Matthew L. Skinner (PhD, Princeton Theological Seminary) is professor of New Testament at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota. He frequently contributes to popular Christian magazines and blogs and is a featured writer for ON Scripture (a weekly column carried by Odyssey Networks), the Huffington Post, and other online outlets.

• ContentsIntroductionRoad Map: As You Read This BookActs 1:1-11: Waiting to GoActs 2:1-21: Making Sense of ThingsActs 2:22-41: Keeping an Old PromiseRoad Map: Emerging RealitiesActs 3:11-26 and 4:5-12: The Ultimate DisruptionActs 4:32-5:11: Communal Harmony as a Matter of Life or DeathActs 6:1-7: Growth Brings Change--and SurpriseActs 7:54-60: Using Violence to Keep God under ControlRoad Map: ExpansionsActs 8:4-25: Spiritual Power, Spiritual Gift, and Spiritual GreedActs 8:26-40: Absurdly Good NewsActs 9:1-30: Seeing a Different RealityActs 9:32-43: The Work, Pain, and Tenderness of Christian ServiceActs 10:1-11:18: Old Boundaries ObliteratedActs 12:1-19: Coming to Our SensesRoad Map: God Is Still SpeakingActs 13:1-4: Called and CommissionedActs 14:8-20: Learning to Recognize GodActs 15:1-35: Discerning GodRoad Map: Very Public DisturbancesActs 16:9-40: Battle of the GodsActs 17:16-34: The Gospel in the FleshActs 18:1-17: When the Good News Escapes AttentionActs 18:24-19:20: There's Power in the NameActs 19:21-41: Far-Reaching DisruptionsRoad Map: The Witness Goes to RomeActs 21:1-6: Spirit-Led DisagreementActs 22:30-23:11: How to Be a HeroActs 25:1-12: The Gospel and the EmpireActs 27-28: Open HorizonsConclusionFor Further ReadingIndexes

Matthew L. Skinner (PhD, Princeton Theological Seminary) is professor of New Testament at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota. He frequently contributes to popular Christian magazines and blogs and is a featured writer for ON Scripture (a weekly column carried by Odyssey Networks), the Huffington Post, and other online outlets.

• ContentsIntroductionRoad Map: As You Read This BookActs 1:1-11: Waiting to GoActs 2:1-21: Making Sense of ThingsActs 2:22-41: Keeping an Old PromiseRoad Map: Emerging RealitiesActs 3:11-26 and 4:5-12: The Ultimate DisruptionActs 4:32-5:11: Communal Harmony as a Matter of Life or DeathActs 6:1-7: Growth Brings Change--and SurpriseActs 7:54-60: Using Violence to Keep God under ControlRoad Map: ExpansionsActs 8:4-25: Spiritual Power, Spiritual Gift, and Spiritual GreedActs 8:26-40: Absurdly Good NewsActs 9:1-30: Seeing a Different RealityActs 9:32-43: The Work, Pain, and Tenderness of Christian ServiceActs 10:1-11:18: Old Boundaries ObliteratedActs 12:1-19: Coming to Our SensesRoad Map: God Is Still SpeakingActs 13:1-4: Called and CommissionedActs 14:8-20: Learning to Recognize GodActs 15:1-35: Discerning GodRoad Map: Very Public DisturbancesActs 16:9-40: Battle of the GodsActs 17:16-34: The Gospel in the FleshActs 18:1-17: When the Good News Escapes AttentionActs 18:24-19:20: There's Power in the NameActs 19:21-41: Far-Reaching DisruptionsRoad Map: The Witness Goes to RomeActs 21:1-6: Spirit-Led DisagreementActs 22:30-23:11: How to Be a HeroActs 25:1-12: The Gospel and the EmpireActs 27-28: Open HorizonsConclusionFor Further ReadingIndexes

Matthew L. Skinner (PhD, Princeton Theological Seminary) is professor of New Testament at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota. He frequently contributes to popular Christian magazines and blogs and is a featured writer for ON Scripture (a weekly column carried by Odyssey Networks), the Huffington Post, and other online outlets.

• ContentsIntroductionRoad Map: As You Read This BookActs 1:1-11: Waiting to GoActs 2:1-21: Making Sense of ThingsActs 2:22-41: Keeping an Old PromiseRoad Map: Emerging RealitiesActs 3:11-26 and 4:5-12: The Ultimate DisruptionActs 4:32-5:11: Communal Harmony as a Matter of Life or DeathActs 6:1-7: Growth Brings Change--and SurpriseActs 7:54-60: Using Violence to Keep God under ControlRoad Map: ExpansionsActs 8:4-25: Spiritual Power, Spiritual Gift, and Spiritual GreedActs 8:26-40: Absurdly Good NewsActs 9:1-30: Seeing a Different RealityActs 9:32-43: The Work, Pain, and Tenderness of Christian ServiceActs 10:1-11:18: Old Boundaries ObliteratedActs 12:1-19: Coming to Our SensesRoad Map: God Is Still SpeakingActs 13:1-4: Called and CommissionedActs 14:8-20: Learning to Recognize GodActs 15:1-35: Discerning GodRoad Map: Very Public DisturbancesActs 16:9-40: Battle of the GodsActs 17:16-34: The Gospel in the FleshActs 18:1-17: When the Good News Escapes AttentionActs 18:24-19:20: There's Power in the NameActs 19:21-41: Far-Reaching DisruptionsRoad Map: The Witness Goes to RomeActs 21:1-6: Spirit-Led DisagreementActs 22:30-23:11: How to Be a HeroActs 25:1-12: The Gospel and the EmpireActs 27-28: Open HorizonsConclusionFor Further ReadingIndexes