The Storyteller's Companion to the Bible Volume 12 Acts of the Apostles

by Michael E. Williams

Volume Twelve, Acts of the Apostles, focuses on the story of the early church and its struggle for an unhindered gospel.The commentator, Dennis E. Smith, is Academic Dean and Professor of New... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0687082498
• ISBN13: 9780687082490
• Release Date: February 1999
• Publisher: Abingdon Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

inspiring the story teller

The components do not all fit together well. The exegetical material seeks both to evoke the narrative power of Acts and to inspire those who expound these stories. The homiletic or whatever section is often unrelated to the passage in Acts and attends to the author's autobiography. Worth owning for the material about Acts.

from Abingdon Press

The stories in the Acts of the Apostles have been revered throughout Christian history as a resource about the origins of the church and the triumph of the faith in the face of opposition. The author of Acts was a skilled storyteller who used the models of popular storytelling of the day to make a compelling, inspirational account and an example for us of the power of storytelling in presenting the Christian message. From the descent of the Spirit upon the waiting disciples at Pentecost to the dramatic account of Paul's shipwreck while en route to Rome to stand trial, retellings of the biblical story are woven into commentary on the text to provide an illuminating portrait of the early church's struggle for an unfettered gospel.