ActsWestminster John Knox Press, 1988 |
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... as the church has always existed— as a people who claim to know something that we would not have known except as it was given to us . The Book of Acts opens 1 2 with the community waiting for something to happen , INTRODUCTION.
... as the church has always existed— as a people who claim to know something that we would not have known except as it was given to us . The Book of Acts opens 1 2 with the community waiting for something to happen , INTRODUCTION.
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... given world , where Caesar rules and there is enmity and selfish- ness between men and women and there is death . This is a world where God is busy making good of his promises . There- fore the future is never completely closed ...
... given world , where Caesar rules and there is enmity and selfish- ness between men and women and there is death . This is a world where God is busy making good of his promises . There- fore the future is never completely closed ...
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... Given who God is and the way God's world is , this way of life makes sense . When we read about the way the early church organized itself and stood with its surrounding culture , or when we read the exploits of people like Paul , we are ...
... Given who God is and the way God's world is , this way of life makes sense . When we read about the way the early church organized itself and stood with its surrounding culture , or when we read the exploits of people like Paul , we are ...
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... given prominence over theological ones . Acts is reduced to the level of a poor secondary resource , a mine from which to quarry a reconstruction of early Christi- anity , a romantic and idealized history of the early church , or a ...
... given prominence over theological ones . Acts is reduced to the level of a poor secondary resource , a mine from which to quarry a reconstruction of early Christi- anity , a romantic and idealized history of the early church , or a ...
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... given text in Acts — except as they relate immediately to the task of exposition . A good technical com- mentary on Acts , such as the classic one by Ernst Haenchen , is of great value to the interpreter of Acts ; and use of it , along ...
... given text in Acts — except as they relate immediately to the task of exposition . A good technical com- mentary on Acts , such as the classic one by Ernst Haenchen , is of great value to the interpreter of Acts ; and use of it , along ...
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Acts: Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching William H. Willimon Limited preview - 2010 |
Acts: Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching William H. Willimon No preview available - 1988 |
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Page 56 - John what things ye have seen and heard : the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, the poor have good tidings preached to them : and blessed is he whosoever shall find none occasion of stumbling in Me.
Page 191 - I tell you, keep away from these men and let them alone; for if this plan or this undertaking is of men, it will fail; 39 but if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow them. You might even be found opposing God!
Page 86 - But if it is by the finger of God that I cast out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.
Page 161 - If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all — how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?
Page 36 - Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is to you and to your children and to all that are far off, every one whom the Lord our God calls to him.
Page 161 - Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with sighs too deep for words.
Page 168 - For rulers are not a terror to good conduct but to bad. Would you have no fear of him who is in authority? Then do what is good, and you will receive his approval, for he is God's servant for your good.
Page 58 - And when they bring you before the synagogues, and the rulers, and the authorities, be not anxious how or what ye shall answer, or what ye shall say: for the Holy Spirit shall teach you in that very hour what ye ought to say.
Page 97 - I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.