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Acts 1–9: The Gospel Unleashed is unavailable, but you can change that!

When we read Acts, we are reading the never-ending story of Jesus. We see how Jesus worked through the church in the first century, and we are invited to see how our lives can be an ongoing part of the never-ending story. When we view the book that way, it takes on a whole new significance for us. Is there a pattern for the church in Acts? Yes. It is Jesus. It is our hope that as you read this...

Luke’s claim in Luke and Acts is that Jesus is the next link in the chain. The early chapters of Luke read like an Old Testament story. The themes, style, and language make it sound like it belongs with the books of Samuel and Kings. The first defining moment in Luke is when Jesus states his purpose in the synagogue in Nazareth. He quotes from Isaiah 61. “The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim
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