New Testament Studies – Page 2 – ACTS and MORE—Steve Walton’s blog on New Testament Studies

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!

Speaking Comments: 0

20 November 2024

A video review of my Acts commentary: “I am simply delighted with this.”

Stephen Redman has provided a very kind and warm video review of the first volume of my Acts commentary, recently published on his Pastor’s Library YouTube channel. He concludes, “I am simply delighted with this.” You can see the video review here. It’s about 16 minutes.

Books and articles/Research/Reviews/Study Comments: 0

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...

Articles and papers/Conferences/Research/Speaking Comment: 1

20 November 2024

Why did Saul become Paul? Interview

I was recently interview by Dr Tony Watkins at Tyndale House, Cambridge about why Saul became Paul in the book of Acts, as part of their series of videos on biblical names. Here’s the link to the interview: it’s a touch under 30 minutes—enjoy! I’ve also published an online article on the Logos academic blog about this: you can find...

Books and articles/Research/Study Comments: 2

19 November 2024

James Morgan interview on my Acts commentary

My friend Dr James Morgan, who teaches at the University of Fribourg in Switzerland, has interviewed me about the first volume of my Acts commentary, which is now available in the USA, and will be available in the UK on 2 January 2025. Here’s the link to the YouTube video. Here’s what James says: In this episode of Life&Text, join...

Books and articles/Research/Study Comments: 2

17 November 2024

2 Corinthians 9:6-15 — cheerful giving: video and slides

I had the privilege of speaking on 2 Corinthians 9:6-15 at Emmanuel Church, Loughborough today (17 November), bringing to a close a short series of talks about 2 Corinthians 8–9, where Paul appeals to the Corinthians about his collection for the church in Jerusalem and Judaea. Here’s a link to the slides from the talk. Thoughts and comments welcome!

Books and articles/Research/Study Comments: 0

Tag: New Testament Studies

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

A video review of my Acts commentary: “I am simply delighted with this.”

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

Why did Saul become Paul? Interview

James Morgan interview on my Acts commentary

2 Corinthians 9:6-15 — cheerful giving: video and slides