Michael Bird – A Bird’s-Eye View of Luke and Acts

What do the books of Luke and Acts teach us about God, Jesus, and the early church? How do these two books relate to each other? And what do they mean for us today?

Brent talks with Michael Bird about his new IVP book ‘A Bird’s-Eye View of Luke and Acts’.

Michael is academic dean and lecturer in New Testament at Ridley College in Melbourne, Australia.  Michael is an ordained Anglican priest and author of over thirty books on the Bible, theology, and history.

• (1:30) Who was Luke?
• (2:10) Luke and Acts as history?
• (3:20) Luke as historian and theologian;
• (4:00) How Luke presents Jesus;
• (5:35) Salvation in Luke-Acts;
• (7:50) The kingdom of God in Luke-Acts;
• (9:30) How does Luke use the Old Testament?
• (12:30) Midrash;
• (14:00) Luke’s view of discipleship;
• (15:40) Luke’s view of possessions and property;
• (17:40) Luke’s view of the Roman Empire;
• (23:10) Why does Acts ends the way it does?
• (24:10) Luke’s view of the last things.

 

Links mentioned in this episode:

www.amazon.com/Evangelical-Theology-Biblical-Systematic-Introduction/dp/03104944

www.ivpress.com

www.ridley.edu.au/about-us/ridley-people/faculty/mike-bird/

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