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October 2009

October 22, 2009

Acts and Mission 48

Luke ties off the end of chp 12 with subtle words, but words that indicate...

October 21, 2009

Acts and Mission 47

What holds Acts 12 together is as much Herod as it is the mission of...

October 20, 2009

Acts and Mission 46

The story in Acts moves from the martyrdom of James, brother of John (sons of...

October 19, 2009

Acts and Mission 45

The mission of God in this world -- that is the message of the Book...

October 15, 2009

Acts and Mission 44

The gospel is moving in all directions: the folks in Jerusalem are embracing it; Jews...

October 14, 2009

Acts and Mission 43

The center of the messianic movement was Jerusalem, and this is clearly seen in our...

October 13, 2009

Acts and Mission 42

It is not often recognized that Peter formed the vanguard of gospeling the Gentiles. But...

October 12, 2009

Acts and Mission 41

Peter was called to explain himself, his behaviors, and what had happened when the Jerusalem...

October 08, 2009

Acts and Mission 40

Peter's gospel, inspired as it was by God's revelation that all humans are on the...

October 07, 2009

Acts and Mission 39

Peter's message reshaped the Church to expand it to its universal proportions:Acts 10:37 .... you...

October 06, 2009

Acts and Mission 38

The following words of Peter are boundary-breaking theology, and as we have said a number...

October 05, 2009

Acts and Mission 37

In Peter the church finds one who paved the path toward the Gentile mission. Paul...

October 01, 2009

Acts and Mission 36

One of the most notable features of "missional" work is the awkward, surprising works of...

September 2009

September 30, 2009

Acts and Mission 35

The narrative of Acts shifts back to Peter, and Peter's story is about his healings...

September 29, 2009

Acts and Mission 34

Our examination of the missional theme of Acts continues -- Paul's life is dramatically changed....

September 28, 2009

Acts and Mission 33

The paradigmatic conversion story in the Book of Acts is the story of Paul, but...

September 25, 2009

Friday is for Friends: T

Several Fridays ago, Scot allowed me to post here about several reasons that working supernaturally with and...

September 24, 2009

Acts and Mission 32

Paul loomed over chapter 8 in Acts; he now lights up the pages with a...

September 23, 2009

Acts and Mission 31

With Paul looming on the horizon, Philip moves further on and evangelizes another person outside...

September 22, 2009

Acts and Mission 30

Saul's persecutions led to the scattering of the gospel agents who were caught up in...

September 21, 2009

Acts and Mission 29

Enter Saul, soon to become the apostle Paul. This is where we pick up the...

September 17, 2009

Acts and Mission 28

Stephen's speech is not an evangelistic sermon, and I'm willing to say it contains the...

September 16, 2009

Acts and Mission 27

The speech of Stephen is quite the speech in Acts. It illustrates both how the...

September 15, 2009

Acts and Mission 26

The mission of God focuses on Jesus Christ, God's Son and now Lord over death...

September 14, 2009

Acts and Mission 25

The question to ask when we read the Book of Acts is not so much...

September 10, 2009

Acts and Mission 24

Missional communities are apostolically-shaped communities where the wonders of God are seen but where the...

September 09, 2009

Acts and Mission 23

Missional communities are apostolically-shaped communities where the wonders of God are seen but where the...

September 08, 2009

Acts and Mission 22

Missional communities are apostolically-shaped communities where the wonders of God are seen.As is made clear...

September 07, 2009

Acts and Mission 21

Missional communities are not perfect, idealized, romanticized communities. They are apostolically-shaped but still sin-influenced. They...

September 03, 2009

Acts and Mission 20

Acts 4 is a witness to the missional beliefs of Peter and the earliest Christians,...