Luke to Theophilus, Volume 2 - Survey [Discussion 6/26/11]

Luke to Theophilus, Volume 2 - Survey (2) [Discussion 7/10/11]

Luke to Theophilus, Volume 2 - Survey (3) [Discussion 7/31/11]

Luke to Theophilus, Volume 2 - Survey (4) [Discussion 8/7/11]

Luke to Theophilus, Volume 2 - Survey (5) [Discussion 8/14/11]


Acts 1.1-14: Overlap and Expansion - Handout / Notes [Discussion 8/28/11]

Acts 1.15-26: Adding Matthias to the Eleven Apostles [Discussion 9/25/11]

Acts 1.15-26: Adding Matthias to the Eleven Apostles, Pt.2 [Discussion 10/23/11]

Acts 2:1-36: The Coming of the Spirit and the Gift of Tongues [Discussion 10/30/11]

Acts 2:1-36: The Coming of the Spirit and the Gift of Tongues, Pt.2 [Discussion 11/6/11]


Acts 2.37-47: Early Developments in the Church at Jerusalem, Pt.1 [Discussion 1/8/12]

  1. I. The Expansion of the Church (From 120 to Thousands)

  2. A. Peter Gave the Gospel Offer

  3. 1. The Duty

  4. Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ (2.38a)

  5. 2. The Promise

  6. For the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit (2.38b)


Acts 2.37-47: Early Developments in the Church at Jerusalem, Pt.2 [Discussion 1/15/12]

  1. 3. The Warrant

  2. For the promise is for you and for your children and for all who are far off (Acts 2.39a); For the promise is for...everyone whom the Lord our God calls to himself

  3. 4. The Exhortation

  4. And with many other words he bore witness and continued to exhort them, saying, “Save yourselves from this crooked generation” (2.40)


Acts 2.37-47: Early Developments in the Church at Jerusalem, Pt.3 [Discussion 1/22/12]

  1. B. Many Embraced the Gospel Offer (in the Expansion from 120 to Thousands)

  2. 1. To what were the new converts added?


Acts 2.37-47: Early Developments in the Church at Jerusalem, Pt.4 [Discussion 1/29/12]

  1. 2. To what did the new converts devote themselves as the fruit of repentance?

  2. 3. What is the connection of this devotion to repentance-baptism?

  3. 4. How should we understand the following things so as not to leave it all frozen in the past?
    5. What can we learn from the bond of entry into the church and persevering in it?


Acts 2.37-47: Early Developments in the Church at Jerusalem, Pt.5 [Discussion 2/5/12]

  1. 6. On the baptismal commitment and covenant of membership, what elements of NT church worship (of the six) are not on a list derived from 2.41-47?

  2. 7. How can we complete the list based on what we have in Acts 2?

  3. 8. What common (overarching) spirit is key to fulfillment of the membership covenant of 41-47?

  4. 9. What are some practical graces required to fulfill the covenant of membership in the challenges of personal relationships between diversely sanctified sinners?

  5. 10. How can we interface the covenant of membership of Acts 2.41-47 with 1 Tim 3.15 (if I delay, you may know how one ought to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, a pillar and buttress of the truth)?


  1. Acts 3.1-4.37: The Growth of the Church Despite Opposition from the Religious Leaders, Pt.1 [Discussion 2/19/2012]

  2.             A. The miracle that set the stage for this opposition, 3.1-11

  3. B. Peter’s explanation that sparked this opposition, 3.12-26