“Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated and untrained men, they marveled. And they realized that they had been with Jesus.” (Acts 4:13, NKJV) The early church suffered strong persecution, but they faced their persecutors with boldness. They demonstrated reckless faith despite the opposition they faced. Their stories are a lesson for us all. The Boldness of Ordinary Men Somehow, I have always pictured the apostles and others I read about in the New Testament as super Christians—fearless, courageous, and determined. But then I realized they were just ordinary people like…