Gospels – 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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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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12 September 2024

Handouts for my Gospels class in Morogoro, Tanzania

This page is primarily for my students in Morogoro, Tanzania, where I’m teaching the Gospels for the next little while. I shall share the handouts in English and (computer) Swahili here for you to download. This list will grow as the class progresses, so please keep visiting to pick up the handouts. Ukurasa huu kimsingi ni wa wanafunzi wangu wa...

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6 May 2024

A ‘narrative exegesis’ of John 7:37-39

This was fun to do! I spoke at Emmanuel Church, Loughborough on Sunday 5 May on Jesus’ words about thirsty people coming to him to drink to receive living water (John 3:37-39) in a series of talks on the Holy Spirit. I did it by assuming the persona of John the evangelist and talking about putting my biography of Jesus...

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10 March 2024

Mark 3:20-35: Teaching a Markan sandwich

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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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Tag: Gospels

Three talks about discipleship

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

Handouts for my Gospels class in Morogoro, Tanzania

A ‘narrative exegesis’ of John 7:37-39

Mark 3:20-35: Teaching a Markan sandwich

Introducing Mark: slides