Acts
Author: David Guzik
Publisher: Enduring Word Media
Published: 2000-12
Total Pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9781565990470
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: David Guzik
Publisher: Enduring Word Media
Published: 2000-12
Total Pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9781565990470
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Willie James Jennings
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Published: 2017-05-05
Total Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 161164805X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In this new commentary for the Belief series, award-winning author and theologian Willie James Jennings explores the relevance of the book of Acts for the struggles of today. While some see Acts as the story of the founding of the Christian church, Jennings argues that it is so much more, depicting revolutionlife in the disrupting presence of the Spirit of God. According to Jennings, Acts is like Genesis, revealing a God who is moving over the land, "putting into place a holy repetition that speaks of the willingness of God to invade our every day and our every moment." He reminds us that Acts took place in a time of Empire, when the people were caught between diaspora Israel and the Empire of Rome. The spirit of God intervened, offering new life to both. Jennings shows that Acts teaches how people of faith can yield to the Spirit to overcome the divisions of our present world.
Author: P.D. James
Publisher: Canongate Books
Published: 1999-01-01
Total Pages: 93
ISBN-13: 0857861077
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Acts is the sequel to Luke's gospel and tells the story of Jesus's followers during the 30 years after his death. It describes how the 12 apostles, formerly Jesus's disciples, spread the message of Christianity throughout the Mediterranean against a background of persecution. With an introduction by P.D. James
Author: Bruce J. Malina
Publisher: Fortress Press
Published: 2006-01-01
Total Pages: 428
ISBN-13: 9780800636401
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This latest addition to the Fortress Social-Science Commentaries on New Testament writings illuminates the values, perceptions, and social codes of the Mediterranean culture that shaped Paul and his interactions - both harmonious and conflicted - with others, Malina and Pilch add new dimensions to our understanding of the apostle as a social change agent, his coworkers as innovators, and his gospel as an assertion of the honor of the God of Israel.
Author: Steven Ger
Publisher: Twenty-First Century Biblical
Published: 2018
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781617154959
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Steven Ger's Commentary of the Book of Acts makes the early church come to life and will instruct and encourage you to be a witness for Jesus Christ in your home and community.
Author: Eckhard J. Schnabel
Publisher: Zondervan Academic
Published: 2016-05-24
Total Pages: 1169
ISBN-13: 0310532132
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →With attention to issues that continue to surface in today’s church, the Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament series offers pastors, students, and teachers a focused resource for reading, teaching, and preaching the Book of Acts. Acts highlights (1) the work of God through the exalted Jesus who grants the presence of the Holy Spirit; (2) the significance of Jesus who is Israel’s Messiah and the Savior of the world and who directs the expansion of the church; (3) the work of the Holy Spirit as transforming power present in the lives of the followers of Jesus and their communities; (4) the identity of the church as the community of God, comprised of Jews and Gentiles who are followers of Jesus; (5) the mission of the church whose leaders take the gospel to cities and regions of the Roman Empire in which Jesus has not yet been proclaimed as Messiah and Savior; (6) the historical events and the persons who played a role in the expansion of earliest Christianity.
Author: C. Peter Wagner
Publisher: Baker Books
Published: 2008-06-02
Total Pages: 502
ISBN-13: 144126891X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Experience Pentecost. Look on as 130 converts shake a city. Meet Paul. Go with him as he plants the first Gentile church. Extend the kingdom's power and see the enemy upset. Walk with Paul as he travels to Corinth, Antioch, Ephesus and beyond. For those desiring to be a part of God's action in their churches, their communities and throughout the world, there is nothing that will help more than thoroughly understanding the book of Acts and applying what we can learn from it. Acts was designed to be God's training manual for Christians. It worked in the early church, and it works in the postmodern world. The reader's study of Acts in The Book of Acts will bring new intimacy with the Spirit and new joy in doing His will.
Author: James Montgomery Boice
Publisher: Baker Books
Published: 2006-05-01
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780801066337
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Noted preacher and expositor James Montgomery Boice has created a unique blend of scripture insight, rich devotional application, and vivid illustration in this commentary on the book of Acts.
Author: Robert Charles Sproul
Publisher: Reformation Trust Publishing
Published: 2019
Total Pages: 381
ISBN-13: 9781642891829
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In John, the second volume in the St. Andrew's Expositional Commentary series, Dr. Sproul deals with major themes in his easily understandable style. Readers will find invaluable insights into the goals John had in writing his Gospel, the background for Jesus' time, and the meanings of some of John's most difficult passages. This introduction to the Gospel of John is packed with insights and exhortations that will draw the reader closer to the Savior and encourage him or her to a greater depth of love and devotion to Him.
Author: Clinton E. Arnold
Publisher: Zondervan Academic
Published: 2016-04-05
Total Pages: 305
ISBN-13: 0310530199
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →An image rich, passage-by-passage commentary that integrates relevant historical and cultural insights, providing a deeper dimension of perspective to the words of the New Testament. Discoveries await you that will snap the world of the New Testament into new focus. Things that seem mystifying, puzzling, or obscure will take on tremendous meaning when you view them in their ancient context. With the Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary, you'll: Discover the close interplay between God's kingdom and the practical affairs of the church. Learn more about the real life setting of the Old Testament writings to help you identify with the people and circumstances described in Scripture. Gain a deeper awareness of the Bible's relevance for your life. In this volume, detailed exegetical notes are combined with background information of the cultural settings that will help you interpret the book of Acts. THE ZONDERVAN ILLUSTRATED BIBLE BACKGROUNDS COMMENTARY SERIES Invites you to enter the world of the New Testament with a company of seasoned guides, experts who will help you understand and teach the biblical text more accurately. Features: Commentary based on relevant papyri, inscriptions, archaeological discoveries, and studies of Judaism, Roman culture, Hellenism, and other features of the world of the New Testament. Hundreds of full-color photographs, color illustrations, and line drawings. Copious maps, charts, and timelines. Sidebar articles and insights. "Reflections" on the Bible's relevance for 21st-century living.