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Message of Acts The Spirit, the Church and the World

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ISBN-10: 0830812369

ISBN-13: 9780830812363

Edition: 1990 (Reprint)

Authors: John R. W. Stott, J. Alec Motyer

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Replaces the book, The Spirit, the Church & the World, which received a Christianity Today 1991 Readers' Choice Award!The Spirit moves the church into the world. That is how it has always been since the day of Pentecost when the Spirit brought thousands from many countries into the body of Christ. With the breadth and scholarly care that have marked John Stott's years of ministry, this book opens to us the early days of the church as recorded by Luke in the book of Acts.The experiences of the early church have much to say about issues that concern Christians today. What can Acts tell us about tongues and other extraordinary manifestations of the Spirit? How should churches structure…    
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Book details

List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 1990
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Publication date: 2/13/1994
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 428
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English

Author's preface
Chief abbreviations
Bibliography
A chronological table
Introduction
Introduction to Luke - Luke 1:1-4
Introduction to the Acts - Acts 1:1-5
In Jerusalem - 1:6-6:7
Waiting for Pentecost - 1:6-26
The Day of Pentecost - 2:1-47
The outbreak of persecution - 3:1-4:31
Satanic counter-attack - 4:32-6:7
Foundations for World Mission - 6:8-12:24
Stephen the martyr - 6:8-7:60
Philip the evangelist - 8:1-40
The conversion of Saul - 9:1-31
The conversion of Cornelius - 9:32-11:18
Expansion and opposition - 11:19-12:24
The Apostle to the Gentiles - 12:25-21:17
The first missionary journey - 12:25-14:28
The Council of Jerusalem - 15:1-16:5
Mission in Macedonia - 16:6-17:15
Paul in Athens - 17:16-34
Corinth and Ephesus - 18:1-19:41
More about Ephesus - 20:1-21:17
On the Way to Rome - 21:18-28:31
Paul's arrest and self-defence - 21:18-23:35
Paul on trial - 24:1-26:32
Rome at last! - 27:1-28:31
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