{"store":{"customizeEditHighlightKey":null,"customizeEditingSectionKey":null,"customizeScrollToKey":null,"baseInfo":{"podcastTitle":"Feed My Sheep","slug":"pastorstephen","podcastDescription":"

Sermons from Pastor Stephen Jones

","podcastLogo":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/107939/Feed_My_Sheep_square_s2x73e.jpg","podcastShareLogo":"https://d2bwo9zemjwxh5.cloudfront.net/image-logo/107939/Feed_My_Sheep_square_s2x73e_1200x628.jpg?s=34fc06062e343685adc31bab0dc12312&e=jpg","podcastUrl":"https://pastorstephen.podbean.com","podcastCanSearched":true,"feedUrl":"https://feed.podbean.com/pastorstephen/feed.xml","theme":"playlist2","podcastDeepLink":"https://www.podbean.com/pw/pbblog-6p9tr-1a5a3?from=usersite","removePodbeanBranding":"no","brandingLogo":null,"timeZone":{"timeZoneId":5,"gmtAdjustment":"GMT-08:00","useDaylightTime":1,"value":-8,"text":"(GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)","daylightStartTime":"Second Sunday Of March +2 Hours","daylightEndTime":"First Sunday Of November +2 Hours","timezone":"America/Los_Angeles"},"podcastDownloads":null,"totalEpisodes":677,"showComments":true,"iOSAppDownloadLink":null,"customizeCssUrl":null,"androidAppDownloadLink":null,"showPostShare":true,"showLike":true,"author":"Stephen Jones","enableEngagementStats":false,"shareEmbedLink":"https://admin5.podbean.com/embed.html?id=pbblog-6p9tr-1a5a3-playlist","language":"en","sensitivitySessionExpireTime":7200,"podcastApps":[{"name":"Apple Podcasts","link":"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/feed-my-sheep/id342637222","image":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/fs1/site/images/admin5/apple-podcast.png","title":null},{"name":"Podbean App","link":"https://www.podbean.com/pw/pbblog-6p9tr-1a5a3?from=usersite","image":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/fs1/site/images/admin5/podbean-app.png","title":null}],"components":{"base":[{"id":"MainStyle","val":"dark"},{"id":"Font","val":"Roboto"},{"id":"SecondaryFont","val":"Roboto"},{"id":"PlayerColor","val":"#C64747"},{"id":"PlayerStyle","val":"player2"},{"id":"PlayerWave","val":"show"},{"id":"Favicon","val":null},{"id":"CookiesNotice","val":"hide"},{"id":"CookiesNoticeContent","val":"

Cookies Notice

This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. By using our website you agree to our use of cookies.

