-31 for the people who followed Jesus. We'll be looking at this together this week as Pastor Kent brings a sermon titled "The Persecution Begins."