Luke-Acts

by Smith, Christopher R.

• ISBN13: 9780830858071
• ISBN10: 0830858075
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-07-20
• Publisher: Ivp Connect

Summary

This study guide will take individuals or groups through Luke and Acts in 32 sessions that correspond with their natural parts. Readers will discover that these books are actually the two parts of a single story that tells how the community of Jesus' followers began with his life and ministry and then spread around the world. The readings and discussion will help them recognize the ways God is still working today and how they can be part of what God is doing.TheUnderstanding the Books of the Bibleseries helps readers understand the biblical story by not only talking about what the authors wrote, but also how they wrote. Quite often, recognizing whether a passage is poetry, proverb, or history and discerning how the author built his book will unlock its meaning for today's reader. Instead of following artificial chapter and verse divisions, these Bible study guides lead groups through whole books following their natural outlines, and pose engaging questions for discussion and personal application all along the way.

Author Biography

The Rev. Dr. Christopher R. Smith is a writer and biblical scholar who lives in East Lansing, Michigan. He served local churches for nearly twenty years and is now a volunteer staff member With Graduate intervarsity Christian Fellowship at Michigan State University. He was a consulting editor to the International Bible Society (now Biblica) for the books of the Bible, an edition of the Scriptures that presents the biblical books according to their natural literary outlines, without chapters and verses. He is the author of After Chapters and Verses; Reading the Bible Smarter Not Harder, and the other volumes in the Understanding, the Books of the Bible series. He has a B.A. in literature from Harvard,a master's degree in theological studies from Gordon-Conwell, and a Ph.D. in historical theology and Bible from Boston College.

Table of Contents

How These Study Guides Are Different	p. 1
Luke
Experiencing the Book of Luke As a Whole	p. 12
God Gives Zechariah and Elizabeth a Son with a Special Mission	p. 16
Jesus is Born in Bethlehem and Dedicated in the Jerusalem Temple	p. 21
John Announces a "Baptism of Repentance" and Jesus is Baptized and Tested	p. 25
Jesus Teaches in the Synagogues of Galilee and is Opposed by Religious Leaders	p. 29
Jesus Chooses and Instructs Twelve Aposdes and Demonstrates Gods Compassion	p. 34
Genuine Hearing, Faith and Fear, and the Identity of Jesus	p. 38
Anticipating the Day of Judgment and Making Judgments about Jesus	p. 43
Answering for Our Loyalty to Jesus and for Our Relationship to Wealth	p. 47
Who Will be Saved? Not Who You're Expecting	p. 51
Receiving or Rejecting Jesus and the Kingdom	p. 55
Conflict in Jerusalem Over Jesus' Identity and Authority	p. 59
Jesus Celebrates the Passover with His Disciples and is Arrested and Tried	p. 63
Jesus is Executed on a Cross but then Rises from the Dead	p. 67
Acts
Experiencing the Book of Acts as a Whole	p. 73
The Community Restores its Leadership and is Baptized in die Holy Spitit	p. 77
The Religious Leaders Try to Make the Apostles Stop Speaking about Jesus	p. 82
Stephen Speaks Powerfully about Jesus in the Synagogues and Before the Sanhedrin	p. 87
Philip Spreads the Good News; Jesus Appears to Saul at Damascus	p. 91
A Roman Centurion Invites Peter to Come and Tell about Jesus	p. 95
The Antioch Church Sends Paul and Barnabas Out to Proclaim the Good News	p. 101
Paul Proclaims the Good News about Jesus in Macedonia, Achaia, and Ephesus	p. 107
Paul Travels Back to Jerusalem	p. 113
Paul is Rescued from a Riot in Jerusalem but Held as a Prisoner	p. 117
Paul Defends Himself before Felix, Festus, and Agrippa	p. 121
Paul is Brought to Rome	p. 126
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