Instead, Acts 2:42-47 and 4:32-35 read best not as blueprints for today but as glimpses of dynamic experiences by a community enlivened by God's Spirit.

5 апр. 2021 г. · After a lifetime of being separated by unbreakable barriers, they are united around the crucified and risen Christ.

11 авг. 2019 г. · All who believed were together, and had all things in common. They sold their possessions and goods, and distributed them to all, according as anyone had need.

The resurrection of Christ is less a creedal article of individual faith and hope than a creative force of community formation and fellowship.

2 апр. 2024 г. · The resurrection community of Acts has heard the voice of the prophet, Moses, has shared its possessions and is now enjoying the blessings promised by God to ...

20 апр. 2020 г. · We have a spiritual unity in Christ. There are things which are essential and things which are not essential. Worship and prayer are essential.

2 апр. 2018 г. · “The third day he rose again from the dead.” “With great power the apostles continued to testify to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and ...

Luke says that thousands of people are of "one heart and soul." They join together in purpose, thought, and action. The Holy Spirit is in them and guiding them ...

10 апр. 2012 г. · Acts presents a remarkably different world from the one so familiar to readers of the gospels, for the resurrection has changed everything.

David Guzik commentary on Acts 4, where Peter and John face the Sanhedrin, and Peter boldly preaches to the Jewish leaders.