Acts: Living in the Power of the Holy Spirit

by Bickel, Bruce

• ISBN13: 9780736909082
• ISBN10: 0736909087
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-07-01
• Publisher: Harvest House Pub

Summary

Complete with revivals and miracles, imprisonments and jailbreaks, persecutions and conversions, the book of Acts is nonstop action. But with this fast-paced study you'll see where the real action is -- behind the scenes, where the Holy Spirit continues the ongoing ministry of Jesus through the church. Watch the newborn body of Christ grow from a single congregation in Jerusalem to a far-reaching fellowship that turned the world upside down, and find out how the church today can remain just as vibrant and effective as men and women like you continue to live in the power of the Holy Spirit. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Bruce Bickel is an attorney, a corporate motivational speaker, and a frequent guest speaker at Christian conferences Stan Jantz is a marketing consultant and a partner in a community-building software company

Table of Contents

A Note from the Authors	5	(6)
Part One: The Church in Jerusalem
1. The Church Begins	11	(14)
Acts 1-2
2. Healing and Preaching	25	(10)
Acts 3:1-4:31
3. Body Life in Action	35	(14)
Acts 4:32-6:7
Part Two: Stephen Is Martyred and Christianity Spreads
4. The Story of Stephen	49	(10)
Acts 6:8-7:60
5. The Ministry of Philip and the Conversion of Saul	59	(14)
Acts 8:1-9:31
Part Three: The Gospel Advances to the Gentiles
6. The Church Expands Under Peter's Leadership	73	(12)
Acts 9:32-12:24
Part Four: Paul's First Missionary Journey
7. Paul's First Missionary Journey	85	(12)
Acts 12:25-14:28
8. The Jerusalem Council	97	(14)
Acts 15:1-16:5
Part Five: The Church Expands to Macedonia and Greece
9. Paul's Second and Third Missionary Journeys	111
Acts 16:6-19:20
Part Six: Back to Jerusalem and On to Rome
10. Paul Travels to Jerusalem	127	(10)
Acts 19:21-21:14
11. Drama in Jerusalem	137	(10)
Acts 21:15-23:22
12. Before Governors and a King	147	(12)
Acts 23:23-26:32
13. The Journey to Rome	159	(11)
Acts 27-28
Appendix: A Chronology of Acts	170	(1)
Dig Deeper	171