Peter wagner, describes the emerging church wineskins for the twentyfirst century. Acts commentary matthew henry commentary on the whole. Peter wagner, phd, holds graduate degrees in theology, missiology, and religion from fuller theological seminary, princeton theological seminary, and the university of southern california. One of the earliest of the apocryphal acts of the apostles, the acts of peter reports a miracle contest between simon magus and the apostle peter in rome. The first volume, the gospel of luke, shows as luke says, all that jesus began to do and teach. Everyone was filled with the holy spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the spirit enabled them.
What started out as a hard read continued in blessing after blessing. It primarily deals with the acts of peter and paul. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. There are a number of helpful commentaries on the book of 1 peter, and the following are five of the best. He served as a field missionary in bolivia for 16 years and he taught on the faculty of the school of intercultural studies at fuller seminary for 30 years.
Read acts commentary using matthew henry commentary on the whole bible concise. Peter wagner is presiding apostle of the international coalition of apostles as well as the founding apostle of eagles vision apostolic team. A commentary, page 441 1994, regal books texas governor rick perrys august 6th, 2011 the response prayer event, the defacto launch of his presidential bid, was dominated by the apostles of c. The spread of the gospel in acts acts 17 the gospel preached in jerusalem acts 812 the gospel preached in judea and samaria acts 28 the gospel preached throughout the world. A good study bible we recommend the following features. Resistencia they need to burn the idols, like the magicians did in ephesus in acts of the apostles. Shop online at cokesbury christian bookstore for books, bibles, church supplies, vbs, curriculum, united methodist resources, and more. In his earlier years apostle peter wagner was known as a key leader of the church growth movement and later for his writings on spiritual warfare. The letter was written to christians in asia minor 1. Wagner wrote about spiritual warfare, in books including confronting the powers.
This is a very detailed commentary for the book of acts. This article documents a littlenoticed aspect of this little. But not just a scholar and teacher in mission training schools, he began as a missionary, and then also has been involved in shaping missions and the church, reforming them to biblical contours. The assignment should be 36 pages in length 7501500 words. If you love the adventure and drama of acts as i do then this is a must read. By its opening words the acts of the apostles is linked in the clearest way with the gospel of luke. Author or editor of more than 70 books, he was a christian theologian, bible teacher, missiologist, missionary, and church growth specialist. You can find the best commentary on acts for you using the tools on the right side. At the time wagner wrote this commentary by his records there were already 1,398 commentaries on this magnificent book of the bible.
It really should be called the acts of the holy spirit. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. See the list of books written by apostle peter wagner 1. Wagners comprehensive and ministryfocused commentary on acts covers all of its major themes and pinpoints principles relevant to gods work in our world. Posted by pjmiller on august 16, 2008 in being equipped, discernment, false teachings, the apostasy this is the second in what may turn out to be a tiny series of posts on some of the names which have been in christian news of late. Charles peter wagner august 15, 1930 october 21, 2016 was a theologian, missiologist. The same theophilus is addressed, and in the first chapter the story is resumed just at the point where the gospel left off, save that a few extra details are given of the lords words after his resurrection, and the account of his ascension is repeated in a somewhat different setting. Peter wagner in the bible gateway store according to wikipedia, wagner was a missionary in bolivia from 1956 to 1971 and. Luke volume ii, often called the acts of the apostles, completes the pentateuch of the new testament. The readers study of acts in the book of acts will bring new intimacy with the spirit and new joy in doing his will. Stein, editors volumes now available luke darrell l. The significance of the prologue with its introductory address to.
Peter wagner as he journeys through the entire text of the book of acts, uncovering all of the major themes and illuminating what we can learn for our present situations. Read acts commentary using commentary critical and explanatory on the whole bible. In his earlier years wagner was known as a key leader of the church growth movement and later for his writings on spiritual warfare wagner served as a missionary in bolivia under the south american mission and andes evangelical mission. That is what the people in the world is desperately needing these days. It is not an ivory tower work, but is not for that reason less than scholarly. We do not recommend loose translations or oneman translations. Peter wagner explains the new apostolic reformation. Baker exegetical commentary on the new testament robert w. The traditional title of this book is, in some respects, a misnomer. Verse 8 summarizes the spread of the gospel as recorded in acts.
Now the second volume, acts, will detail jesus continuing work through his apostles that he had chosen and the work of the holy spirit who would be. Peter wagners complete commentary on the book of acts. Prueba prime hola, identificate cuenta y listas identificate cuenta y listas devoluciones y pedidos prueba prime carrito. It worked in the early church and it works in the postmodern world. Acts was designed to be gods training manual for christians. Verse 3 i am a jew, born in tarsus of cilicia, but brought up in this city, at the feet of gamaliel, instructed according to the strict manner of the law of our fathers, being zealous for god, even as ye all are this day.
Along with his wife, doris, he established global harvest ministries in the early 1990s, and he is chancellor of wagner leadership institute. It really helps to understand why the church of the book of acts it is actually what the church today needs to be. This article is reproduced with permission from chapter 14 of the transforming power of revival edited by harold caballeros and mel winger. Samaria, c the uttermost parts of the earth, d all the preceding. After rising from the dead, jesus met with his disciples and followers, giving convincing proofs that he was alive. Wagner has won me over and has stirred in me a fire to spread the gospel of jesus christ. In his books your spiritual gifts can help your church grow 2005, previous. It appears that the first epistle of peter was written by the apostle from rome sometime around a. Power ministries, that is, supernatural acts of healing, prophecy, etc, and 2. Charles peter wagner august 15, 1930 october 21, 2016 was a theologian, missiologist, missionary, writer, teacher and founder of several organizations. So he approached his version by way of emphasising two key elements of the book. Bock phd, university of aberdeen is research professor of. As the gospel began to spread to the world, the early church was confronted. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the book of acts.
Peter wagner, phd, holds graduate degrees in theology, missiology, and religion. As the gospel began to spread to the world, the early church was confronted with spiritual and cultural barriersstrongholdsit had to overcome. Peter wagner had served as a missionary in bolivia and was appointed to the donald mcgavran chair of church growth at fuller seminary school of world missions in 1971. Peter wagner, 9780800797348, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Witherington provides some exegetical commentary, although the general reader will have no problem reading the commentary since this is not the main thrust of the book. Wagner, evangelism and the church growth movement, evan gelism in the twentyfirst century ed. Therefore, its not a versebyverse commentary and in fact skips through some major sections of acts particularly the final at the time. They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them.
Buy a cheap copy of acts of the holy spirit book by c. Acts 18 commentary matthew henrys complete commentary. Present your understanding of the purpose of acts 12. Study the bible online using commentary on acts and more. Peter wagner is a that satan and his demons are real. Most can be obtained from a good religious bookstore.