Story of Jesus Continues

Douglas S. Huffman (PhD, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) is dean of academic programs and professor of New Testament at Talbot School of Theology, Biola University. He is the author of Verbal Aspect Theory and the Prohibitions in the Greek New Testament and The Handy Guide for New Testament Greek.

• List of AbbreviationsAcknowledgementsHow to Use this BookPART 1: INTRODUCTION TO THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES1. The People of the Story of Acts 2. The Genre and Purpose of the Story of Acts 3. Story Telling in the Story of Acts4. Themes in the Story of Acts5. Interpreting and Applying the Story of Acts PART 2: THE SETTING OF THE STORY OF THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES6. Dating the Story of Acts7. The Historical–Political Setting of the Story of Acts8. The Religious Setting of the Story of Acts9. The Socio–Cultural Setting of the Story of ActsPART 3: THE STORY OF JESUS REACHING THE JEWISH WORLD---Acts 1–12 10. The Story Continues (Acts 1)11. The Story Empowered (Acts 2)12. The Early DaysStory (Acts 3–5)13. Three Key Non-Apostle Characters (Acts 6–9)14. The Story Advances in Palestine (Acts 10–12)PART 4: THE STORY OF JESUS REACHING THE GENTILE WORLD---Acts 13–2815. Missionary Campaign 1 (Acts 13–14)16. The Jerusalem Council (Acts 15)17. Missionary Campaign 2 (Acts 16–18)18. Missionary Campaign 3 (Acts 19–20)19. To Jerusalem and then to Rome (Acts 21–28)CONCLUSION: THE STORY OF JESUS REACHING YOUR WORLDGlossaryIndex

The Story of Jesus Continues is an extraordinary accomplishment, resulting from a career and vocation of teaching the book of Acts. This textbook will prove valuable for a generation because of its lucidity, pedagogical awareness, theological sensitivity, as well of its agility in the literary nature of Acts, its historical connections, and its value for pastors and churches today.