Paul's Conversion and Luke's Portrayal of Character in Acts 8-10
The background to this article is the view sometimes still promoted that Paul was not converted, and that the Damascus Road experience was only a call to ministry. However, the way Luke portrays Paul in Acts 8-Acts 10 shows Saul to lack a right relationship with God. Luke accomplish this picture in part by contrasting the pre-conversion Saul with Stephen, the Ethiopian eunuch, and Cornelius.
Simon the Samaritan and the Lucan Concept of Salvation History
What is the significance of the conversion of Simon the magician that Luke recounts in Acts 8:4-13? This article considers this question in the light of other material in Acts.
Facing the Charismatic Challenge
Acts 4:1-41, Acts 8:14-25, Acts 10:1-11:18 and Acts 19:1-17 have all been used to propagate the teaching that after regeneration one must still undergo an experience of baptism by the Holy Spirit. By examining the context of these texts, the author shows that such claims are false.
Acts 8:25-40 - Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch
Acts 8:1-24 - The Gospel Comes to Samaria
Acts 8:26-40 - The Great Search
This article is a Bible study on Acts 8:26-40.
Acts 8:9-25 - Buying Your Way to Power
This article is a Bible study on Acts 8:9-25.
Acts 8:1-8 - Philip Preaching Christ in Samaria
This article is a Bible study on Acts 8:1-8.
Acts 7:54-8:1a - The First Christian Martyr
Tongues In Acts
Looking at Acts 2, Acts 8, Acts 10-11, and Acts 19 on the subject of tongues, this article shows that both charismatics and cessationists fail in applying these texts because they fail to read them through the redemptive-historical grid. The author of this article encourages the reading of Acts through a redempive-historical grid.