ACTS and MORE—Steve Walton’s blog on New Testament Studies

8 February 2025

Three talks about discipleship

I was speaking today (Saturday 8 February) to the students and young adults of Emmanuel Church, Loughborough for their weekend, ‘Follow’, all about following Jesus. Here are the slides for the talks: 1 Discipleship according to Mark; 2 Wholeheartedness; 3 Whole life discipleship. Thoughts and comments are most welcome!

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19 January 2025

An interview about my Acts commentary

Cris Rogers kindly interviewed me about the first volume of my Acts commentary in the Word Biblical Commentary for his podcast Making Disciples. We had a very enjoyable conversation of just over half an hour—see here. We talked about what I’ve learned in writing the commentary, as well as the content of Acts and the way I wrote. Enjoy! P.S....

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7 January 2025

Understanding Acts 16: Misinterpretations and Corrections

I had the privilege of speaking to the Loughborough University Christian Union this evening (Tuesday 7 January) on obedience in mission based on Acts 16:6-15. Here are the slides. I took an unusual angle by identifying four ways this passage can be/has been misunderstood, and offering a corrective in each case. Thoughts and comments are most welcome!

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28 December 2024

Insights on the Shepherds’ Visit in Luke 2:15-21

I had the privilege of speaking on the visit of the shepherds (Luke 2:15-21) at Emmanuel Church, Loughborough on 30 December. Here are my slides—thoughts and comments welcome!

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20 November 2024

A video review of my Acts commentary: “I am simply delighted with this.”

Stephen Redman has provided a very kind and warm video review of the first volume of my Acts commentary, recently published on his Pastor’s Library YouTube channel. He concludes, “I am simply delighted with this.” You can see the video review here. It’s about 16 minutes.

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20 November 2024

How do speakers in Acts preach from Scripture, and what can we learn from that?

Here is the handout for the paper I’m giving at the Institute for Biblical Research and Kirby Laing Centre for Public Theology meeting in San Diego on Friday. The seminar is in the stream ‘Scripture and Church’, and is focused on what we can learn for our preaching from the way that the scriptural authors ‘preach’ Scripture. My paper looks...

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