Acts: Case Study of Early Faith

Written By Edward Wolfe

Unhindered

One of the truly significant books of the Bible is the Acts of the Apostles. It traces the growth of the faith in Jesus from a small, local movement to an “unhindered” global groundswell. Christians need to be very familiar with this book in the New Testament because it sets up the pattern and standards for the church.

My paper on Acts includes the following:

  1. Nine sections and organization of the book

  2. The basic conflict of the book

  3. Nine major sermons in the book

  4. Dates of events

  5. Paul’s three missionary journeys

For more detail, see this two-page study. It could form the basis for a quick survey or a more detailed investigation. It’s well-adapted to small group study.

Another wonderful resource is the Bible Project animated studies of the Book of Acts, in two parts, for a total of about 16 minutes.

Edward Wolfe

Edward Wolfe has been a fan of Christian apologetics since his teenage years, when he began seriously to question the truth of the Bible and the reality of Jesus. About twenty years ago, he started noticing that Christian evidences roughly fell into five categories, the five featured on this website.
Although much of his professional life has been in Christian circles (12 years on the faculties of Pacific Christian College, now a part of Hope International University, and Manhattan Christian College and also 12 years at First Christian Church of Tempe), much of his professional life has been in public institutions (4 years at the University of Colorado and 19 years at Tempe Preparatory Academy).
His formal academic preparation has been in the field of music. His bachelor degree was in Church Music with a minor in Bible where he studied with Roger Koerner, Sue Magnusson, Russel Squire, and John Rowe; his master’s was in Choral Conducting where he studied with Howard Swan, Gordon Paine, and Roger Ardrey; and his doctorate was in Piano Performance, Pedagogy, and Literature, where he also studied group dynamics, humanistic psychology, and Gestalt theory with Guy Duckworth.
He and his wife Louise have four grown children and six grandchildren.

https://WolfeMusicEd.com
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