June 18 :: Nehemiah 10-11; Acts 4:1-22

This below statement from Peter and John is such a clear depiction of what it looks like to be counter-cultural. The ruling authority of society tells them to do and say one thing (this being that Jesus is somehow not Lord and that to follow the many traditions of their culture meant to symbolize the coming of Jesus was more important than  admitting that He did in fact come and fulfilled the Father's promise already...), yet they explain that there is no way they can speak something in contradiction with what they know. 

Acts 4: 15-20

So they ordered them to withdraw from the Sanhedrin and then conferred together. "What are we going to do with these men?" they asked. "Everybody living in Jerusalem knows they have done an outstanding miracle, and we cannot deny it. But to stop this thing from spreading any further among the people, we must warn these men to speak no longer to anyone in this name."

Then they called them in again and commanded them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus.

But Peter and John replied, "Judge for yourselves whether it is right in God's sight to obey you rather than God. For we cannot help speaking about what we have seen and heard."