What risk was Barnabas taking?  Who has been a Barnabas to you?  How?  Whom have you served as a Barnabas?

What are the main points in Peter’s sermon (vv28-47)?  How do they compare with 2:36-39 and 3:17-23?  What do you see as central to the gospel in these three sermons?

When have you, like Ananias, obeyed the Lord even when you had doubts about it?  What happened?  What is significant in the way Ananias addressed Paul (v17)?

What are some principles or beliefs you have held that have limited your ability to reach out to people who are ‘different’ from you? 

From the way God set up opportunities to witness (8:26-40 cf. 2:5-14, 3:6-16), how does it free you from fears in evangelism?

In what ways did Simon’s reaction to the Apostles (vv18-19) show his deep misunderstanding about the gospel? 

How was Stephen’s death and Saul’s mission an example of God using evil to fulfil God’s plan?

What did Stephen see? What plea did he make on behalf of his accusers?

How did Israel treat God’s prophets? What application did Stephen make about the Jews of his day?

What did the ancestors do to disobey God? Is idolatry still a problem with God’s people today?