Table of Contents
General Introduction to the Series ix
Acts
Introduction: Reading the Book of Acts 1
The Mission of Jesus | Acts 1:1-14 7
Missioners in Jesus' Mission | Acts 1:15-26 15
The Spirit of the Mission | Acts 2:1-13 22
The Gospel of the Mission | Acts 2:14-41 28
The Response to the Mission | Acts 2.42-47 39
Audience-Sensitive Mission | Acts 3:1-26 44
Courage in the Mission | Acts 4:1-22 51
Prayers in the Mission | Acts 4:23-31 58
Generosity Marks the Mission | Acts 4:32-5:11 64
Ups and Downs of Mission | Acts 5:12-42 70
Ethnic-Sensitivity in the Mission | Acts 6:1-7 79
Martyr for the Mission | Acts 6:8-15; 7:1-8:3 85
The Unexpected in the Mission | Acts 8:4-40 97
Conversion in the Mission | Acts 9:1-19 106
Questions about Converts in the Mission | Acts 9:19b-31 114
Ministering like Jesus in the Mission | Acts 9:32-43 121
God's Timing in the Mission | Acts 10:1-23a 127
Gentiles in the Mission | Acts 10:23b-ll:18 134
Fellowship in the Mission | Acts 11:19-30 143
Powers Defeated in the Mission | Acts 12:1-25 148
Patterns in the Mission | Acts 12:25-14:28 156
Unity in the Mission | Acts 15:1-35 172
People in the Mission | Acts 15:36-16:10 181
Household Conversions in the Mission | Acts 16:11-40 188
Launching the Mission | Acts 17:1-34 196
God's Episodes in the Mission | Acts 18:1-23 205
The Hub of the Mission | Acts 18:24-19:41 212
Travel in the Mission | Acts 19:1, 21-22; 20:1-16 222
Witness in the Mission | Acts 20:17-38 228
Determination in the Mission | Acts 21:1-16 234
Acts in the Mission | Acts 21:17-36 240
Witnessing to the Authorities in the Mission | Acts 21:37-22:29 247
Apologies and Provocations in the Mission | Acts 22:30-23:11 256
Plots and Escapes in the Mission | Acts 23:12-35 262
In Court Before Roman Power in Mission (1) | Acts 24:1-25:12 268
In Court Before Roman Power in Mission (2) | Acts 25:13-26:32 278
Promptings in the Mission | Acts 27:1-28:13 288
Mission Accomplished in the Mission | Acts 28:14-31 298
