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Acts of the Apostles
The Acts of the Apostles is a study of the Book of Acts which is focused
on the birth and development of the apostolic church
Trinity College of Biblical
Studies-Free Online Bible College Trinity College of Biblical Studies-Undergraduate Studies Trinity College of Biblical Studies Library The Acts of the Apostles is a study of the Book of Acts which is focused on the birth and development of the apostolic church
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COURSE DESCRIPTION This course seeks to understand the message of Acts by examining the following issues: origin and purpose, history of interpretation, theology, and the preaching and teaching of Acts. Special emphasis is given to using the book of Acts in understanding church growth. Register for this free online bible class by clicking on this link
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COURSE OBJECTIVES
By the end of this course, the student should be able to: 1. Describe the literary/Culture form of Acts and its significance for understanding the book; 2. Demonstrate the literary and theological relationships between Acts and the Gospel of Luke; 3. Outline the basic structure of Acts; 4. Describe the probable purposes of Acts; 5. Trace each of the journeys of Paul as they are presented in Acts, indicating the various stops in each one and what happened in each place and the different cultures he encountered 6. Describe the chronological and Culture/historical problems regarding Paul that exist between the book of Acts and the Pauline letters; 7. Choose any passage in Acts and do a detailed, systematic treatment of it in light of the overall purposes of Acts; 8. Describe the major themes in Acts and show how they are developed in the book; 9. Describe specific contemporary issues which the book of Acts addresses and show how it does so; 10. Produce at least one sermon/lesson/learning experience from the book of Acts to a contemporary audience; 11. Describe at least eight major classical and contemporary works on the book of Acts. 12. Know the timeline
Listen to Lectures Out Of The Shadows (Acts
1:1-14)
The Birthday Of The Church
(Acts 1:15-2:4 What Is This? (Acts 2:5-21) The Young Church (Acts
2:37-47) Power To Heal (Acts 3:1-10) By Faith In His Name (Acts
3:11-26) The Radical Resurrection
(Acts 4:1-14) When The Establishment Is
Wrong (Acts 4:13-31) Body Life (Acts 4:32-5:11) Confrontation! (Acts 5:12-42) Handling Dissension (Acts
6:1-8)
What More Can He Say? (Acts
6:8-8:1)
THE CHURCH UNDER PRESSURE The Gospel Versus Magic (Acts
8:1-24) The Divine Wind (Acts
8:25-40) Beloved Enemy (Acts 9:1-19)
The Yoke Of Christ (Acts
9:19-31) The Cure For Death (Acts
9:32-10:23) Life For All (Acts
10:23-11:18) Expanding Horizons (Acts
11:19-30) When Prison Doors Open (Acts
12:1-25) THE PATTERN SETTERS The Strategy Of The Spirit
(Acts 13:1-13) The Radical Word (Acts
13:13-52) Counterattack (Acts 14:1-28) What's God Doing? (Acts
15:1-21) The Ways God Guides (Acts
15:22-16:10)
D-Day At Philippi (Acts
16:11-40) Rable and Nobles (Acts
17:1-15) Athens Versus Paul (Acts
17:16-34)
The Cross In Corinth (Acts
18:1-22)
Halfway Christians (Acts
18:23-19:7) Off Witchcraft! (Acts
19:8-20) Christianity Is Dangerous
(Acts 19:21-20:1) Last Words (Acts 20:2-38) THE PRISONER OF THE LORD Paul's Mistake (Acts 21:1-26) Trouble At Jerusalem (Acts
21:27-22:29)
Trouble At Jerusalem (Acts
21:27-22:29) Love That Never Lets Go (Acts
22:30-23:35) Discipline Of Delay (Acts 24) Before Governors And Kings
(Acts 25-26) The End Of The Beginning
(Acts 28) III. REQUIRED TEXTBOOKS- Online Text book Acts of the Apostles (Click on links to download) Listen to the Text book for Acts Of The Apostles Download and Read Text book The Acts of the Apostles Download the 29 Lessons for Acts of the Apostles Missionary Journeys of St Andrew Read how the Apostles were Martyred Church of the Apostles Found on Mt. Zion St Chrysostom-Homilies on The Book of Acts and Romans (Read Acts) Also Required Reading http://www.ctinquiry.org/publications/wright.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11744a.htm http://www.religioustolerance.org/chr_hipr.htm
Click on link to download and Watch Paul the Apostle: The Emissary Movie Paul the Apostle The Emissary Movie Visit these Footsteps of Paul Tours http://bpeterson.faculty.ltss.edu/Paul/Internet.htm http://www.abrock.com/Greece-Turkey/Philippi.html
Biblical Art for Acts
Art Collection http://www.ewtn.com/gallery/sp/sp1.htm http://www.christusrex.org/www1/vaticano/T-Treasury.html http://www.christusrex.org/www1/vaticano/F-Fabbrica.html http://www.christusrex.org/www1/vaticano/MI-Mission.html http://www.christusrex.org/www1/vaticano/S1-Sacro.html http://www.christusrex.org/www1/vaticano/S2-Sacro.html http://www.christusrex.org/www1/vaticano/S3-Sacro.html Click on links to listen to Holy Bible for The Acts of the Apostles dramatized
Acts-01
