Acts

James Montgomery Boice challenges believers to follow the first-century church, encouraging them to glean the vital principles that enabled the early church to expand, and then to apply them to our modern-day church.

1. Opening
2. Part 1 - The Witness In Jerusalem - One - The First Forty Days
3. A Great Historian
4. Christianity - A Historical Faith
5. The Presence Of The Living Christ
6. The Missionary Mandate
7. The Lord's Return
8. Two - World Christians
9. The Great Commission
10. A Profound Misunderstanding
11. The Nature Of The Kingdom
12. Prophecy Or Command
13. Three - Preparing For Growth
14. A Bridge Book
15. A Time To Practice Obedience
16. A Time For Fellowship
17. A Time For Constant Prayer
18. A Time For Study
19. A Time For The Recognition And Choice Of Leaders
20. Four - That Incendiary Fellowship
21. The First Symbol - Wind
22. The Second Symbol - Fire
23. Five - The Sermon That Won Three Thousand Souls
24. Centered On The Bible
25. A Christ-Centered Sermon
26. Fearless Preaching
27. An Imminently Reasonable Address
28. Six - A Model Church
29. A Learning, Studying, Church
30. Christian Fellowship
31. A Worshipping Church
32. A Witnessing, Evangelizing Church
33. Seven - The First Miracle
34. Better Than Gold
35. Peter's Second Sermon
36. Eight - No Other Name
37. The Force Against Christians
38. Why Were The Rulers Upset
39. The Weapons Of This World
40. The Christian Offensive - Peter's Testimony
41. Nine - Civil Disobedience
42. The Problem Facing The Sanhedrin
43. The Sanhedrin's Solution
44. The Options
45. Ten - The Church At Worship And At Work
46. The Church At Worship
47. The Christian's Use Of Psalm 2
48. The Church At Work
49. Eleven - Two Whom God Struck Dead
50. An Illuminating Contrast
51. No Perfect Church
52. Peter's Reply To Ananias
53. The Sin Of Sapphira
54. Twelve - Suffering Disgrace For Christ's Name
55. Restoration And A New Blessing
56. Opposition To The Gospel
57. Thirteen - The First Deacons
58. A Problem Of Administration
59. Alternative Solutions
60. A Spirit Led Descision
61. Sound Principles Of Church Leadership
62. Deaconal Ministry
63. Fourteen - Stephen, The First Martyr
64. The Nature Of Stephen's Sermon
65. The Calling Of Abraham
66. The Abuse Of Joseph
67. The Case Of Moses, The Law Giver
68. Where Is God's House
69. Summation And Application
70. Part 2 - The Witness In Judea And Samaria - Fifteen - Samaria, The Widening Stream
71. Philip The Evangelist
72. A Divine Person Or A Power
73. Sixteen - Philip And The Ethiopian
74. The Calling Of Philip
75. A Chapter In A Very Ancient Story
76. That Very Scripture
77. Seventeen - The Conversion Of Saul
78. Lord Lyttelton And Gilbert West
79. Saul's Past In Judaism
80. God's Preparation Of Saul
81. The Spread Of Christianity
82. What Are The Options
83. Eighteen - Saul's First Preaching
84. The Early Preaching
85. The Essential Message
86. The Inevitable Persecution
87. Paul The Unknown
88. Nineteen - In The Steps And Power Of The Lord
89. One Lord, One Task
90. Peter In Lydda And Joppa
91. God's Unlikely Agent
92. Reflections On The Story
93. Twenty - No Favorites With God
94. Peter's Arrival In Caesarea
95. Twenty-One - Even Gentiles
96. A Three Part Sermon
97. The Apostolic Gospel
98. Repent And Believe
99. Twenty-Two - No Further Objections
100. A Major Readjustment
101. A Wise Response
102. Lessons In Divine Guidance
103. A Fortunate Outcome
104. Twenty-Three - Christians First At Antioch
105. The City On The Orontes
106. Son Of Encouragement
107. A Man Full Of The Holy Spirit
108. The True Spirit Of Christ
109. Twenty-Four - Victory In Spite Of Unbelief
110. When Chains Fall Off
111. Lessons In Deliverance
112. Just A Prayer Meeting
113. Twenty-Five - The Death Of Herod
114. Herod Agrippa The First
115. The Fall Of An Even Greater Ruler
116. God's Word Is Not Bound
117. Opposition To The Gospel
118. Part Three - The Witness To The World - Twenty-Six - The Start Of The Missionary Era
119. The Church At Antioch
120. A Power Or A Person
121. The Work On Cyprus
