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

15 October 2023

Jesus’ message to Thyatira: video and slides

I spoke about Jesus’ message to the church in Thyatira (Revelation 2:18-29) at Emmanuel Church, Loughborough, on Sunday 15 October. The video is above, and here are the slides from the talk. Again, Colin Hemer, Stephen Travis and Ian Paul were all very helpful. Thoughts and comments welcome!

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11 October 2023

Reading Lukewise: an overview of Luke’s Gospel—slides

I spoke to our students at Emmanuel Church, Loughborough this week, introducing Luke’s Gospel to them: they’re studying it this academic year with our student worker, James. Here are the slides: thoughts and comments welcome!

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1 October 2023

Jesus’ message to Smyrna: video and slides from a talk

I had the privilege of preaching on Jesus’ message to the church in Smyrna (Revelation 2:8-11) as part of a series on the book of Revelation at our church, Emmanuel, Loughborough on the evening of Sunday 1 October. Here are the slides from my talk. My scholarly readers will recognise the influence of Colin Hemer’s superb The Letters to the...

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29 August 2023

A fine opportunity to learn about Jesus’ parables

My good friend (and former student) Dr Philip Richardson is teaching a four-week online course on the parables of Jesus with the overall title ‘Waiting on the Eternal King: Jesus’ Parables about Life, Death, Judgement and the Second Coming’, and it’s available to anyone in the world! The course is for students at Emmaus University, Haiti (where Philip is interim...

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21 August 2023

Slides and a video on Jesus’ meeting with the Canaanite woman (Matthew 15:21-28)

I had the privilege of preaching on this passage last Sunday. It’s interesting because it’s sometimes claimed (wrongly) as showing Jesus being racist and sexist—Ian Paul tackles that well on his blog, here. The video of my sermon is and here are my slides—thoughts and comments most welcome.

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17 August 2023

Is the Roman Empire a friend or a foe in Acts?

I’m giving a paper to the Hindustan Bible Institute, Chennai, India’s online research seminar today (17 August), and so here are the slides and the handout for this talk. Thoughts and comments welcome!

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