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| Titre : | True to the Faith : Charting the Course Through the Acts of the Apostles |
| Auteurs : | David Gooding, Auteur |
| Type de document : | texte imprimé |
| Editeur : | West Port Colborne [USA] : Gospel Folio Press, 1995 |
| ISBN/ISSN/EAN : | 978-1-882701-20-9 |
| Format : | 413 p. |
| Note générale : | First edition in the United Kingdom (1990) |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Résumé : |
The story of the early Christian Church is documented by Luke in the Acts of the Apostles. But how did he select his material? Is it realistic? Is it relevant today?
Many argue that the things the modern mind finds unacceptable in the Christian Gospel (the miracles and a belief in the resurrection in particular) are not-an essential part of that Gospel: they belonged only to the chrysalis stage of Christianity. This is not a modern claim: the Sadducees believed neither in the survival of the human spirit after death, nor in the possibility of bodily resurrection. Yet the early Christians found these beliefs essential to their faith. In a pluralistic, secular society shot through with superstition, they found it crucial to assert that Jesus was risen from the dead and was the Messiah. They could not simply concentrate on his moral teaching and his insights into the fatherhood of God. In a vivid and original book, David Gooding brings to life the world of the early Church and leaves the reader with the clear vision of what it really means to be true to the faith. |
| Note de contenu : |
- Author's Preface - Introduction: Why Study Acts? SECTION ONE: Christianity and the Restoration of All Things (1:1-6:7) - Preliminary Observations / Outline of Section One - Movement 1: Christ's Program for the Restoration of All Things (1:1-4:4) - Movement 2: Opposition to the Program (4:5-6:7) SECTION TWO: Christianity's Worship and Witness (6:8-9:31) - Preliminary Observations / Outline of Section Two - Movement 1: The Gospel and Judaism's Orthodox Worship (6:8-8:3) - Movement 2: The Gospel and Samaria's Unorthodox Worship (8:4-25) - Movement 3: The Gospel of the Suffering Servant (8:26-40) - Movement 4: The Gospel of the Son of God (9:1-31) SECTION THREE: The Christian Theory and Practice of Holiness (9:32-12:24) - Preliminary Observations / Outline of Section Three - Movement 1: The Gospel Released from Jewish Social Isolationism (9:32-11:18) - Movement 2: The Gospel Freed from Jewish Administrative Centralism and Political Sacralism (11:19-12:24) SECTION FOUR: The Christian Doctrine of Salvation (12:25-16:5) - Preliminary Observations / Outline of Section Four - Movement 1: The Preaching of the Good News of Salvation (12:25-14:28) - Movement 2: The Discussion of the Terms of Salvation (15:1-16:5) SECTION FIVE: Christianity and the Pagan World (16:6-19:20) - Preliminary Observations / Outline of Section Five - Movement 1: The Holy Spirit and the Powers of Darkness (16:6-40) - Movement 2: God's Messiah and Gentile Politics, Religion and Philosophy (17:1-34) - Movement 3: God's Messiah and the New People of God (18:1-28) - Movement 4: The Holy Spirit and the Name of the Lord Jesus (19:1-20) SECTION SIX: Christianity and the Defense and Confirmation of the Gospel (19:21-28:31) - Preliminary Observations / Outline of Section Six - Movement 1: The Defense of Nature-Worship and the Defense of the Church of God (19:21-21:16) - Movement 2: The Gospel to be Judged by its Respect for Conscience (21:17-23:11) - Movement 3: The Gospel to be Judged by its Attitude to Morality and the Law (23:12-24:27) - Movement 4: The Gospel to be Judged by its Message for Caesar and the World (25:1-26:32) - Movement 5: Nature's Storms and the Kingly Rule of God (27:1-28:31) - Appendices: 1. Is Christianity Essentially Anti-Semitic? / 2. If Acts Is a Carefully Structured Literary Work, Can It Still Be Regarded As Historically Reliable? - Endnotes |
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