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| Preface to the ASM Series | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Contributors | |
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| Introduction: Background to Acts | |
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| The Unique Genre of Acts | |
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| Introduction to Luke-Acts | |
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| Authorship and Date | |
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| Luke's Audience | |
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| Setting and Purpose | |
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| Three-Part Structure | |
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| Six-Part Structure | |
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| Two-Part Structure | |
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| The Structure of the Two Volumes, Luke-Acts | |
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| The Journey Motif | |
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| The Nature of the Reader | |
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| The Launching of Mission: The Outpouring of the Spirit at Pentecost Acts 2:1-41 | |
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| The Need for Empowerment | |
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| The Nature of the Empowerment | |
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| The Symbols of Pentecost | |
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| The Crowd's Response | |
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| Prophetic Utterance | |
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| The Triumphant Presence of the Crucified Christ | |
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| Convicting Power | |
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| Community Incorporation | |
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| Dismantling Social Barriers through Table Fellowship Acts 2:42-47 | |
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| Table Fellowship in Social Perspective | |
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| Biblical Context for Acts 2:42-47 | |
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| Table Fellowship in Acts 2:42-47 | |
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| Christian Caring is Christian Sharing | |
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| Contextual Observations and Conclusions | |
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| Holistic Ministry and the Incident at the Gate Beautiful Acts 3:1-26 | |
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| The Healing Incident | |
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| The Apostles and Setting | |
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| The Man Lame from Birth | |
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| The Healing at the Gate Beautiful | |
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| Peter's Explanation of the Healing (3:12b-16) | |
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| Peter's Appeal for Repentance (3:17-26) | |
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| Implications for Practitioners Engaged in Holistic Ministry | |
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| From "Doingness" to "Beingness": A Missiological Interpretation Acts 4:22-31 | |
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| Context of the Scene | |
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| Interpretation of Acts 4:23-31 | |
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| Sovereignty over Creation | |
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| Sovereignty over Humanity | |
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| Sovereignty over the Present Situation | |
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| Results of the Prayer | |
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| Application of Acts 4:23-31 | |
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| Cross-cultural Mediation: From Exclusion to Inclusion Acts 6:1-7; also 5:33-42 | |
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| Acts 6: Dealing Openly with Conflict | |
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| Growing Pains and Intergroup Conflict | |
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| Heightened Otherness during Cultural Change | |
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| Hebraic Suspicion of Hellenized Jews | |
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| The Challenge of Preserving Hebrew Identity | |
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| The Mediated Mediate | |
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| Pentecost as Source of Unity and Division | |
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| Gamaliel's Mediation | |
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| Contemporary Emergence of Conflict | |
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| Implications for the Immigrant Church Today | |
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| Dynamics in Hellenism and the Immigrant Congregation Acts 6:8--8:2 | |
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| Stephen and Hellenism | |
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| Crucial Turns in Stephen's Speech and the Immigrant Church | |
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| The Journeys of Landless Abraham | |
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| Joseph and Moses: Aliens in Foreign Lands | |
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| The Rejection of Moses and God's Presence in the Wilderness | |
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| The Tension between Old and New in Hellenism | |
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| The Tabernacle and the Temple | |
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| Resident-Alien Status of the Patriarchs | |
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| The Living Law | |
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| The Ramifications of Stephen's Martyrdom | |
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| The Journeys of the People of God | |
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| Stephen's Message and the Immigrant Church | |
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| Preaching for Mission: Ancient Speeches and Postmodern Sermons Acts 7:2-53; 13:16-41; 14:15-17 | |
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| Stephen's Speech to the Sanhedrin in Jerusalem (7:2-53) | |
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| Paul's Speech to the Synagogue in Pisidian Antioch (13:16-41) | |
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| The Speech of Paul and Barnabas to the Gentiles at Lystra (14:15-17) | |
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| Ancient Speeches and Postmodern Sermons | |
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| The Magical Mystery Tour: Philip Encounters Magic and Materialism in Samaria Acts 8:4-25 | |
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| Simon the "Great" | |
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| Form and Meaning | |
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| Contemporary Blend of Faith and Money | |
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| The Misuse of Power | |
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| The Second Pentecost | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| The Ethiopian Eunuch: A Key Transition from Hellenist to Gentile Mission Acts 8:26-40 | |
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| An Ethiopian | |
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| A Minister of Candace and a Eunuch | |
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| The Role of the Story | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Worshiping, Working, and Waiting: Exploring Paul's Call to Mission Acts 9:1-22 | |
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| Paul's Missionary Call | |
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| Nature and Description of Paul's Missionary Call | |
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| How God Communicated the Call to Paul | |
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| How Paul Responded to the Missionary Call | |
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| Applications to Latin American Involvement in the Missionary Movement | |
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| Peter's Conversion: A Culinary Disaster Launches the Gentile Mission Acts 10:1--11:18 | |
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| The Relevance of Peter's Conversion | |
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| The Focus of Peter's Conversion | |
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| The Discourse-Level Narrative Structure | |
