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The book of Acts tells the story of what happened after the death and resurrection of Jesus. The book is filled with adventure and entertainment as Acts narrates God’s activity among his people and the world. In this book I explore one way of reading Acts that attends closely to the plotline of the book and seek to invite readers into the story that Acts tells. Along the way, I examine some of...

Peter’s leadership presents a challenge to the temple authorities on at least three levels. First, the Holy Spirit continues to empower the disciples with the ability to give testimony to Jesus, and this results in a boldness of speech the authorities are helpless to stand against (4:7, 13). The threats and accusations made against the disciples are no match for the Spirit that continues to grant the disciples boldness of speech even amidst persecution (4:29–31). Twice Luke portrays Peter as responding
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