Pictures of the Apostolic Church: Its Life and Teaching
William Mitchell Ramsay
53 chapters · 9 h 41 min · English
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This book consists of fifty-two Sections, fifty of which were written for ‘The Sunday School Times’ in comment upon the International Lessons of 1909. Each is complete in itself; but the subjects were chosen so as to work together into a series of typical pictures of the life, the teaching, and the development of the early Church.
Chapters
1 Preface and Introduction: Luke and his Message 7 min 2 The ascension (Acts 1:1-14) 7 min 3 The day of vision and power (Acts 2:1-21) 10 min 4 The birth of the church (Acts 2:22-47) 8 min 5 The power of faith (Acts 3:1-26) 8 min 6 The source of power (Acts 4:1-31) 11 min 7 Thou shalt not wrong God (Acts 4:32-5:11) 12 min 8 The test of truth (Acts 5:12-42) 12 min 9 Good order makes for activity in the church (Acts 6:1-7) 8 min 10 The death of Stephen the victory of the church (Acts 6:8-7:60) 14 min 11 True and false belief (Acts 8:1-24) 12 min 12 The prophet in the wilderness (Acts 8:25-40) 15 min 13 The work and power of Peter (Acts 9:32-43) 9 min 14 The cause and manner of the growth of the church (Review: Acts 1-11) 9 min 15 The universal gospel (Acts 10:1-11:18) 12 min 16 A messenger of the Lord (Acts 12:1-24) 9 min 17 The conversion of Paul (Acts 8:1, 9:1-22) 13 min 18 Origin of the Greek church (Acts 11:19-30, 12:25) 9 min 19 The approach to the Gentiles (Acts 13:1-12) 10 min 20 Paul turns to the Gentiles (Acts 13:13-52) 8 min 21 The churches of Galatia (Acts 14:1-30) 13 min 22 The union of Jews and Gentiles in the church (Acts 15:1-25, Gal 2:11 ff.) 10 min 23 Faith and works (James 2:14-26) 9 min 24 Word and act (James 3:1-12) 10 min 25 The nature and power of faith (Hebrews 11:1-30) 11 min 26 Christianity giving vitality to the ancient civilizations (Review: Acts 10-15) 9 min 27 The motive power of life (Romans 8:1-14) 11 min 28 The entrance of the gospel into Europe (Acts 15:36-16:15) 16 min 29 The first Christian church in Europe (Acts 16:16-40) 15 min 30 The progress through Macedonia (Acts 17:1-15) 13 min 31 Paul at Athens (Acts 17:16-34) 14 min 32 The charter of Christian freedom in the Roman Empire (Acts 18:1-18) 13 min 33 Advice to a newly formed church (1 Thessalonians 5:12-24) 11 min 34 The imperial aims of Paul (Acts 18:23-19:22) 10 min 35 Paul's victory over the mob in Ephesus (Acts 19:23-20:1) 10 min 36 A hymn of love the divine (1 Corinthians 13:1-13) 11 min 37 Paul's farewell to the Hellenistic churches (Acts 20:2-38) 11 min 38 The prophets who stopped Paul (Acts 21:1-17) 10 min 39 The church and its enemies in the Pagan world (Review: Acts 14-21) 12 min 40 Freedom in everyday life (1 Corinthians 10:23-33) 12 min 41 Self-denial the proof of love (Romans 14:10-21) 13 min 42 The beginning of the crisis (Acts 21:17-22:29) 11 min 43 The real issue between Paul and the Jews (Acts 22:30-23:35) 10 min 44 Progress of Paul's case in Palestine (Acts 24) 11 min 45 Paul's appeal to Caesar (Acts 25-26) 11 min 46 Paul takes command when danger threatens (Acts 27:1-26) 9 min 47 Paul the savior of his companions (Acts 27:27-28:10) 10 min 48 A last appeal to the Jews (Acts 28:11-31) 9 min 49 Weakness made strong: the autobiography of a missionary (2 Corinthians 11:18-12:10) 8 min 50 The law of spiritual compensation (2 Corinthians 8) 8 min 51 Paul's last will and testament (2 Timothy 4:1-18) 8 min 52 The epitaph of Paul (2 Timothy 4:7) 8 min 53 Review of the influence of local circumstances on the life of Paul 31 min
