Exemplary Life articulates Luke’s vision for life together in a local church using key passages from Acts 2:42-47; 4:32-35; and 5:12-16 (known as “summary narratives”) as the starting point of reference. Although Luke is rightly acclaimed as the church’s first historian, he was a powerful writer and theologian as well. He also planted churches with Paul and had definite convictions about what life together in the church should look like. Yet, Luke’s theology of church life is underemphasized in modern scholarship, downplayed by issues rising from the historical-critical method. However, when the summary narratives are studied through the lens of narrative and rhetorical criticism, Luke’s strategy is unmistakable. Those passages cast a vision for life together in an exemplary church, drawn from the historical circumstances of the church in Jerusalem. These narratives also serve as a starting point for studying church life throughout Acts. When the church planting movements in Samaria, Antioch, Ephesus, and Troas are examined, we find echoes of the narratives almost constantly. These amplify and drive home Luke’s message in the summary narratives. Taking this path, twenty distinct characteristics of exemplary church life emerge. From repentance and Scriptural authority to praying together and earning the respect of neighbors, each one is thoughtfully presented here by author Andy Chambers to reassert Luke’s voice in 21st century conversations about the faithful formation of New Testament churches.

Exemplary Life: A Theology of Church Life in Acts

Religion & Spirituality

Chambers, Andy

Christian Books & Bibles

B&H Academic

Jed and Louisa Stoddard leave Virginia to join many others in Independence, Missouri, to cross the Great Plains and the Continental Divide as they journey to their new homeland in Oregon.

Wagons West - Pbk (New Cover)

Children's Books

Chambers, Catherine E.

Smolinski, Dick

Action & Adventure

Troll Communications Llc

Norwegian homesteader Chris Isaacsen dreams of owning a farm in the Dakota territory with his family, which will come true--according to the Homestead Act--if he lives on the land for five years.

Frontier Dream - Pbk (New Cover)

Geography & Cultures

When Matt's father dies in 1881, he and his mother decide to stay on their Kansas homestead despite the perils of life on that frontier.

Frontier Farmer: Kansas Adventures (Adventures in Froniter America)

Epstein, Len

Stalin's Russian Winter War against Finland, and his World War II campaigns on Nazi Germany's eastern front (around Kiev, Lenningrad, Moscow, Kharkov, Stalingrad, Kursk, Byelorussia, the Balkans, East Prussia, Warsaw, Hungary, and Berlin) constitute the largest land war in world history in terms of the number of troops engaged, and is also impressive in terms of the vast distances fought over. Russia took 20 million military and 20 million civilian casualties during a brutal four year war, and the Germans lost over 2 million military and 2 million civilian casualties as well. Bolt Action allows gamers to recreate a small part of this titanic struggle on the table-top.

Bolt Action: Armies of the Soviet Union (Bolt Action, 4)

History

Games, Warlord

Military

Osprey_Publishing

Anthology of stories featuring the alien tau, the technologically advanced enemies of the Imperium. The alien tau believe it is their manifest destiny to rule the stars. Their emergent empire has expanded rapidly along the Eastern Fringe of the galaxy, and their creed is one of unity and the Greater Good. As adversaries they are formidable, for their fire caste are born to be warriors and their technology is highly advanced. A military war machine like no other, the tau are determined to secure their place amongst the stars and will battle fiercely any who stand in their way...

The Tau Empire (2) (Legends of the Dark Millennium)

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Parrino, Joe

Campbell, Braden

Kelly, Phil

Fehervari, Peter

Smillie, Andy

Science Fiction

Games_Workshop

A collection of stories featuring air combat in the 41st millenium. Stories that make up the collection: Medusan Wings - Matt Westbrook Raptor Down - Gav Thorpe Sturmhex - E J Davies Wraithbound - J C Stearns In Service Eternal - Matt Smith Stormseeker - Alec Worley The Emperor's Grace - Nicolas Alexander Wraithflight - Guy Haley Doom Flight - Cavan Scott Ancient History - Andy Chambers Acceptable Losses - Gav Thorpe Wings of Bone - James Swallow In the war-torn galaxy of the 41st millennium, battle for the blood-soaked skies is fierce and deadly. Brutal Space Marine gunships and Imperial Navy fighters duel against flying horrors, alien interceptors and Chaos craft of every hellish design, for the supremacy of the air is as vital an objective as any battlefield. Delivering high-octane action from start to finish, this collection of aeronautical short fiction features stories of death-defying pilots and devastating far-future aircraft by authors including Gav Thorpe, James Swallow, Andy Chambers, Cavan Scott and many more...

On Wings of Blood: An Aeronautica Anthology (Warhammer 40,000)

SWALLOW, JAMES

Haley, Guy

Scott, Cavan

Thorpe, Gav

Smith, Matt

Worley, Alec

Westbrook, Matt

Alexander, Nicholas

Davies, E.J.

Stearns, J C

Fantasy

Paperback: 32 pagesPublisher: Games Workshop (July 30, 2000)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 1841540455ISBN-13: 978-1841540450

Codex: Armageddon (Warhammer 40,000)

Thorpe, Gavin

Johnson, Jervis

Tyranides (Codex)

Warhammer 40, 000: Chapter Approved

Humor & Entertainment

Puzzles & Games

Black Library

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