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

5 June 2025

Leadership and power in Acts—slides

I have given a paper on ‘Leadership and power in the book of Acts’ at a very interesting symposium on leadership and power at the Catholic University of Leuven, organised by Armin Kummer and Veronika Burz-Tropper. They brought together a group of thinkers who work in methods, and Old and New Testament studies for three days to discuss this theme,...

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30 May 2025

Acts and the Roman empire—slides

I’m giving a paper at a conference on ‘The Church in an Age of Political Power’ in Colorado Springs. My paper is ‘Acts and the Roman Empire: An analysis in conversation with 1 Kings 18 and Daniel’. That may sound like an unusual combination. I am arguing that there are common themes (as well as differences, of course) in the...

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11 May 2025

Exploring Mission and the Holy Spirit in Acts

I’m teaching for the Caleb stream of ordinands in Guildford diocese on Tuesday 13 May on the book of Acts. They’ve done some reading of Acts in advance, and I shall have two hours with them. I’m going to focus on mission in Acts, and the work of the Holy Spirit in Acts. Here are the slides and handouts: Mission...

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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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