"},{"id":"EpisodePageListenOn","val":"hide"},{"id":"EpisodePageCustomizeComponent","val":"hide"}],"home-header":[{"id":"HomeHeaderTextColor","val":"#ffffff"},{"id":"BackgroundImage","val":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/hcjhtpebwfy549ty/1J3A8104crop.jpg"},{"id":"BackgroundImageForMobile","val":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/hcjhtpebwfy549ty/1J3A8104crop.jpg"}],"page-header":[{"id":"PageHeaderTextColor","val":"#ffffff"},{"id":"SecondaryPageBackgroundImage","val":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/hcjhtpebwfy549ty/1J3A8104crop.jpg"},{"id":"SecondaryPageBackgroundImageForMobile","val":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/hcjhtpebwfy549ty/1J3A8104crop.jpg"}],"episode-list":[{"id":"EpisodesPerPage","val":10},{"id":"EpisodeStats","val":"show"}],"navigation":[{"id":"NavigationFontColor","val":"#ffffff"},{"id":"NavigationBackgroundColor","val":"#000000"},{"id":"NavigationSearch","val":"show"},{"id":"NavigationLinks","val":[{"id":"Home","type":"Link","value":"/","text":"Home","subitems":[]},{"id":"Subscribe","type":"Link","value":"https://www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/g92Jzck8uG0","text":"Subscribe","subitems":[]},{"id":"Profile","type":"Link","value":"https://www.podbean.com/user-rpb8ACvRuqN","text":"Profile","subitems":[]},{"id":"8e275234-84e9-c5f2-3a0f-35892f2f104f","type":"Tags","value":"","text":"Book of the Bible","subitems":[]}]}],"footer":[{"id":"FooterType","val":"Footer1"},{"id":"FooterFontColor","val":"#ffffff"},{"id":"FooterBackgroundColor","val":"#000000"},{"id":"FooterCopyright","val":"Copyright Stephen Jones. All rights reserved."},{"id":"SocialMediaLinks","val":{"facebook_username":"","twitter_username":"","instagram_username":"","youtube_username":"","linkedin_username":""}}],"customize-container1":[],"customize-container2":[],"customize-container":[{"id":"EpisodeListType","val":"simple-list"}]},"allLinks":[{"id":"Tags-309955","type":"Link","value":"/category/1-corinthians","text":"1 Corinthians","subitems":[]},{"id":"Tags-777032","type":"Link","value":"/category/1-john","text":"1 John","subitems":[]},{"id":"Tags-1678826","type":"Link","value":"/category/1-timothy","text":"1 Timothy","subitems":[]},{"id":"Tags-361143","type":"Link","value":"/category/2-corinthians","text":"2 Corinthians","subitems":[]},{"id":"Tags-559892","type":"Link","value":"/category/2-timothy","text":"2 Timothy","subitems":[]},{"id":"Tags-450574","type":"Link","value":"/category/acts","text":"Acts","subitems":[]},{"id":"Tags-211466","type":"Link","value":"/category/anger","text":"Anger","subitems":[]},{"id":"Tags-361146","type":"Link","value":"/category/anxiety","text":"Anxiety","subitems":[]},{"id":"Tags-228499","type":"Link","value":"/category/bible-study","text":"Bible Study","subitems":[]},{"id":"Tags-547099","type":"Link","value":"/category/christmas","text":"Christmas","subitems":[]},{"id":"Tags-414351","type":"Link","value":"/category/chronicles","text":"Chronicles","subitems":[]},{"id":"Tags-628167","type":"Link","value":"/category/church-life","text":"Church Life","subitems":[]},{"id":"Tags-2274857","type":"Link","value":"/category/colossians","text":"Colossians","subitems":[]},{"id":"Tags-222581","type":"Link","value":"/category/counseling","text":"Counseling","subitems":[]},{"id":"Tags-1124098","type":"Link","value":"/category/daniel","text":"Daniel","subitems":[]},{"id":"Tags-1037761","type":"Link","value":"/category/ecclesiastes","text":"Ecclesiastes","subitems":[]},{"id":"Tags-361152","type":"Link","value":"/category/ephesians","text":"Ephesians","subitems":[]},{"id":"Tags-224186","type":"Link","value":"/category/evangelism","text":"Evangelism","subitems":[]},{"id":"Tags-1679308","type":"Link","value":"/category/exodus","text":"Exodus","subitems":[]},{"id":"Tags-610217","type":"Link","value":"/category/galatians","text":"Galatians","subitems":[]},{"id":"Tags-799779","type":"Link","value":"/category/genesis","text":"Genesis","subitems":[]},{"id":"Tags-561266","type":"Link","value":"/category/growing-in-christ","text":"Growing in Christ","subitems":[]},{"id":"Tags-450552","type":"Link","value":"/category/hebrews","text":"Hebrews","subitems":[]},{"id":"Tags-136983","type":"Link","value":"/category/intertestamental-period","text":"Intertestamental Period","subitems":[]},{"id":"Tags-748145","type":"Link","value":"/category/isaiah","text":"Isaiah","subitems":[]},{"id":"Tags-791485","type":"Link","value":"/category/james","text":"James","subitems":[]},{"id":"Tags-5772605","type":"Link","value":"/category/jeremiah","text":"Jeremiah","subitems":[]},{"id":"Tags-136978","type":"Link","value":"/category/john","text":"John","subitems":[]},{"id":"Tags-361154","type":"Link","value":"/category/judges","text":"Judges","subitems":[]},{"id":"Tags-475843","type":"Link","value":"/category/kings","text":"Kings","subitems":[]},{"id":"Tags-1269833","type":"Link","value":"/category/leadership","text":"Leadership","subitems":[]},{"id":"Tags-404891","type":"Link","value":"/category/luke","text":"Luke","subitems":[]},{"id":"Tags-361149","type":"Link","value":"/category/mark","text":"Mark","subitems":[]},{"id":"Tags-289515","type":"Link","value":"/category/marriage","text":"Marriage","subitems":[]},{"id":"Tags-141206","type":"Link","value":"/category/matthew","text":"Matthew","subitems":[]},{"id":"Tags-179499","type":"Link","value":"/category/minor-prophets","text":"Minor Prophets","subitems":[]},{"id":"Tags-361151","type":"Link","value":"/category/peter","text":"Peter","subitems":[]},{"id":"Tags-799776","type":"Link","value":"/category/philippians","text":"Philippians","subitems":[]},{"id":"Tags-687231","type":"Link","value":"/category/prayer","text":"Prayer","subitems":[]},{"id":"Tags-610216","type":"Link","value":"/category/proverbs","text":"Proverbs","subitems":[]},{"id":"Tags-361153","type":"Link","value":"/category/psalms","text":"Psalms","subitems":[]},{"id":"Tags-497577","type":"Link","value":"/category/qa","text":"Q&A","subitems":[]},{"id":"Tags-990135","type":"Link","value":"/category/revelation","text":"Revelation","subitems":[]},{"id":"Tags-361145","type":"Link","value":"/category/romans","text":"Romans","subitems":[]},{"id":"Tags-353566","type":"Link","value":"/category/stewardship","text":"Stewardship","subitems":[]},{"id":"Tags-628160","type":"Link","value":"/category/thessalonians","text":"Thessalonians","subitems":[]},{"id":"Tags-361150","type":"Link","value":"/category/titus","text":"Titus","subitems":[]},{"id":"Tags-136982","type":"Link","value":"/category/topical","text":"Topical","subitems":[]},{"id":"Tags-133537","type":"Link","value":"/category/uncategorized","text":"DefaultTag","subitems":[]},{"id":"Tags-904135","type":"Link","value":"/category/wednesday-study","text":"Wednesday Study","subitems":[]}],"mainStylesDefaultSettings":null,"defaultCustomizeComponents":null,"scripts":[],"metas":null,"appConfig":{"package":"com.podbean.app.podcast","app_store_id":973361050,"app_name":"Podbean","scheme":"podbean"},"customizeCss":null,"canEditCss":null,"enableJsCodeInCustomizeContent":false,"enabledIframeCodeInCustomizeContent":true,"sectionMaxCount":10,"enableEditorLink":true,"enableEditCookiesNotice":true,"siteRedirectToFeed":false,"podcatcherRssUrl":null,"showFeed":true,"showTopBar":false,"enableWebSiteLike":true,"organizationName":null,"organizationPageLink":null,"subscribeLink":"https://www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/g92Jzck8uG0","isPrivateChannel":false},"backToListUrl":"/","tinymceLoaded":false,"listEpisodes":[],"userLikedEpisodes":[],"userLikeCheckedEpisodes":[],"topBarIframeLoaded":false,"listTotalCount":0,"listTotalPage":0,"listPage":0,"listType":"all","listValue":"","listName":"","pageLoading":false,"apiBaseUrl":"https://pastorstephen.podbean.com","apiV2BaseUrl":"","apiCommonParams":{"t":"6a703b10","clientSignature":"29e95b994e137d6efc61c178cfc11ace","u":null,"customizing":null},"apiCommonHeaders":{},"comments":[],"commentsTotalCount":0,"commentsTotalPage":0,"commentsPage":1,"commentEpisodeId":"pb10355403-iqmvd","episode":{"id":"pb10355403","idTag":"iqmvd","title":"In the Beginning (Acts 2)","logo":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/107939/Feed_My_Sheep_square_s2x73e_300x300.jpg","shareLogo":"https://d2bwo9zemjwxh5.cloudfront.net/image-logo/107939/Feed_My_Sheep_square_s2x73e_1200x628.jpg?s=34fc06062e343685adc31bab0dc12312&e=jpg","largeLogo":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/107939/Feed_My_Sheep_square_s2x73e.jpg","previewContent":null,"content":"

