Tuesday, July 27, 2021

ACTS 1-12: LESSON STUDY GUIDE

The Book of Acts is way too long to cover in one semester without skipping some very important content. So below is a suggested outline of a lesson plan I developed for our Sunday school class to study the first half of the book. Also given in quotes are the titles of some appropriate blog posts that you may find it helpful to consult. A suggested outline for the studying the rest of the book will be given elsewhere.

Introduction to Luke-Acts (Acts 1:1-8)

                                “The Book of Acts: Introduction to the Literary Structure”

                                “Acts 1”

Witnesses (1:9-26)

                                “Acts 1”

Tongues of Fire (2:1-47)

                              “Tongue Speaking: Pentacost (Acts 2:1-21)”

Speaking and Acting in Boldness (3:1-4:31)

                            “Acts 3-4”

All Things in Common (Acts 4:32-5:11)

                            “Acts 4-5”

Is It of God? (Acts 5:12-42)

                            “Acts 4-5”

The First Martyr (Acts 6:1-7:58a)

                            “Acts 6”

                            “Acts 7-8: Stephen”

The Blessings of Persecution (Acts 7:58b-8:40)

                            “Acts 7-8: Stephen”

                            “Acts 8:37: Faith and Baptism”

The Damascus Road (Acts 9:1-31)

                            “Acts 9-10”

The Subject is Miracles (Acts 9:32-42)

                            “Acts 9-10”

The First Gentile Converts (Acts 9:43-10:48)

                            “Acts 9-10”

Parties, Persecution and Prophets (Acts 11:1-30)

                            “Acts 11”

A Jail Break (Acts 12:1-24)

                            “Acts 12”

And To the End of the Earth: Recap and Introduction to Part II (Acts 12:25)

                        “The Book of Acts: Introduction to the Literary Structure"

There are also some miscellaneous notes on individual verses in Acts found in the post "Notes on the Book of Acts."


 

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