The Acts of the Risen Lord Jesus (Paperback)

Alan J. Thompson

ISBN 10: 184474535X / ISBN 13: 9781844745357

Published by Inter-Varsity Press, Nottingham, 2011

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Paperback. 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 often mined 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 themes as 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. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Acts of the Risen Lord Jesus (Paperback)
• Publisher: Inter-Varsity Press, Nottingham
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 184474535X
• ISBN 13: 9781844745357
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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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 often mined for answers to contemporary debates than heard for its natural inflections. Instead of using Acts as a prooftext, Alan Thompson brings a biblical-theological framework to the account to expose Luke's major themes as they relate to the book as a whole. With this framework in place, 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.

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).