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Rev. Jeff Hemmer, pastor at Bethany Lutheran Church in Fairview Heights, IL and assistant to the President of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod, joins host Rev. Timothy Appel to study Acts 10:1-16. St. Luke introduces into the narrative Cornelius, a Roman centurion. Though Cornelius has faith in the God of Israel, he is nonetheless an uncircumcised Gentile. The Lord sends His angel to Cornelius in order to direct him to send for Simon Peter in Joppa. Cornelius listens in faith and sends for Peter immediately. Meanwhile, in Joppa, Peter is staying with Simon the tanner. About noon, Peter receives a vision while he is on the housetop praying. The Lord shows Peter a sheet full of unclean animals and commands Peter to rise, kill, and eat. When Peter objects at what seems to him a breaking of God’s Law, the Lord responds, “What God has made clean, do not call common.” Through this vision, the Lord prepares Peter to proclaim to Cornelius and his household the good news of Jesus Christ to bring cleansing from un