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What do we know of the man Luke?
Background of Acts Author
What is Luke's viewpoint as he writes?
Viewpoint of Luke, Author of Acts
What is Luke's style as he writes?
Style of Luke, Author of Acts
Antioch; Agabus; Herod Agrippa I
Background on Antioch; Agabus; Herod Agrippa I
Galatia
Background on Galatia
I would encourage you STRONGLY to read Is 44 to 48 for your preparation on the section covering Athens.
As you are reading note how often this pattern arise: Joseph's words "what you meant for evil God meant for good" and may be a reason why later Paul wrote this famous verse: Rom 8:28 "And we know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose" . This lesson just proves more and more the consistency of the OT to the NT and its reliability.
E.M. Bounds in his chapter on Prayer Incidents in the Life of our Lord has a thought that fits in here well with the sermon Paul gives in Athens: The learned and wise, following their learning and their wisdom, have always sadly and darkly missed God's thoughts and God's ways. I hope that you have had opportunity to view "Expelled..." the movie about evolution. Timothy Dawkins fits this description to a "T". He purports to be "wise" but he is really the "fool", the emperor wearing no clothes but thinks he is clothed. He is in some respects clothed, but it is with the clothes of futility. How many Timothy Dawkins do you have in your class? How many Epicureans and Stoic philosophers do you have? Study up on these two groups so you know about them and understand them.
http://net.bible.org/dictionary.php?word=Epicurean
http://net.bible.org/dictionary.php?word=Stoics
Others to assist you:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epicureanism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoics
here's one written for children that is really pretty good and bares it down to the way people talk today and makes it easily understandable without all of that jargon etc. :
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/phi ... ureans.htm
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/phi ... stoics.htm
and this one tells the origin of this philosophy: http://www.radicalacademy.com/philepicureanism.htm


ACTS: GOING INTO THE WORLD

Unit 1: Power to Go
Lesson 1:Transformed Witnesses Questions for Acts 1 and 2
Lesson 2: Acts Saved/Sifted/Suffer Questions for Acts 3 to 5

Unit 2: People Who Go
Lesson 3: Stephen: Boldness Questions for Acts 6 & 7
Lesson 4: Philip: Faithful Obedience Questions for Acts 8
Lesson 5: Paul 's Conversion Experience Questions for Acts 9
Lesson 6: Peter: Acceptance Questions for Acts 10
Lesson 7: Two Churches; Two Servants Questions for Acts 11:19 to 12:24


Unit 3: Places We Go
Lesson 8: Missionaries to Galatia Questions for Acts 13 and 14
Lesson 9: Jerusalem Council Questions for Acts 15
Lesson 10: New Disciples in Many Places Questions for Acts 15:36-18:22
Lesson 11: Ephesus: A New Church Tested Questions for Acts 18:24 to 19:41
Lesson 12: Paul Challenges Ephesus; Submits to Jerusalem Authorities Questions for Acts 20 to 23
Lesson 13: God fulfills Acts 9:15 in Caesarea Questions for Acts 23 to 26
Lesson 14: God's Sovereignty is Demonstrated Questions for Acts 27 & 28

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