Summary: <br> <a href="https://i0.wp.com/radicallychristian.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Studying-the-Book-of-Acts.png?ssl=1"></a><br> <br> <br> <br> What is the book of Acts all about? In today’s Bible study Wes visits with Marcus Stenson, Preaching Minister for the <a href="https://www.leanderchurchofchrist.org">Leander Church of Christ</a>. Marcus has been preaching through the book of Acts and has some amazing insights to share. <br> <br> <br> <br> The book of Acts is about the church’s mission to share Jesus with the world. However, on several occasions Christians allowed their prejudices and preconceived ideas to get in the way of that mission. Even the apostle Peter told Jesus, “No.” Jesus had to reshape his people in order for them to take the Good News to the world.<br> <br> <br> <br> Marcus is trying to help people experience that same reshaping. He wants people to ask themselves if there are evangelistic opportunities that God is calling them into that they are resisting. Marcus truly wants to see people be disciples and make disciples.<br> <br> <br> <br> As always, we hope this conversation helps everyone learn to love like Jesus!<br> <br> <br> <br> Links and Resources:<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> * <a href="https://youtu.be/XKcAHOJCasM">Watch this Episode on YouTube</a><br> <br> <br> <br> * <a>Acts: A Theological Commentary on the Bible by Willie Jennings</a><br> <br> <br> <br> * <a href="https://amzn.to/3ZnKxx1">The New Testament in Its World by N.T. Wright</a><br> <br> <br> <br> * <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@LeanderChurchOfChrist/videos">Marcus’ Sermons on YouTube</a><br> <br> <br> <br> * <a href="https://www.leanderchurchofchrist.org">Leander Church of Christ Website</a><br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Transcript (Credit: Beth Tabor)<br> <br> <br> <br> WES: Welcome to the Radically Christian Bible Study Podcast. I’m your host, Wes McAdams. Here, we have one goal: Learn to love like Jesus. I want to begin today by reading from Acts 1:6‑11. “So when they had come together, they asked him, ‘Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?’ He said to them, ‘It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.’ And when he had said these things, as they were looking on, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight. And while they were gazing into heaven as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white robes, and said, ‘Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.'” <br> <br> <br> <br> Today we’re going to visit with my friend, Marcus Stenson, about studying the book of Acts, and we hope that this study, as always, will help all of us learn to love like Jesus. <br> <br> <br> <br> Marcus Stenson, welcome to the podcast, Brother.<br> <br> <br> <br> MARCUS: Thank you so much, Wes. It’s always a pleasure to join you here. I appreciate so much what you do with this podcast, man, so it’s a pleasure, it’s an honor, and I look forward to our discussion today. It should be good.<br> <br> <br> <br> WES: Yeah. It’s been too long since we’ve gotten to visit, so we may just be catching up today. It’s good to see your face. It’s good to have been listening to your sermons. I’ve been listening to a few of your sermons lately, and, man, I just ‑‑ I’ve missed hearing you preach, and I appreciate so much what you’re doing for the kingdom.
