The earliest days of the church were filled with attacks aimed at stopping this small, but growing movement. One by one the church overcomes the attacks and continues to grow. The church appears to finally experience defeat when one of its leaders, Stephen, is killed for proclaiming the message of Jesus. However, the story of Christianity is that over and over again God shows us that Satan will never have the final word in this story. In fact, it is through death- Stephen’s and ultimately Jesus’s- that we find our victory.