Bible Survey Video Series: Acts
Digital Logos Edition
Overview
Acts focuses on the growth and expansion—geographically and ethnically— of the early church. While much of the narrative seems to focus on Paul, formerly Saul, the primary person who advances the gospel is the Holy Spirit as indicated by the opening verses of Acts. Though Paul was educated in Jerusalem as a student of Gamaliel, his background as a diaspora Jew gave him insight and credibility to the Jews he preached to in the diaspora. As Apostle to the Gentiles, Paul did not focus just on converting Jews to the way of Jesus the Messiah but also preached to the Gentiles during his journeys. Acts ends with Paul in prison, but even imprisonment does not derail him from his mission to carry the gospel to the Gentiles.
Upon successful completion you should be able to:
- Explain how Acts 1:7–8 provides both the theme and structure of Acts
- Describe how the gospel moves both geographically and ethnically in Acts
- Identify two important conversion stories in Acts
- Describe the calling and mission of Paul
- Explain the importance of the conversion of Cornelius
- Explain in what way Peter was converted in the Cornelius story
- Describe how Paul understood his calling
- Explain how Paul’s early life made him effective in this calling
- Describe the purpose and focus of Paul’s missionary journeys
- Describe how Paul responded to his imprisonment
Acts
- 1. Introducing Acts and the World of the Early Church
- 2. The Structure and Key Verse of Acts
- 3. The Growth of the Gospel in Acts
- 4. The Conversion of Paul
- 5. The Conversion of Cornelius
- 6. Themes in Acts
- 7. Paul’s Life before Christ
- 8. Paul’s Life after Christ
- Acts Quiz
Course Quiz
- An objective exam will consist of multiple-choice and true or false questions. Use of a Bible or any other tool is not permitted for objective exams.
- Title: Bible Survey Video Series: Acts
- Instructor: Lynn H. Cohick
- Publisher: Lexham Press
- Publication Date: 2021
- Product Type: Logos Mobile Education
- Resource Type: Courseware, including transcripts and video resources
- Courses: 1
- Video Hours: 1
Dr. Lynn Cohick is professor of New Testament at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois, and coauthor of The New Testament in Antiquity.
Dr. Cohick is interested in studying how average Jews and Christians lived out their faith in the ancient settings of Hellenism and the Roman Empire, as well as how Jews and Christians today can better appreciate and understand each other. She also studies women of the ancient world—especially how they celebrated their religions—and the impact of feminist thought on New Testament studies. She also enjoys studying the Apostle Paul and his epistles within their larger Jewish and Greco-Roman milieu.
Dr. Cohick had the privilege of teaching overseas at the Nairobi Evangelical Graduate School of Theology in Nairobi, Kenya for three years, and was challenged by the students’ dedication and sharp intellect.