Intrusive God, Disruptive Gospel
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Intrusive God, Disruptive Gospel

Encountering the Divine in the Book of Acts

  1. 208 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Intrusive God, Disruptive Gospel

Encountering the Divine in the Book of Acts

About this book

This engaging book guides readers through one of the most colorful books of the Bible, illuminating passages from Acts that show the Christian gospel expressing itself through the lives, speech, struggles, and adventures of Jesus's followers. The book emphasizes the disruptive character of the Christian gospel and shows how Acts repeatedly describes God as upsetting the status quo by changing people's lives, society's conventions, and our basic expectations of what's possible. Suited for individual and group study, this book by a New Testament scholar with a gift for popular communication asks serious questions and eschews pat answers, bringing Acts alive for contemporary reflection on the character of God, the challenges of faith, and the church.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Preface
  7. Introduction
  8. Road Map: As You Read This Book
  9. Acts 1:1–11 Waiting to Go
  10. Acts 2:1–21 Making Sense of Things
  11. Acts 2:22–41 Keeping an Old Promise
  12. Road Map: Emerging Realities
  13. Acts 3:11–26 and 4:5–12 The Ultimate Disruption
  14. Acts 4:32–5:11 Communal Harmony as a Matter of Life or Death
  15. Acts 6:1–7 Growth Brings Changeβ€”and Surprise
  16. Acts 7:54–60 Using Violence to Keep God under Control
  17. Road Map: Expansions
  18. Acts 8:4–25 Spiritual Power, Spiritual Gift, and Spiritual Greed
  19. Acts 8:26–40 Absurdly Good News
  20. Acts 9:1–30 Seeing a Different Reality
  21. Acts 9:32–43 The Work, Pain, and Tenderness of Christian Service
  22. Acts 10:1–11:18 Old Boundaries Obliterated
  23. Acts 12:1–19 Coming to Our Senses
  24. Road Map: God Is Still Speaking
  25. Acts 13:1–4 Called and Commissioned
  26. Acts 14:8–20 Learning to Recognize God
  27. Acts 15:1–35 Discerning God
  28. Road Map: Very Public Disturbances
  29. Acts 16:9–40 Battle of the Gods
  30. Acts 17:16–34 The Gospel in the Flesh
  31. Acts 18:1–17 When the Good News Escapes Attention
  32. Acts 18:24–19:20 There’s Power in the Name
  33. Acts 19:21–41 Far-Reaching Disruptions
  34. Road Map: The Witness Goes to Rome
  35. Acts 21:1–6 Spirit-Led Disagreement
  36. Acts 22:30–23:11 How to Be a Hero
  37. Acts 25:1–12 The Gospel and the Empire
  38. Acts 27–28 Open Horizons
  39. Conclusion
  40. For Further Reading
  41. Subject Index
  42. Scripture Index
  43. Back Cover