"We are confident, yes, well pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord." — 2 Corinthians 5:8   There is a moment in Acts 7 that is unlike anything else in Scripture.   Stephen is being stoned. He is the first martyr of the Christian church, a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit, described as having the face of an angel. And now the crowd is pressing in around him, picking up stones, and he is dying. And in that moment, he looks up. And he sees h...