August 29, 2025 TweetInvestigating the Bible: Courage to acceptBy DAVID CARLSON PASTORIn 1956, Black student Autherine Lucy attended her first class at the all-white University of Alabama. Dr. David Jeremiah reported that in 2019, Autherine returned to the University of Alabama for an honorary doctorate and shed tears. …I see laughing faces instead of people frowning and displeased at me being here.” One man in the Bible had courage to accept a feared Jew. A third man named Ananias was a follower of Jesus and lived in Damascus, a town about 140 miles northeast of Jerusalem. Then Saul immediately “…proclaimed Jesus in the synagogues, saying, ‘He is the Son of God.’” (Acts 9:20).