The Baylor University journal Christian Reflection has just published its latest issue, in print and on the web here, focused on the Book of Acts. I was delighted to be asked to contribute an article on the spirituality of Acts, and it’s nice to see it in print.

There are other interesting and helpful articles too, by luminaries of Acts studies, plus some good discussion study guides for individual articles (click on links below for individual pieces—or you can download the whole issue here). It’s particularly nice for me to see the article by my former doctoral student Tim Churchill, now Dean of The Theological College of Central Africa, Ndola, Zambia. Enjoy!

Articles

• “A Spirituality of Acts,” by Steve Walton
• “Reading Acts as a Sequel to the Fourfold Gospel,” by Mikeal C. Parsons
• “Paul and the Philosophers,” by Timothy A. Brookins
• “A Warning to the Wise: Learning from Eutychus’s Mistake,” by Andrew E. Arterbury
• “Philanthropy, Hospitality, and Friendship,” by Joshua W. Jipp

Art

• “Spreading the Gospel ‘To the Ends of the Earth,'” by Heidi J. Hornik, on Raphael’s Cartoons (for Tapestries)

Hymn and Worship Service

• Worship Service by Allison Buras
• “As Christ and Church and Congregation” by Terry W. York and C. David Bolin

Inspirational Pieces

• “Repetition for a Reason,” by Timothy Churchill
• “The Ever-Expanding Gospel,” by Chad Hartsock
• Other Voices, Quotations on the book of Acts

Book Reviews

• “A Story that Teaches: The Theology of Acts,” by Holly Beers
  • Darrell L. Bock, A Theology of Luke and Acts: God’s Promised Program, Realized for All Nations
  • Luke Timothy Johnson, Prophetic Jesus, Prophetic Church: The Challenge of Luke-Acts to Contemporary Christians
  • C. Kavin Rowe, World Upside Down: Reading Acts in the Graeco-Roman Age
• “Studying the Book of Acts,” by Kathy Maxwell
  • J. Bradley Chance, Acts (Smyth & Helwys Bible Commentary Series)
  • Beverly Gaventa, Acts (Abingdon New Testament Commentaries)
  • Mikeal C. Parsons, Acts (Paideia: Commentaries on the New Testament)
  • Michael Mullins, The Acts of the Apostles

Study Guides and Lesson Plans (Download the set of five Study Guides)

• “A Spirituality of Acts”
• “Reading Acts as a Sequel to the Fourfold Gospel”
• “Paul and the Philosophers”
• “A Warning to the Wise: Learning from Eutychus’s Mistake”
• “Philanthropy, Hospitality, and Friendship”