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B-Team Bible Study#27: Acts 14:8-28It’s the Wild West, y’all, and Paul asks for a double helping. Also an antidote for micro-management.2021-02-1115 minB-Team Bible Study#26: Acts 13:50-14:7Scholars get it wrong, flyover country gets it right, and Sir William Ramsey gets an education.
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NIV Application Commentary on Acts by Ajith Fernando2021-02-0414 minB-Team Bible Study#25: Acts 13:13-49God makes good on ancient promises in Paul's first (and longest) speech in Acts.2021-01-2718 minB-Team Bible Study#24: Acts 13:1-12Does God have a “love language?” Also, don’t forget to call your mother on her birthday. And maybe do one better.
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Map of Paul's First Missionary Journey: https://www.conformingtojesus.com/images/webpages/pauls_first_missionary_journey1.jpg
How to pronounce "Salamis" in case you're wondering: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ttwl_ZGFsFc
2021-01-2116 minB-Team Bible Study#23: Acts 11:19-12:25God's power and divine discretion. Why are some prayers answered and not others? Plus "pro tips" for mentors. 2021-01-1516 minB-Team Bible Study#22: Acts 11:1-18The good guys win! Listen in as the church bends its understanding toward truth once again, the kind of truth that delights the heart. Also we talk about private parts.2021-01-0616 minB-Team Bible Study#21: Acts 10:34-48Peter crosses a threshold and the world changes. Who is your Peter? What threshold might you be willing to cross to share the thrill of hope in Jesus?2020-12-1615 minB-Team Bible Study#20: Acts 9:32-10:33Law and dis-order as God stretches Peter's imagination to what is possible.
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Rachel Held Evans, "A Year of Biblical Womanhood"
https://rachelheldevans.com/biblical-womanhood
2020-12-1022 minB-Team Bible Study#19: Acts 9:1-31Supporting characters carrying the narrative, and other things millennials can learn to get behind.2020-12-0119 minB-Team Bible Study#18: Acts 8:26-40Because we can't get enough miracles: Philip and a traveler have a total "God moment" on a desert road, shame gremlins are kicked to the curb, and the Gospel goes global. 2020-11-2418 minB-Team Bible Study#17: Acts 8:1b-25What do Harry Potter and Acts 8 have in common? Magic, mud bloods, and miracles.2020-11-1717 minB-Team Bible Study#16: Acts 7:1-8:1aIt’s all about the narrative, then and now. Stephen rehashes the history of Israel before the Sanhedrin and pays for it.2020-11-1019 minB-Team Bible Study#15: Acts 6Racism, power dynamics, and leadership lessons. Is this the 1st or 21st century? Check out how the early church models a way forward. 2020-11-0317 minB-Team Bible Study#14: Acts 5:17-42Peter manages to wholly offend in just three sentences, Gamaliel drops some wisdom on the council, the apostles get a whoopin,’ and modern readers’ jaws hit the floor as Jesus flips the idea of honor upside-down.2020-10-2718 minB-Team Bible Study#13: Acts 5:1-16Why keeping up with the Joneses can elicit a spontaneous execution, why this might (??) be an act of grace, and how God's love and healing power continues to show up for the “nobodies.”
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Please forgive the mic glitches; still learning a lot on this whole recording/production thing! 2020-10-2014 minB-Team Bible Study#12: Acts 4:23-37Big time prayers, God going first, Barnabas making it rain dolla billz, and three ideas for elevating bible time in our week.
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Cornerstone Biblical Commentary on Luke-Acts: https://www.logos.com/product/6265/cornerstone-biblical-commentary-luke-acts
The Bible App: https://www.youversion.com/the-bible-app/
Blue Letter Bible: https://www.blueletterbible.org (also available as an app)2020-10-1415 minB-Team Bible Study#11: Acts 4:1-22Listen in on an ancient closed-door meeting as the keepers of power wrestle with how to respond to a (perceived) major threat. How is this dead guy, Jesus, still healing people?!
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Killing a Messiah by Dr. Adam Winn
Dustin Hatfield's blog: The Scattered Mystic
Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church, thank you!2020-10-0715 minB-Team Bible Study#10: Acts 3A man born crippled gets to walk for the first time. Peter drops some knowledge, again. The crowd is beyond curious. Just a day in the life of an apostle. Where has your poverty been a springboard for sharing the Good News?2020-09-2914 minB-Team Bible Study#9: Acts 2:42-47The church begins and it’s a total honeymoon. Is this a roadmap for the church in all times and places? Or descriptive of how things got started? Which of these practices stirs your heart, or turns you off? What might that reaction mean? Armchair therapy brought to you by the B-Team Bible Study.2020-09-2318 minB-Team Bible Study#8: Acts 2:14-41The first evangelistic sermon of the New Testament and the church grows 2,500% in one day. Also, the radical risk of withholding forgiveness.2020-09-1717 minB-Team Bible Study#7: Acts 2:1-13The long-anticipated gift arrives: Holy Spirit is unleashed at perhaps the most opportune moment. Can we trust the God of perfect timing? The God of abundance? Can we be a people who do our work, yes, but also rest in the experience of being beloved?2020-09-1014 minB-Team Bible Study#6 (TIP): Is “Christ” Jesus’ last name?Hello, Mr. Christ. Walk on water lately?2020-08-2103 minB-Team Bible Study#5: Acts 1:12-26Wait, what?! Peter already has the Holy Spirit (!) so we get a preview of what is to come: inspired reading, devotion to prayer, fulfillment of prophecy, and God’s guidance as the early church holds its first board meeting.2020-08-2112 minB-Team Bible Study#4: Acts 1:6-11The trinity, original sin, praying to avoid pain and suffering and who is the Holy Spirit to you?2020-08-2113 minB-Team Bible Study#3 (TIP): Which Bible Translation Should I Use?Learn about the different kinds of translations out there, their pros and cons, and why having a few different ones is a great idea.2020-08-1308 minB-Team Bible Study#2: Acts 1:1-5Consider the cosmic consequences of the radical act of repentance.
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Link to: The Science of Crucifixion
Link to: Jesus Fulfills the Prophecies
Link to: Join an Acts discussion group2020-08-1214 minB-Team Bible Study#1: Acts 1:1-2Meet the host of B-Team Bible Study and dig into the first two verses of Acts.
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Bible rec: NIV Life Application Study Bible on Amazon
Bible rec: HCBS Study Bible at Half-Price Books
“Introduction to Acts.” The Gospel of Luke & Acts, by William J. Larkin, Tyndale House Publishers, 2006, p. 351.
Article by Dr. James Boice re: Emmaus travelers 2020-08-0414 minB-Team Bible StudyB-Team Bible Study (Trailer)2020-08-0400 min