List of Commentaries St Chrysostom-Homilies on The Book of Acts and Romans http://ccel.org/j/jfb/jfb/JFB00.htm Holy Bible for the Book of Acts http://etext.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/RsvActs.html Maps http://oi.uchicago.edu/OI/INFO/MAP/ANE_Maps.html http://www.anova.org/sev/atlas/htm/index.html http://www.bible-history.com/biblehistoryonline_biblemaps.php  IV One research paper will be required. The student has a number of different options for this paper. He/she may choose some topic related to the background, Culture, structure, theology, etc. of Acts. Some suggested topics are included in this syllabus. If the student is using this course to fulfill his/her New Testament exegesis requirement, then he/she must choose a passage from Acts and do a thorough exegetical study of it using the exegetical procedure included with this syllabus. What is required in this exegetical paper will be discussed throughout the course, and an exegetical check-sheet will be provided. paper would then be more of a lesson plan than a research or exegetical paper. The major paper for this course should be no more than 15 pages long. It must be well-written and fully documented. The paper will be graded primarily on content but also on style and form. The student must decide early what he/she will choose as the subject of this paper.
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The Understanding of Acts by Hans Conzelmann in The Theology
of Luke 2. The Holy Spirit in the Book of Acts 3. The Role of James in the Book of Acts 4. The Importance of the Jerusalem Council in the Book of Acts 5. The Picture of Paul in Acts Versus the Picture of Paul in His Letters 6. Principles of Church Growth in the Book of Acts 7. The Development of the Gentile Mission in the Book of Acts 8. The Possible Sources for the Book of Acts 9. The ?We? Sections of the Book of Acts 10. The Jerusalem Church in the Book of Acts 11. The Picture of the Apostles in the Book of Acts 12.
The Book of Acts as an Anti-Gnostic Document
A SIMPLIFIED EXEGETICAL PROCEDURE FOR A NEW
TESTAMENT TEXT (8-99)
1. Choose your text. The text must be a self-contained unit. This means that it needs to have a definite beginning, a definite ending, and some movement or progression between these two points. The paragraph divisions in recent English translations are usually good indicators of self-contained units. Your text may be made up of one or more paragraphs. You need to decide how many paragraphs you will treat, but remember that your text must make sense and you must treat thoroughly each part.
2. Translate the text if you work with Greek. In your translation, parse all verbalism and describe any unusual grammatical features. Discuss any significant textual variants and establish what you think is the more original reading of the text you study.
RESOURCES: Greek text; lexicons; commentaries; textual commentary; Greek grammars, online resource material
3. If you do not work with the Greek, compare 4 English translations. Reproduce your passage (pericope) in each of these translations. Write down any significant differences in meaning among the 4 translations. You do not have to resolve these differences at this point; just note them. RESOURCES: English translations.
4. Write a basic introduction to the book where your text is found. In your introduction, deal at least with these issues: a. Authorship b. Date c. Audience d. Situation addressed e. Purpose(s) f. Structure (outline the whole book broadly or in detail) g. Special features of the book h. Critical problems or questions about the book RESOURCES: New Testament introductions; Bible dictionaries; New Testament commentaries on your book.
5. Study the literary form of your passage. Is it an argument, a diatribe, a parable, a miracle story, a saying, a narrative, a vision, etc.? How does the literary form of your passage have any significance for the meaning of your passage?
6. Study the literary structure of your passage. How is your passage put together? Identify each sentence as a question, a statement, an explanation, a clarification, etc. Describe the relationships that the sentences of your passage have to one another. The best way to show this is to produce a sentence outline of your passage.
7. Note how your passage fits into the overall structure of the New Testament book out of which it comes. What place does it have? Is it an introduction to the book? Is it a conclusion? Is it the heart of the book? How does the position of the passage in relation to the whole book affect your understanding of it?
8. Examine significant words in your passage. Choose words whose meanings are not obvious. Use word study books to discover the range of meanings that a word may have but concentrate on what your word means in the context of your passage. s
9. Summarize the meaning of your passage in your own words. State in one sentence what this passage meant to the original readers in light of your research above. State in one sentence what it means in light of the realities of modern life.
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Suggest issues that this passage addresses today
and specific ways that this passage addresses them. Suggest ways
you can preach and teach this passage.
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