The Acts of the Apostles
Date
Location
Old Library & Online
Featuring
Dr Sarah Mortimer
The Acts of the Apostles is the focus for our Bible study this term. It tells of the earliest disciples as they are drawn by the Holy Spirit to become a community that is genuinely inclusive, bringing God’s salvation to all people and challenging the divisions created by Empire. The theologian Willie James Jennings describes it as a book of ‘revolution’, that highlights the disrupting, joyful presence of the Spirit of God, and our reading will be guided by his recent commentary The Book of Acts in the Belief: A Theological Commentary on the Bible series.
Friday 9 June The Political is the Theological Acts 24 1-21 [Paul before Felix]
Friday 16 June Gift of Hospitality Acts 24 1-8, 30-1 [after the shipwreck, and the conclusion of Acts]