To understand why the church exists today and how it should function, we must go back to its beginning.

","publishTimestamp":1538332200,"duration":3478,"mediaUrl":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/ua2iu6/In_the_Beginning.mp3","mediaType":"audio/mpeg","shareLink":"https://admin5.podbean.com/embed.html?id=pb-iqmvd-9e02cb","likedCount":0,"deepLink":"https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-iqmvd-9e02cb","transcriptUrl":null,"permalink":"/e/in-the-beginning-acts-2/","downloadLink":"https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-iqmvd-9e02cb?download=1","fallbackResource":null,"fallbackResourceMimetype":null,"downloadCount":54,"status":"publish","hasMoreContent":false,"chaptersUrl":null,"explicit":false},"episodeShareLink":null,"deepLink":"https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-iqmvd-9e02cb","playlist":{"episodes":[],"current":0,"start":0,"stop":0,"playing":true,"playerLoading":true,"playbackRate":1,"playbackRateIndex":1,"volume":1},"toasts":[],"confirm":null,"customizeEditorFormZIndex":999,"lastRequestTime":null,"validateChangesOnBeforeunload":true,"windowWidth":1000,"previewDevice":"desktop","VITE_FS1_CDN_URL_PREFIX":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/fs1","reloadStats":false,"userIdEncrypted":null,"userProfilePicture":null,"username":null,"isVerified":false,"loadUserInfo":false,"loginUrl":"https://www.podbean.com/site/user/login?return=https%253A%252F%252Fpastorstephen.podbean.com%252Fe%252Fin-the-beginning-acts-2%252F&rts=a1e0fc9558a0267ab78a96c8d71011432f348261","recaptchaV3Loaded":false,"recaptchaV2Loaded":false,"likesLoaded":false,"commentLikeMap":{},"commentOffset":0,"widgetCommentsLoaded":false},"episode":{"id":"pb10355403","idTag":"iqmvd","title":"In the Beginning (Acts 2)","logo":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/107939/Feed_My_Sheep_square_s2x73e_300x300.jpg","shareLogo":"https://d2bwo9zemjwxh5.cloudfront.net/image-logo/107939/Feed_My_Sheep_square_s2x73e_1200x628.jpg?s=34fc06062e343685adc31bab0dc12312&e=jpg","largeLogo":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/107939/Feed_My_Sheep_square_s2x73e.jpg","previewContent":null,"content":"

To understand why the church exists today and how it should function, we must go back to its beginning.