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

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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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

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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20 October 2024

Slides from a talk on Jude 17–25

I have never spoken on the letter of Jude before (the picture above is the text of the latter part of the letter in Codex Sinaiticus, one of our oldest full Greek manuscripts of the New Testament), so being asked to speak on the last section for Emmanuel Church, Loughborough was a new experience! Here are the slides from my...

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Category: Speaking

Exploring Mission and the Holy Spirit in Acts

Three talks about discipleship

Understanding Acts 16: Misinterpretations and Corrections

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

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

Slides from a talk on Jude 17–25