mission – 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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21 May 2023

Jesus’ Ascension: slides and a sermon

I had the delight of speaking about Jesus’s ascension at Emmanuel Church, Loughborough this morning, based on Acts 1:1-14. Here are my slides and the video of the sermon. Thoughts most welcome! In case it’s of interest, I was drawing on some articles which I’ve written on this area: Walton, Steve. “‘The Heavens Opened’: Cosmological and Theological Transformation in Luke...

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8 October 2022

Church planting in Acts: my slides

I gave a talk about church planting in Acts for our church, Emmanuel Loughborough, today, and here are the slides for any who would like them. Above is one of the books I recommended. Thoughts and comments are most welcome!

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4 August 2022

My new book: Reading Acts Theologically

I’m delighted to say that my new book is now available. It’s a ‘collected essays’ volume, bringing together thirteen essays about Acts that I’ve written over the last twenty years as I’ve worked on my Word Biblical Commentary on Acts. Most have been published elsewhere; two are published for the first time here. Alas, it’s not cheap in the hardback...

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6 June 2021

Introducing Romans: a two-part talk

We’re starting a sermon series on Romans at All Saints, Ealing, and I’ve done the introduction for our online service today. Here are the two videos (each a little over 13 minutes). The first gives an overview of why Paul is writing, drawing particularly on 1:8-15 and 15:14-29. The second looks at the shape of the whole letter, and then...

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16 May 2020

A two-part sermon on Acts 17:16-31

I was given the privilege of preaching for my church for our online service on Sunday 16 May 2020, and preached on Paul’s engagement with the Athenians in Acts 17:16-31. I give links below to the two segments, each about 12 minutes long. Comments welcome!

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Tag: mission

Exploring Mission and the Holy Spirit in Acts

Jesus’ Ascension: slides and a sermon

Church planting in Acts: my slides

My new book: Reading Acts Theologically

Introducing Romans: a two-part talk

A two-part sermon on Acts 17:16-31