Navigating the Bible: Acts

About this sermon

“So when the apostles were with Jesus, they kept asking him, ‘Lord has the time come for you to free Israel and restore our kingdom?’ He replied, ‘The Father alone has the authority to set those dates and times, and they are not for you to know. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. And you will be my witnesses, telling people about me everywhere - in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.’” - Acts 1:6-8 There is a lot going on in the book of Acts. Picking up pretty much where the Gospel of Luke left off, Acts follows Jesus commissioning the disciples right before his ascension, the coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, and then the birth of the church. It’s a book about mission - the mission to spread the good news of Jesus. It’s a book about diversity - the opening of the message to gentiles and the travels set forth by the apostles as they bring the message of Jesus to the world. It’s a book about power - not power as we may think about it but spiritual power. To guide us through the book of Acts today is Dr. Craig Keener, Professor of Biblical Studies at Asbury Theological Seminary and author of 37 books including a, wait for it, 4,500 page commentary on Acts.  Doable Discipleship is a Saddleback Church podcast produced and hosted by Jason Wieland. It premiered in 2017 and now offers more than 450 episodes. Episodes release every Tuesday on your favorite podcast app and on the Saddleback Church YouTube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/saddleback). Subscribe to the Doable Discipleship podcast at Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/doable-discipleship/id1240966935) or Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/1Zc9nuwQZOLadbFCZCmZ1V) Resources Related to This Episode: https://www.amazon.com/Acts-New-Cambridge-Bible-Commentary/ Related Doable Discipleship Episodes:  Navigating the Bible: John - https://youtu.be/0Q8CqUMoTdE Navigating the Bible: Luke - https://youtu.be/TKp9FbT3J2k Navigating the Bible: Mark - https://youtu.be/TfD2cHzAFmc Navigating the Bible: Matthew - https://youtu.be/TopzGlIuhYg Navigating the Bible: Malachi - https://youtu.be/Qiwoys1KAa8 Navigating the Bible: Zechariah - https://youtu.be/t3beJht6tZU Navigating the Bible: Haggai - https://youtu.be/pGFOmTPUgI4 Navigating the Bible: Zephaniah - https://youtu.be/VtKeFsLeG4M Navigating the Bible: Habakkuk - https://youtu.be/89l0HUQceIw Navigating the Bible: Nahum - https://youtu.be/USg64a6Kk8w Navigating the Bible: Micah - https://youtu.be/Tcm3HykhkS8 Navigating the Bible: Jonah - https://youtu.be/PxhIyhLSgJQ Navigating the Bible: Obadiah - https://youtu.be/jB6W-TM5Y-o Navigating the Bible: Amos - https://youtu.be/8DqVHu7leDU Navigating the Bible: Joel - https://youtu.be/Ilg6r300q4U Navigating the Bible: Hosea - https://youtu.be/nWZ4TuAUSRQ Navigating the Bible: Daniel - https://youtu.be/bnQ-PioWxfg Navigating the Bible: Ezekiel - https://youtu.be/hlg6gBYxqsg Navigating the Bible: Lamentations - https://youtu.be/6rrizlXeYXE Navigating the Bible: Jeremiah - https://youtu.be/lXPjWl8PdRk Navigating the Bible: Isaiah - https://youtu.be/NZJLaPkgEgs Navigating the Bible: Song of Songs - https://youtu.be/Sg0CYlNBVMg Navigating the Bible: Ecclesiastes - https://youtu.be/-Wr7LCh8F9E Navigating the Bible: Proverbs - https://youtu.be/DytRT5AsZg8 Navigating the Bible: Psalms - https://youtu.be/oZeesooAYUI Navigating the Bible: Job - https://youtu.be/14jaf2T1eCQ Navigating the Bible: Esther - https://youtu.be/7RZ7ATWQZuc Navigating the Bible: Nehemiah - https://youtu.be/Gok4WDgwn5I Navigating the Bible: Ezra - https://youtu.be/aBC0nEjYeyo Navigating the Bible: 2 Chronicles - https://youtu.be/OG3rHTgMgEI Navigating the Bible: 1 Chronicles - https://youtu.be/lQ_Qc4zbfgA Navigating the Bible: 2 Kings - https://youtu.be/04q9gDhBKTk Navigating the Bible: 1 Kings - https://youtu.be/aS-KoeQXl2k Navigating the Bible: 2 Samuel - https://youtu.be/ZbpafGgOW7c Navigating the Bible: 1 Samuel - https://youtu.be/lY8wPElSFMY Navigating the Bible: Rute - https://youtu.be/YaH-t-ZzTaM Navigating the Bible: Judges - https://youtu.be/qNGcOf2o0NU Navigating the Bible: Joshua - https://youtu.be/hF28aThBtFs Navigating the Bible: Deuteronomy - https://youtu.be/HzmNgPOM4zU Navigating the Bible: Numbers - https://youtu.be/H1HO6V9HDxs Navigating the Bible: Leviticus - https://youtu.be/08RhDCXYex4 Navigating the Bible: Exodus - https://youtu.be/NB9UTpS1F3M Navigating the Bible: Genesis - https://youtu.be/ddhjMfOoasA Inspiring Dreams by Keys of Moon | https://soundcloud.com/keysofmoon Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ]]>

Source: Rick Warren