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Acts: A Biblical Commentary in the Wesleyan Tradition

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A Commentary in the Wesleyan Tradition

Based on the New International Version

Acts: A Biblical Commentary in the Wesleyan Tradition is part of a commentary series that interprets the books of the Bible from a Wesleyan perspective. While it is designed primarily with lay people in mind-Sunday school teachers, Bible study leaders, students of the Word-pastors will also find it most helpful. Following the New International Version, each book of the Bible is explained paragraph by paragraph, illuminating the key concepts of each passage and how they relate to our life and times today. This series offers insight into the Scripture that brings greater understanding of what the Bible says, its significance for our lives today, and further transformation into the images of Christ.

When we want to know about the life of Christ, we can look to four different inspired records: the Gospels. But, Luke alone gives us the biblical history of the next thirty years in the book of Acts. Jesus' life, death, and resurrection offer the finished work of Christ. Yet, Jesus was just beginning His ministry of reaching the world. In Acts 1:8, Jesus told His followers, 'You will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.' Author Philip Bence brings his Bible teaching and missionary experience to bear as he unfolds the record of the early church's missionary expansion. We see God's progressive action, from the birth and establishment of the Christian church in Jerusalem, to the ongoing life of that church, its preparation for mission to 'the ends of the earth,' and finally its movement out into the distant lands of the Roman Empire and specifically Rome, the Empire's capital. In the lives of people today, God continually wants to do that which is new. But He rarely works in individual lives or in great movements of people in a way that does not build on their previous history. The initial core of that history is explained clearly here in this volume on Acts. As these pages reveal God's plan for the early church, let us listen for His plan for today and the future.

About the Author
Dr. Philip Bence earned his Ph.D. in Practical Theology, St. Mary's College University of St. Andrews, Scotland; MDiv, Asbury Theological Seminary; BA in Humanities, Houghton College. He is the Executive Director of the Pacific Associate for Theological Studies at American Sentinel University. Currently, he is also an adjunct professor at Fuller Theological Seminary, Indiana Wesleyan University, Seattle Pacific University and Bakke Graduate University. He has also taught at Simpson University Graduate School of Ministry, Houghton College. He is an ordained minister in The Wesleyan Church and a former missionary teacher at Kingsley College in Melbourne, Australia.

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