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The Acts of the Risen Lord Jesus: Luke's Account of God's Unfolding Plan (Volume 27) (New Studies in Biblical Theology) - Softcover

Book 12 of 67: New Studies in Biblical Theology

Thompson, Alan J.

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9780830826285: The Acts of the Risen Lord Jesus: Luke's Account of God's Unfolding Plan (Volume 27) (New Studies in Biblical Theology)
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ISBN 10: 0830826289 ISBN 13: 9780830826285
Publisher: IVP Academic, 2011

Synopsis

When the book of Acts is mentioned, a cluster of issues spring to mind, including speaking in tongues and baptism with the Holy Spirit, church government and practice, and missionary methods and strategies. At the popular level, Acts is more oftenmined for answers to contemporary debates than heard for its natural inflections.Instead of using Acts as a prooftext, this New Studies in Biblical Theology volume brings a biblical-theological framework to the account to expose Luke's major themesas they relate to the book as a whole. With this framework in place, Alan Thompson argues that Acts is an account of the 'continuing story' of God's saving purposes. Consequently we find that Luke wants to be read in light of the Old Testament promises and the continuing reign of Christ in the inaugurated kingdom. Read in this way as a snapshot of God's dynamic, unfolding kingdom, the book of Acts begins to regain the deep relevance it had in the first century.Addressing key issues in biblical theology, the works comprising New Studies in Biblical Theology are creative attempts to help Christians better understand their Bibles. The NSBT series is edited by D. A. Carson, aiming to simultaneously instruct and to edify, to interact with current scholarship and to point the way ahead.

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About the Author

Alan J. Thompson (PhD, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School), is the head of the New Testament department at Sydney Missionary and Bible College, Australia. He is the author of A Basic Guide to Biblical Theology (Baker Academic), Colossians and Philemon (TNTC), Luke (EGGNT), The Acts of the Risen Lord Jesus (NSBT), and One Lord, One People: The Unity of the Church in Acts (LNTS).

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Publisher
IVP Academic
Publication date
2011
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0830826289
ISBN 13 
9780830826285
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
232
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