Pictures of the Apostolic Church: Its Life and Teaching

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Authors: William Mitchell Ramsay In Year : 1910

Book Language: English

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Preface and Introduction: Luke and his Message
The ascension (Acts 1:1-14)
The day of vision and power (Acts 2:1-21)
The birth of the church (Acts 2:22-47)
The power of faith (Acts 3:1-26)
The source of power (Acts 4:1-31)
Thou shalt not wrong God (Acts 4:32-5:11)
The test of truth (Acts 5:12-42)
Good order makes for activity in the church (Acts 6:1-7)
The death of Stephen the victory of the church (Acts 6:8-7:60)
True and false belief (Acts 8:1-24)
The prophet in the wilderness (Acts 8:25-40)
The work and power of Peter (Acts 9:32-43)
The cause and manner of the growth of the church (Review: Acts 1-11)
The universal gospel (Acts 10:1-11:18)
A messenger of the Lord (Acts 12:1-24)
The conversion of Paul (Acts 8:1, 9:1-22)
Origin of the Greek church (Acts 11:19-30, 12:25)
The approach to the Gentiles (Acts 13:1-12)
Paul turns to the Gentiles (Acts 13:13-52)
The churches of Galatia (Acts 14:1-30)
The union of Jews and Gentiles in the church (Acts 15:1-25, Gal 2:11 ff.)
Faith and works (James 2:14-26)
Word and act (James 3:1-12)
The nature and power of faith (Hebrews 11:1-30)
Christianity giving vitality to the ancient civilizations (Review: Acts 10-15)
The motive power of life (Romans 8:1-14)
The entrance of the gospel into Europe (Acts 15:36-16:15)
The first Christian church in Europe (Acts 16:16-40)
The progress through Macedonia (Acts 17:1-15)
Paul at Athens (Acts 17:16-34)
The charter of Christian freedom in the Roman Empire (Acts 18:1-18)
Advice to a newly formed church (1 Thessalonians 5:12-24)
The imperial aims of Paul (Acts 18:23-19:22)
Paul's victory over the mob in Ephesus (Acts 19:23-20:1)
A hymn of love the divine (1 Corinthians 13:1-13)
Paul's farewell to the Hellenistic churches (Acts 20:2-38)
The prophets who stopped Paul (Acts 21:1-17)
The church and its enemies in the Pagan world (Review: Acts 14-21)
Freedom in everyday life (1 Corinthians 10:23-33)
Self-denial the proof of love (Romans 14:10-21)
The beginning of the crisis (Acts 21:17-22:29)
The real issue between Paul and the Jews (Acts 22:30-23:35)
Progress of Paul's case in Palestine (Acts 24)
Paul's appeal to Caesar (Acts 25-26)
Paul takes command when danger threatens (Acts 27:1-26)
Paul the savior of his companions (Acts 27:27-28:10)
A last appeal to the Jews (Acts 28:11-31)
Weakness made strong: the autobiography of a missionary (2 Corinthians 11:18-12:10)
The law of spiritual compensation (2 Corinthians 8)
Paul's last will and testament (2 Timothy 4:1-18)
The epitaph of Paul (2 Timothy 4:7)
Review of the influence of local circumstances on the life of Paul

This book consists of fifty-two Sections, fifty of which were written for ‘The Sunday School Times’ in comment upon the International Lessons of 1909. Each is complete in itself; but the subjects were chosen so as to work together into a series of typical pictures of the life, the teaching, and the development of the early Church.

The growth of the Church was determined by progressive revelation to the earliest Christians through the indwelling Spirit, and by clearer comprehension on their part of the Divine purpose. Perception of this principle guided Luke in selecting and grouping the facts which he records. He knew much that he did not incorporate in his history. He gave space in his pages to events and persons according as they influenced the growth of the Church; and the present writer tries simply to follow the scale set by Luke. - Summary by Preface