Resources & References

Commentaries

  • The Message of Acts (Bible Speaks Today Series), by John Stott
  • Acts (Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament), by Darrell Bock
  • Acts (Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament), by Eckhard Schnabel

Books

  • The Acts of the Risen Lord Jesus: Luke’s Account of God’s Unfolding Plan, by Alan Thompson
  • The Mission of God, by Christopher Wright
  • Kingdom Outposts, by Dru Dodson
  • Surprised by the Power of the Holy Spirit, by Jack Deere
  • The Spirit-Filled Church, by Terry Virgo
  • The Presence and the Power, by Gerald Hawthorne
  • The Beginners Guide to Spiritual Gifts, by Sam Storms

Articles / Blogs


References

Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Bock, Darrell. Acts. Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2007.

Bruce, F. F. The Book of Acts. The New International Commentary on the New Testament. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1988.

Calvin, John. The Acts of the Apostles: Vol. 1, edited by D. W. and T. F. Torrance. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1965.

Constable, Thomas L. Notes on Acts: 2016 Edition. Sonic Light, 2016. Accessed March 1, 2016. http://soniclight.com/constable/notes/pdf/acts.pdf.

Harrison, Everett F. Acts: The Expanding Church. Chicago: Moody Press, 1975.

Keller, Tim. Quoted in Stephen Grabill. “The Church’s Call to Steward God’s Mission in the World.” Accessed March 1, 2016. https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/the-churchs-call-to-steward-gods-mission-in-the-world.

Longnecker, Richard N. “The Acts of the Apostles.” In John-Acts, vol. 9 of The Expositor’s Bible Commentary, edited by Frank E. Gaebelein and J. D. Douglas. Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, 1981.

Marshall, I. Howard. The Acts of the Apostles. Tyndale New Testament Commentaries. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1984.

Pierson, Arthur T. The Acts of the Holy Spirit. New York: Revell, 1896.

Schnabel, Eckhard. Acts. Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2012.

Smets, Duane. “The Church and Money.” Accessed March 1, 2016. http://theresolved.com/resources/sermons/the-church-and-money/.

Stott, John. The Message of Acts. The Bible Speaks Today. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1990.

Thompson, Alan J. The Acts of the Risen Lord Jesus: Luke’s Account of God’s Unfolding Plan. New Studies in Biblical Theology. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 2011.

Winter, B. W. “Providentia for the Widows of 1 Timothy 5:3-16.” Tyndale Bulletin 39 (1988): 89.

Wright, Christopher. The Mission of God: Unlocking the Bible’s Grand Narrative. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 2006.