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Acts of the Holy Spirit
Acts of the Holy Spirit is C. Peter Wagner's complete commentary on the book of Acts. As the gospel began to spread to the world, the Early Church was confronted with spiritual and cultural barriers-strongholds-it had to overcome. The book of Acts describes how the first disciples of Christ learned to overcome spiritual and cultural resistance-a lesson vitally important for the Church today. As the goal of world evangelism is now tantalizingly within reach, the book of Acts stands as a biblical blueprint, showing how the Church can overcome these barriers to at last fulfill the Great Commission.
600 pages, Paperback
First published October 1, 1994
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C. Peter Wagner
196 books46 followersCharles Peter Wagner (August 15, 1930 – October 21, 2016) was a theologian, missiologist, missionary, writer, teacher, and church growth specialist best known for his highly controversial writings on spiritual warfare.
Wagner served as a missionary in Bolivia under the South American Mission and Andes Evangelical Mission (now SIM International) from 1956 to 1971. He then served for 30 years (1971 to 2001) as Professor of Church Growth at the Fuller Theological Seminary's School of World Missions until his retirement in 2001. He is the author of more than 70 books. He was the president of Global Harvest Ministries from 1993 to 2011 and served as the chancellor emeritus of Wagner Leadership Institute, which trains leaders to join in a movement known as the New Apostolic Reformation, an organization Wagner also helped found. He was also the vice president of Global Spheres, Inc.
Excerpted from: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._Pete...]
Wagner served as a missionary in Bolivia under the South American Mission and Andes Evangelical Mission (now SIM International) from 1956 to 1971. He then served for 30 years (1971 to 2001) as Professor of Church Growth at the Fuller Theological Seminary's School of World Missions until his retirement in 2001. He is the author of more than 70 books. He was the president of Global Harvest Ministries from 1993 to 2011 and served as the chancellor emeritus of Wagner Leadership Institute, which trains leaders to join in a movement known as the New Apostolic Reformation, an organization Wagner also helped found. He was also the vice president of Global Spheres, Inc.
Excerpted from: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._Pete...]
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September 2, 2017
Having read numerous scholarly commentaries (that are often a challenge to read because they are toward the deep end of the technical spectrum), I found this gem of a book to be highly accessible and most engaging; through Wagner's passionate writing, I caught a sense of how exciting the high-stakes events in the book of Acts were. The real-world illustrations and examples provided brought to life the conceptual and the theological; providing the reader with a glimpse of how the Holy Spirit works in the lives of believers today.
However, I felt that the quality of the scholarship diminished toward the final chapters. Wagner clarifies that as these sections were not the focus of his commentary, he thus skips through the penultimate sections of the book of Acts with less emphasis and fewer comments. I understand that decision he made, because at about 600 pages this book is already relatively unappealing to most laypeople and pastors; it is a pity that 3 volume version of this title is out of print because the bite sized chunks provide for a far easier read. Finally, it would be of great value should Wagner release a revised edition whereby interaction is made with the numerous commentaries that have been published in the recent years - for example Darrell Bock's BECNT (2007), David Peterson's PNTC (2009), Eckhard Schnabel's ZECNT (2012) and of course Craig Keener's massive non-series 4 volume work (2012-2015).
Nevertheless, I regard this book to be a 5 star (out of 5) classic and a most valuable title that has more than earned its place on my bookshelf (books with 1 to 4 stars would be sold off/donated). I thoroughly enjoyed the read - so much so that I bought a copy to keep (the copy I read was borrowed). In conclusion, because of the highly engaging and accessible content, I heartily recommend this book to laypeople, church leaders and pastors for the purposes of inspiration, study and application of principles from the book of Acts.
However, I felt that the quality of the scholarship diminished toward the final chapters. Wagner clarifies that as these sections were not the focus of his commentary, he thus skips through the penultimate sections of the book of Acts with less emphasis and fewer comments. I understand that decision he made, because at about 600 pages this book is already relatively unappealing to most laypeople and pastors; it is a pity that 3 volume version of this title is out of print because the bite sized chunks provide for a far easier read. Finally, it would be of great value should Wagner release a revised edition whereby interaction is made with the numerous commentaries that have been published in the recent years - for example Darrell Bock's BECNT (2007), David Peterson's PNTC (2009), Eckhard Schnabel's ZECNT (2012) and of course Craig Keener's massive non-series 4 volume work (2012-2015).
Nevertheless, I regard this book to be a 5 star (out of 5) classic and a most valuable title that has more than earned its place on my bookshelf (books with 1 to 4 stars would be sold off/donated). I thoroughly enjoyed the read - so much so that I bought a copy to keep (the copy I read was borrowed). In conclusion, because of the highly engaging and accessible content, I heartily recommend this book to laypeople, church leaders and pastors for the purposes of inspiration, study and application of principles from the book of Acts.
June 7, 2018
What an amazing book! It's a commentary on the book of Acts written by a missiologist and it is wonderful. I used this book to help me write a comprehensive verse by verse study on the book of Acts for my church and it was a great resource. I recommend this book to anyone with an interest in the history of the early church and even more so to anyone interested in church planting. This was a great read.
January 21, 2015
This is a pretty good book on the book of Acts. It took some time to get through and had some good pondering points.
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