122. Barnabas And Saul, Paul And Barnabas
123. Twenty-Seven - One Sabbath In Antioch
124. Through Thorny Ways
125. The Sermon At Antioch
126. The Introduction - Jews And Gentiles
127. The Sermon Proper - Four Points
128. A Serious Conclusion
129. Twenty-Eight - Another Sabbath In Antioch
130. Establishing A Church
131. The Word Of The Lord
132. A Pattern Of Jewish Rejection
133. Turning To The Gentiles
134. Gentile Belief
135. Twenty-Nine - A Tale Of Three Cities
136. The Pattern Of The Ministries
137. The Work In Iconium
138. Standing On The Rock
139. The Work In Lystra
140. Preaching To A Pagan Audience
141. The Work At Derbe
142. Thirty - The First Church Council
143. The Thesis To Be Argued
144. The Flow Of Debate
145. The Public Proceedings
146. The Letter To The Gentiles
147. Thirty-One - Come Over And Help Us
148. The Second Missionary Journey
149. A New Alignment Of Missionaries
150. A New Worker
151. A New Vision
152. A New Church Is Founded
153. Thirty-Two - A Straight Question And A Straight Answer
154. The Deliverance Of The Slave Girl
155. The Attack On Paul And Silas
156. God's Work In The Prison
157. Vindication And Encouragement
158. Thirty-Three - Two More Cities
159. City Mission Goals
160. The Mission In Thessalonica
161. A Sound Church Established
162. A Later Assessment
163. The Church In Berea
164. Thirty-Four - The Sermon On The Unknown God
165. The Glory That Was Greece
166. The Apostle Paul In Athens
167. The Address On Mars Hill
168. Did Paul Succeed In Athens
169. Thirty-Five - Many People In This City
170. A Contemporary City
171. Was Paul Discouraged
172. Encouragement For God's Servant
173. Thirty-Six - More Laborers For The Harvest
174. The Blending Of Two Journeys
175. A Husband And Wife Team
176. A New Worker From Alexandria
177. Instructing A Learned Man
178. Practical Application
179. Thirty-Seven - The Church In Ephesus
180. Paul's Overall Goals
181. The City Of Ephesus
182. Initial Contact
183. Working With Others
184. Teaching The People
185. Following Up
186. Did Paul's Strategy Work
187. Thirty-Eight - The Riot In Ephesus
188. Idolatry In The Ancient World
189. Proof Of Paul's Success
190. The Defense Of Artemis
191. Who Has The Victory
192. Thirty-Nine - Going Home
193. A New Set Of Concerns
194. A Final Tour Of The Field
195. The Traveling Party
196. Early Christian Worship
197. The Man Who Fell Asleep
198. Forty - Paul's Farewell To The Ephesian Elders
199. Paul's Testimony
200. Paul's Charge To The Elders
201. Paul's Prayer For Them
202. Treasures In Heaven
203. Part Four - The Journey To Rome - Forty-One - When A Good Man Falls
204. God's Warnings To Paul
205. In A Good Man's Defense
206. Consequences Of Disobedience
207. God Will Not Be Compromised
208. Forty-Two - Gentiles, Gentiles
209. Conflicting Forces
210. Paul's Formal Defense
211. Forty-Three - God's Servant In Roman Hands
212. Paul And His Captors
213. Paul And The Sanhedrin
214. Paul And The Lord
215. Forty-Four - The Plot To Murder Paul
216. When God Is Silent
217. The Conspiracy Against Paul
218. God's Provision For Paul
219. The God Of Small Things
220. The God Of Circumstances
221. The Night Trip To Caesarea
222. Forty-Five - The Trial Before Felix
223. The Case Against Paul
224. The Defense Before Felix
225. A Political Non Decision
226. Forty-Six - The Trial Before Festus
227. The Jews
228. Who Was Festus
229. Paul The Victor
230. Forty-Seven - The Trial Before King Agrippa
231. The Pomp Of Yesterday
232. The Last Defense
233. The Responses Of Festus And Agrippa
234. Forty-Eight - Peril At Sea
235. A Unique Narrative
236. The Voyage To Rome
237. Hopeless Or Hopeful
238. Encouragement To Others
239. Forty-Nine - All Roads Lead To Rome
240. An Inevitable Movement
241. The Months On Malta
242. A Christian Answer To Suffering
243. Rome At Last
244. Three Great Contrasts
245. Fifty - Preaching Christ Without Hindrance
246. A Remarkable Ending
247. The First Meeting With The Jewish Leaders
248. The Second Meeting
249. Response To Unbelief
250. God's Gospel And God's Plan