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| The Heart of the Story | |
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| The Implications of the Story | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| The Church at Antioch: Crossing Racial, Cultural, and Class Barriers Acts 11:19-30; 13:1-3 | |
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| A Global Challenge | |
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| The Antioch Model | |
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| Evangelism through Lay Leadership | |
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| Every Member a Minister | |
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| Care for New Believers | |
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| Witness to Oneness in Christ | |
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| Compassion for the Poor | |
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| Balanced Leadership | |
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| Elimination of Racial and Ethnic Barriers | |
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| Mission for Others | |
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| Radical Christians | |
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| Hope in the Midst of Trial Acts 12:1-11 | |
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| Background of Acts 12 | |
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| Persecution of the Jerusalem Church: Acts 12:1-5 | |
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| Peter Released from Prison: Acts 12:6-11 | |
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| Conclusion: The Prognosis | |
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| The Cursing Paul: Magical Contests in Acts 13 and the New Testament Apocrypha Acts 13:6-12 | |
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| What Happened in Paphos? | |
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| Magic in the Greco-Roman World | |
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| Paul's Use of Magical Language | |
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| Paul Confronts Elymas (Bar-Jesus) | |
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| Implications for Mission Today | |
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| Success in the City: Paul's Urban Mission Strategy Acts 14:1-28 | |
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| A New Vision | |
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| Where and How to Begin? | |
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| Surprise Direction | |
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| Contact Points in the City | |
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| Spread of the Jewish Religion | |
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| Enough Time to Plant a Church? | |
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| God Ahead of Us | |
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| God's Hand in Contemporary Movements | |
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| The Apostles' Strategy | |
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| Accountable to the Church | |
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| The Jerusalem Council: Some Implications for Contextualization Acts 15:1-35 | |
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| The Importance of Acts 15 | |
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| Lessons from the Setting | |
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| Conflict and Resolution | |
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| Gospel of Grace | |
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| Fellowship and Testimony | |
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| Characterization | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Finding the Will of God: Historical and Modern Perspectives Acts 16: 1-30 | |
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| Divine Interruption | |
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| Divine Guidance in the First Century | |
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| Divine Guidance in the Early Church | |
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| Divine Response to the Jailing of Paul and Silas | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Paul's Speech on the Areopagus: A Model of Cross-cultural Evangelism Acts 17:16-34 | |
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| The Setting of the Speech | |
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| The Form of the Speech | |
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| The Content of the Speech | |
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| The Reaction to the Speech | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| The Art of Finishing Well: Paul as Servant Leader Acts 18:1-28 and 20:17-38 | |
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| Paul Served alongside Ordinary People (Acts 18:1-23) | |
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| Paul Reproduced Servant Disciples | |
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| Paul Empowered Male and Female Disciples as Servant Leaders (Acts 18:24-26) | |
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| Servant Leadership Gives Credibility | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| The Fourth Pentecost: Paul and the Power of the Holy Spirit Acts 19:1-22 | |
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| The City of Ephesus | |
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| The Church at Ephesus | |
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| The Context of Paul's Visit to Ephesus | |
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| The Full Gospel: From Repentance to Power | |
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| The Results | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| For Missionaries and Leaders: Paul's Farewell to the Ephesian Elders Acts 20:17-38 | |
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| Paul's Farewell: Modeling the Spirit of Mission (Acts 20:17-38) | |
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| Paul's Personal Example (Acts 20:18-27) | |
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| Paul's Final Exhortation (Acts 20:25-35) | |
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| Epilogue | |
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| Do the Right Thing--But Results Are Not Guaranteed Acts 21:17--22:36; 24:10-21 | |
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| Paul Reports and the Jerusalem Elders Respond | |
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| The Elders' Plan | |
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| Solution to the Problem | |
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| Paul Victimized by the Rumor Mill | |
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| Implications for Mission | |
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| The Contextualization and Translation of Christianity Acts 9:1-9; 22:3-33; 26:2-23 | |
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| Contextualization | |
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| The Translation Model | |
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| Acts 9:1-9 | |
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| Acts 22:3-22 | |
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| Acts 26:2-23 | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| The Apostle Paul's Acts of Power Acts 22-28 | |
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| The Kingdom of God and Power | |
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| The Transformation of an Urban Slum | |
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| Power for the Sake of the Gospel | |
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| Paul before the Temple Leadership | |
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| Paul before the Roman Tribune | |
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| Building Relationships | |
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| Paul before Caesar | |
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| Paul before Agrippa and Festus | |
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| Sharing the Gospel with Power | |
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| Reflections on Paul's Use of Power | |
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| The Ending Is Prelude: Discontinuities Lead to Continuities Acts 1:1-11 and 28:23-31 | |
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| Acts--A Threefold Dynamic | |
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| A Three-Dimensional Narrative | |
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| Ending as Prelude | |
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| Intersecting Horizons | |
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| Index | |