The book of Acts doesn't end in victory and celebration - there is less unity at the end of Acts than there was in the beginning. The struggle only increases and yet -- Paul is not pressed into despair. He boasts in his weakness, breaks bread with his enemies and holds onto his ancestral hope. Let's imitate Paul.
Discussion:
What are you 'waiting' for?
What does it mean for us as believers that Acts ends in so much chaos and disunity among the believers? Has church unity been achieved more or less in the past 2000 years?
In light of this, what does it mean to be known by Hope?
Advent Week 1: Impossible Hope
How and Why to Engage the Scriptures PART6: Paul's Letters
How and Why to Engage the Scriptures PART 5: Parables as Puzzles
How and Why to Engage the Scriptures PART4: The Wisdom Literature
How and Why to Engage the Scriptures PART 3: The Prophets
How and Why to Engage the Scriptures PART 2: The Violent Histories
How and Why to Engage the Scriptures PART 1: The LAW
ACTS Ep12: The Church is a Guest
Acts Ep10: Non-Anxious Paul in an Anxious World
ACTS Ep9: Paul Performs theScript
ACTS Ep8: The Image of God is Ordinary
ACTS Ep7: Cut and Run
Acts Ep6: The Politics of Respectability
Acts Ep5: Changing Our Mind
Acts Ep4: But The Bible Clearly Says
ACTS Ep3: Marriage, Money, and Power
ACTS Ep2: The Kin-dom of Christ and the House of Commons
ACTS Ep1: The Elisha to my Elijah on the Day of Pentecost
Episode 7: The Apocalypse of Jesus and The Everlasting Garden
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