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Intrusive God, Disruptive Gospel: Encountering the Divine in the Book of Acts is unavailable, but you can change that!

This engaging book guides readers through one of the most colorful books of the Bible, illuminating passages from Acts that show the Christian gospel expressing itself through the lives, speech, struggles, and adventures of Jesus’ followers. Intrusive God, Disruptive Gospel emphasizes the disruptive character of the Christian gospel and shows how Acts repeatedly describes God as upsetting the...

Now the whole group of those who believed were of one heart and soul. (Acts 4:32) Two scenes: the first paints perhaps the most attractive picture in all of Acts; the second, the most repellent. The first describes how believers in Jerusalem share their wealth and selflessly care for one another’s needs. The second tells of two members of this community who try to defraud the group and fall down dead as a result. Generosity and trust in
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