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Conversion in Luke-Acts: Divine Action, Human Cognition, and the People of God is unavailable, but you can change that!

Repentance and conversion are key topics in New Testament interpretation and in Christian life. However, the study of conversion in early Christianity has been plagued by psychological assumptions alien to the world of the New Testament. Leading New Testament scholar Joel Green believes that careful attention to the narrative of Luke-Acts calls for significant rethinking about the nature of...

found good reason to underscore the community dimension of conversion. If CONVERSION IS A JOURNEY, then it is less a solitary trek and more a cavalcade or caravan. Third, we recognized that the redirectional shift integral to conversion is not only theologically grounded but christologically oriented. Jesus, we might say, exegetes and executes God’s eschatological purpose in his life and ministry. His mission entails calling others to participate in God’s agenda, which he mediates to them. If LIFE
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