Bible Study Syllabus (Acts)

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This is the syllabus used when the Bible study was reading the book of Hosea, in the fall of 2007. Throughout the study of the book of Acts we used Luke Timothy Johnson's commentary from the Sacra Pagina series entitled The Acts of the Apostles.

Contents 1 Schedule 1.1 August 30 1.1.1 Topic 1.1.2 Event 1.2 Monday September 10 1.2.1 Topic 1.2.2 Readings 1.3 September 17 1.3.1 Topic 1.3.2 Readings 1.4 September 24 1.4.1 Topic 1.4.2 Readings 1.5 October 1 1.5.1 Topic 1.5.2 Readings 1.6 October 8 1.6.1 Topic 1.6.2 Readings 1.7 October 15 1.7.1 No Bible Study 1.8 October 22 1.8.1 Topic 1.8.2 Readings 1.9 October 29 1.9.1 Topic 1.9.2 Readings 1.10 November 5 1.10.1 Topic 1.10.2 Readings 1.11 November 12 1.11.1 Topic 1.11.2 Readings 1.12 November 19 1.12.1 Topic 1.12.2 Readings 1.13 November 26 1.13.1 Topic 1.13.2 Readings 1.14 December 3 1.14.1 Topic 1.14.2 Readings 1.15 December 10 1.15.1 Topic 1.15.2 Readings 1.16 December 17 1.16.1 Topic 1.16.2 Readings 1.17 January 7 1.17.1 Topic 1.17.2 Readings

[edit] Schedule

[edit] August 30

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[edit] Topic

Chillaxin'

[edit] Event

Grilling at Dave's house

[edit] Monday September 10

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[edit] Topic

History and Christianity

[edit] Readings

• The New Testament and the People Of God - N.T. Wright
  • Read sections 1, 2, 3, 5ii, 5iii
  • Right click on the document to rotate it so that you can read it (for windows users).

[edit] September 17

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[edit] Topic

Acts Chapter 1

[edit] Readings

• The Book of Acts, Chapter 1
• The Acts of the Apostles Chapters 1 and 2 (pages 23-40)
• St. John Chrysostom's first Homily on Acts

[edit] September 24

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[edit] Topic

Acts Chapters 2 & 3

[edit] Readings

• The Book of Acts, Chapters 2 & 3
• The Acts of the Apostles Chapters 3-6 (pages 41-75), Interpretation sections only
• J. Rodman Williams - Chapter 2: The Event of the Holy Spirit
  • Original source

[edit] October 1

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Acts Chapters 4 & 5

[edit] Readings

• The Book of Acts, Chapters 4 & 5
• Relevant parts of The Acts of the Apostles
• Ellen White - A Warning Against Hypocrisy

[edit] October 8

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[edit] Topic

Acts Chapters 6 & 7

[edit] Readings

• The Book of Acts, Chapters 6 & 7
• Relevant parts of The Acts of the Apostles
• Moessner - 'The Christ must suffer': new light on the Jesus-Peter, Stephen, Paul parallels in Luke-Acts

[edit] October 15

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[edit] No Bible Study

We're taking a break because of fall break and the camping trip.

[edit] October 22

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[edit] Topic

Acts Chapters 8 & 9

[edit] Readings

• The Book of Acts, Chapters 8 & 9
• Relevant parts of The Acts of the Apostles
• James Patrick Callahan - Claritas Scripturae: The Role of Perspicuity In Protestant Hermeneutics
  • Original text (with footnotes)

[edit] October 29

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[edit] Topic

Acts Chapters 10 & 11

[edit] Readings

• The Book of Acts, Chapters 10 & 11
• Relevant parts of The Acts of the Apostles
• David Matson and Warren Brown - Tuning the Faith: The Cornelius Story in Resonance Perspective

[edit] November 5

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[edit] Topic

Acts Chapters 12 & 13

[edit] Readings

• The Book of Acts, Chapters 12 & 13
• Relevant parts of The Acts of the Apostles
• Wayne Meeks - Assisting the Word by Making (Up) History: Luke's Project and Ours

[edit] November 12

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[edit] Topic

Acts Chapters 14 & 15

[edit] Readings

• The Book of Acts, Chapters 14 & 15
• Relevant parts of The Acts of the Apostles
• The Martyrdom of Saint Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna
  • Original source at CCEL

[edit] November 19

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[edit] Topic

Acts Chapters 16 & 17

[edit] Readings

• The Book of Acts, Chapters 16 & 17
• Relevant parts of The Acts of the Apostles
• John Calvin - Commentary on Acts - Read the pages numbered 56-65 (pages 62-71 of the PDF)

[edit] November 26

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[edit] Topic

Acts Chapters 18 & 19

[edit] Readings

• The Book of Acts, Chapters 18 & 19
• Relevant parts of The Acts of the Apostles
• William T. Cavenaugh - When Enough is Enough
  • Original source at Sojourners

[edit] December 3

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[edit] Topic

Acts Chapters 20 & 21

[edit] Readings

• The Book of Acts, Chapters 20 & 21
• Relevant parts of The Acts of the Apostles
• "Pentecostal Missiology in Ecumenical Perspective: Contributions, Challenges, Controversies" by Veli-Matti Karkkainen

[edit] December 10

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[edit] Topic

Acts Chapters 22 & 23

[edit] Readings

• The Book of Acts, Chapters 22 & 23
• Relevant parts of The Acts of the Apostles

[edit] December 17

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[edit] Topic

Acts Chapters 24 & 25

[edit] Readings

• The Book of Acts, Chapters 24 & 25
• Relevant parts of The Acts of the Apostles
• David M Whitford - Cura Religionis or Two Kingdoms: The Late Luther on Religion and the State in the Lectures on Genesis 1
  • Original Source

[edit] January 7

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[edit] Topic

Acts Chapters 26, 27 & 28

[edit] Readings

• The Book of Acts, Chapters 26, 27 &28
• Relevant parts of The Acts of the Apostles
• Micah Kiel - Did Paul Get Whacked? - The endings of the Sopranos and the Acts of the Apostles