Acts 4:32-5:42, "Obeying God vs the Fear of Man"

Ananias and Sapphira secretly hold back part of their offering while claiming to give the full amount, and both fall dead when confronted. The apostles fill Jerusalem with their teaching, drawing such crowds that the high priest has them arrested and jailed, only for an angel to release them and send them straight back to the temple to keep speaking. Dragged before the council again and flogged, Peter and the apostles answer that they must obey God rather than men. They leave rejoicing, and day after day they do not stop teaching in the temple and in homes. When pressure increases, do your convictions sharpen or soften?