A paperback edition of the best-selling commentary on Acts by acclaimed preacher and scholar William H. Willimon.
H. Willimon. William Willimon combines the latest findings in Lukan scholarship with he pastoral, educational, and theological concerns of the local church to provide a new interpretation of Acts. He bases his comment on the idea that ...
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Cohen, Shaye J. D. 1999a. The Beginnings of Jewishness: Boundaries, Varieties, Uncertainties. HCS 31. Berkeley: University of California Press. ———. 1999b. “Ioudaios, Iudaeus, Judaean, Jew.” In Cohen 1999a, 69–106. ———. 1999c.
"Acts," part of the Bringing the Bible to Life series, a companion to Zondervan's NIV Application Commentary, provides a journey through the biblical book, 12 sessions with discussion questions, and a closing section that assists readers in ...
We call the book "The Acts of the Apostles," but we should think of it as "The Acts of Jesus (II)." These studies from Tom Wright help us to do so, and to see how Jesus' acts through the apostles inform our acts today.
N. T. Wright, Dale Larsen, Sandy Larsen. into. New. Territory. Acts. 16. If. you pray for wisdom about a particular decision, and then find yourself coming to a conclusion you hadn't expected, you either go with it or you decide that ...
Paul W. Walaskay. gether in the temple , they broke bread at home and ate their food with glad and generous hearts , '' praising God and having the goodwill of all the people . And day by day the Lord added to their number those who ...
In this three-volume collection of sermons, Lloyd-Jones explains the message of the first eight chapters of the book of Acts, from the birth of the church at Pentecost to the dramatic stoning of Stephen. Newly redesigned.
... speaking and writing ) , would hold great promise in further illuminating Luke's rhetorical strategies employed not only in the composition of the Third Gospel ( see e.g. , Robbins in Moessner ; and Fearghail ) , but Acts as well .
This does not refer to a sudden burst of holiness or a spiritual experience but to the help that God is giving him to give testimony to Jesus. In Catholic tradition this sort of divine assistance is called “actual grace”—grace to take ...
By providing focused commentary, this volume allows pastors to quickly grasp the most important information.
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.
Revised and updated, the Lucado Life Lessons series continues to be one of the best-selling study guide series on the market today.
These accessible volumes break down the barriers between the ancient and modern worlds so that the power and meaning of the biblical texts become transparent to contemporary readers.
5 For a persuasive argument that Apollos should be seen asferventin the HolySpirit,see J.D. G.Dunn, Baptism inthe Spirit(Philadelphia: Westminster, 1970), 88f. 6 J.Munck, The Actsof the Apostles,rev. W. F.Albright andC.
Dr. Paul Caram writes an inspirational commentary on the book of Acts, showing how it is a divine account of a new move of God.
The scholarly consensus ( Meeks 1977 ) says Luke describes Simon as a magician , a Gnostic only in the wider and vaguer sense of gnōsis . The assertion that he taught the Gnostic doctrines of the Simonian sect is probably traceable to ...
Besides aiding Dr. Samuel Prideaux Tregelles in his investigations as a Biblical Textual Critic, Kelly also published, in 1860, a critical edition of the Book of Revelation, which was praised by Professor Heinrich Ewald of Göttingen.
The Gospel of Luke begins with the birth of a king who will reign over a neverending kingdom (Luke 1:33). The Gospel ends with Jesus teaching the disciples about his kingship before ascending to heaven to reign with his Father (22:44–49 ...