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

18 March 2024

What is worship? A talk on Revelation 19

I spoke on Revelation 19 on Sunday evening (17 March 2024) at Emmanuel Church, Loughborough. Above is the video of my talk, and here are the slides. The focus is on worship, as in the chapter of Revelation. As always, I’m grateful to those who have thought about it more than me, including George Caird, John Sweet, Sarah Dixon, and...

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10 March 2024

Mark 3:20-35: Teaching a Markan sandwich

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26 February 2024

Revelation 14—the Lamb vs the beasts: an outline

I spoke on Revelation 14, which portrays the battle of the Lamb and his followers and the beasts of Revelation 13 and their followers, at Emmanuel Church, Loughborough, and here’s the outline of my talk. No video this time—we were having our monthly café church in our halls, where there isn’t a streaming facility. Thoughts and comments welcome.

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13 February 2024

The two witnesses—a video and a handout on Revelation 11

I had the privilege of preaching on Revelation 11 for Emmanuel Church, Loughborough recently—a challenge, for this is one of the most puzzling passages in a puzzling book. Here’s a link to my outline (our projector was not working, so no slides) and the video is below (with apologies that some of the sound is a bit distorted). Thoughts and...

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9 January 2024

Introducing Mark: slides

I have led an evening for our preaching team at Emmanuel Church, Loughborough, introducing Mark’s Gospel, since we’re doing a preaching series in Mark at our morning services over the coming months. Here are the slides from my input—thoughts and comments welcome!

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30 December 2023

Living from the future to the present: a talk on Isaiah 61:10–62:5

I had the privilege of speaking at Emmanuel Church, Loughborough on 31 December on Isaiah 61:10–62:5, and am glad to share my slides from that talk here. Thoughts and questions are very welcome!

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