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In this new commentary for the Belief series, award-winning author and theologian Willie James Jennings explores the relevance of the book of Acts for the struggles of today. While some see Acts as the story of the founding of the Christian church, Jennings argues that it is so much more, depicting revolution—life in the disrupting presence of the Spirit of God. According to Jennings, Acts is...

The book of Acts speaks of revolution. We must never forget this. It depicts life in the disrupting presence of the Spirit of God. Luke, its author, is a master storyteller. He is a master storyteller not because his skill in storytelling rises above all his contemporaries or because of his command of the historical archive of events, sayings, stories, and accounts of Jesus and his disciples’ actions and decisions. His two volume work,
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