The word of his grace

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THE WORD OF HIS GRACE
A guide to teaching and preaching from Acts
By Chris Green
IVP. 189 pages. £8.99
ISBN 1 84474 075 7

Joshua and Caleb, with the other explorers, spied out Canaan. They reported back that it was a land flowing with milk and honey and they gave the people grapes from Eshcol, pomegranates and figs. This book is like that.

As I read this really good book, I felt Chris Green explaining Acts to me better than any commentary that I had read. In the first part of the book (only 75 pages), he described the seven major ‘panels’ of the book of Acts. This meant we didn’t miss the wood for the trees. Along the way, he shone the light on some of the unusual ‘trees’, showing how wonderful they are.

Then in the second half of the book, he fed us with good fruit from some of those ‘trees’, as he gave us six sermons from Acts. On top of this is good advice about how to read the book of Acts, how to preach it to believers and unbelievers and how to live it out. I loved this book. It made me see afresh that the Acts of the Apostles is indeed a book flowing with milk and honey and I enjoyed the good fruit given to me.

My advice is to buy it, and read it before the end of the month. I’ve just been out and bought his commentary on 2 Timothy!

Chris Kelly,
Lansdowne Baptist Church, Bournemouth

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• In danger from doctors?
• The Commentary
  Doomed?
• The Islamisation of Europe
• Why men should head the church
• Baby talk
  How to run a parenting course from your church
• Back on the streets
• Prison is full of surprises!
• Doing church: leaving the family behind?
• Friction between church leaders?
  Teaching from Acts 15.36-41
• Treasures of darkness
  Depression - a personal point of view
• A sacrifice too far?
  Thoughts on misdirecting our keen young people
• The Third Degree
  Forum 2005 - essential
• Monthly media and arts column
  The plinth debate - considering who should join Nelson in Trafalgar Square
• Monthly youth leaders column
  Caring for the flock - part 1
• The Music Exchange
  Improvement, but slowly
• Letter from America
  Such a sweet name
• Rising to the challenge
  What Bible Society is doing to re-establish the credibility of Scripture in modern society
• The thief who gave his all
  The testimony to God's transforming power in the life of George Muller (1805-1898)

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• To my Muslim friends
• Opening up Ecclesiastes
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• Polycarp - The crown of fire
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• Calvinism in the Las Vegas airport
• A reluctant missionary
• Making God famous
• Our hymn writers and their hymns
• Praying God's word
• Love is the key
• The word of his grace - A guide to teaching and preaching from Acts