Outline:

1) The Church that Suffers

2) The Church that offers Supplication

3) The Church that is Skeptical & Surprised 

4) The Church that Spreads

Resources: Commentaries: Bock, Merida, Schreiner; Stott, Wright. Books: Miracles by Lewis; Jesus and the Eyewitnesses, by Bauckham; The Patient Ferment of the Early Church, by Kreider

Outline:

A Spirit-filled Church:

1) Shares the Gospel

2) Teaches the Gospel

3) Identity is the Gospel

4) Gives & Goes with the Gospel

Resources: Commentaries: Bock, Merida, Schreiner; Stott, Wright. Books: Jesus and the Eyewitnesses, by Bauckham; How to Reach the West Again, by Keller; The Patient Ferment of the Early Church, by Kreider; What Actually Starts Movements, by Prinz

Outline:

1) Internal Opposition

2) Historical Explanation

3) Communal Celebration

Main Point: The message of salvation is the power of salvation for all peoples.

Outline: 

1) The Father, the Originator of Salvation

2) The Son, the Basis of Salvation

3) The Spirit, the Application of Salvation

Resources: Commentaries: Baker, Pillar; “Exalting Jesus in Acts” by Merida

Outline:

1) Gospel Curiosity

2) Gospel Hospitality

3) Gospel Equality

Resources: Commentaries: Bock, Merida, Schreiner; Stott, Wright. Books: Jesus and the Eyewitnesses, by Bauckham; How to Reach the West Again, by Keller; The Patient Ferment of the Early Church, by Kreider; Miracles, by Lewis; What Actually Starts Movements, by Prinz

Outline:

1) The Pattern of Jesus

2) The Power of Jesus

3) The Promise of Jesus

Resources: Commentaries: Bock, Merida, Schreiner; Stott, Wright. Books: Jesus and the Eyewitnesses, by Bauckham;How to Reach the West Again, by Keller; The Patient Ferment of the Early Church, by Kreider; Miracles, by Lewis; What Actually Starts Movements, by Prinz

OUTLINE:

1) From persecutor to persecuted

2) From avoiding to accepting

Commentaries: Bock, Merida, Schreiner; Stott, Wright. Books: The Patient Ferment of the Early Church, by Kreider; How to Reach the West, by Keller

OUTLINE:

1) What Saul is doing

2) What the Savior does

3) What we’re sent to do

RESOURCES: Commentaries: Bock, Merida, Schreiner; Stott, Wright.

Outline:

1) We Are Guided

2) We Are Guides

Main Point: We are guided to guide others (generally and specifically)

Resources: The Reluctant Witness - Everts; Understanding Christian Mission: Participation in Suffering and Glory - Sunquist

Main Point: True belief is paired with true repentance

Main Application: Keep repenting and believing. Have your habits actually changed?

Outline:

1) BELIEF AND BAPTISM

2) BELIEF AND THE SPIRIT

3) BELIEF AND REPENTANCE

RESOURCES: Commentaries: Bock, Merida, Schreiner; Stott, Wright. Books: Dominion, by Holland; The Patient Ferment of the Early Church, by Kreider;