Personal Thoughts About Commentaries: Acts

By Paul Henebury –

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This list of commentaries on Acts are the ones I think are the best for the Pastor and Bible Teacher.

Darrell L. Bock – Bock is known for his massive two-volume Luke commentary. This commentary on Acts rises to the same high standard. Bock is a progressive dispensationalist, so I do not agree with his view that Christ is ruling today. But this readable exposition covers all the bases.Eckhard Schnabel – An excellent, detailed exposition of Acts from an expert in the background.F.F. Bruce –…
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Tyndale at 500: Part 1 – The Plowboy’s Perspective

By Paul J. Scharf –

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Author’s Note: The following account is fictional, but based on a composite of numerous historical facts. It serves as the backdrop to my forthcoming series in honor of the 500th anniversary of William Tyndale’s translation and publication of the New Testament in English. I hope you enjoy this letter, written to you today from a 16th-century plowboy.

Forgive my filthy appearance. I am not used to being in the company of one such as yourself. No…

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Simple Church Planting

By Forrest McPhail –

There is nothing simple about making disciples, and yet, making disciples should be done simply. Forming local churches from new disciples does not need to be an overly complicated affair.

In unreached areas, or among unreached people groups, to make disciples is to plant local churches. This is what Jesus communicated to us in the Great Commission:

Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, [even]…

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