Weekly outline

    GREETINGS
    GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE COURSE
    COURSE FORUMS
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    FINAL

  • BS232 The Book of Acts

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    Dear Students! Welcome to the Course "The Book of Acts".  We hope and pray you will have a wonderful experience studying with us and complete this course successfully!

    The very first thing we expect you to do is to follow our weekly schedule. We strongly encourage you to complete your lessons within the suggested time frame, which will require maintaining the pace outlined in your course materials. It is recommended that you take a genuine effort in regular forum participation. This allows an opportunity to learn from other students and enrich their learning experience by your views, ideas and discoveries, as you navigate through the course together.

    Before you get started, please, review the Course Description and the Course Schedule.

    Updates on your group activities, further instructions and other relevant information will be available at “Announcements” forum page.

    If you have any questions or messages to the course tutor, please, do this on  “Ask a question” forum page. While the tutor will provide you with support during the course, you should be aware of the self-discipline required for the successful study.

    You are welcome to submit your prayer requests to «Prayer Room» forum page.

    • GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE COURSE 

      Before you get to the lessons, it is paramount that you review the course description and the timetable. They provide important information about the topics and readings, the required assignments and their purpose, etc.

    • FORUMS

    • This week Ronnie Stevens:

      • shares five leading themes or features of the Book of Acts;

      • talks about Luke, the author of  Acts;

      • explains the difference between a disciple and an apostle;

      • stresses the importance of one person for sharing the gospel or starting discipleship;

      • talks about apologetics and the power of the Holy Spirit;

      • ponders the question about the future we can expect for national Israel.

    • This week Ronnie Stevens:

      • talks about the great promise which starts with a few men and extends through the whole earth;

      • shows some verses to demonstrate the attitude of Jews to the Gentiles and helps to understand their mindset;

      • uses Scripture to show that Jesus can see everything because He is the Son of God;

      • shares some reasons why the ascension of Jesus was necessary;

      • gives an outline of the Book of Acts;

      • gives the answer to the question whether we can make decisions by drawing lots.

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    • This week Ronnie Stevens:

      • emphasizes that on the day of Pentecost people spoke known languages after receiving the gift of tongues from the Holy Spirit;

      • speaks about forgiveness, grace and mercy of  God in the life of;

      • look at the sermon of Peter who said that the Jews were guilty of nailing Jesus to the cross;

      • talks about the doctrine of God's sovereignity and the doctrine of human responsibility;

      • draws  attention to the marks of true repentance;

      • explains the difference between remorse and repentance with the help of illustrations;

      • speaks about the importance of baptism and the practices of the early church.
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      • You achieve a required score in Weekly Quiz 02
      • The activity Answer if you watched and read all for the week 2 is marked complete

    • This week Ronnie Stevens:

      • shows the difference between the command and the pattern;

      • continues to talk about the life of the early church and dwells on the communion and prayer;

      • tells the story about Peter and John healing the lame man near the temple and about them being put in jail;

      • talks about apologetics and how Peter used apologetics by quoting a famous verse from the Old Testament;

      • explains why we need to understand two great offences connected with Christianity;

      • encourages us not to take the offense away and explains the powerful evangelistic verse.
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      • You achieve a required score in Weekly Quiz 03
      • The activity Answer if you watched and read all for the week 3 is marked complete

    • This week Ronnie Stevens:

      • wants to circle back to the miracle of Acts 3 and come forward again;

      • talks about uneducated and untrained people who made the difference in the world because they had the opportunity to spend time with Jesus;

      • gives an overwiew of the first four chapters, reviews key verses and main ideas of each chapter;

      • talks about one of the well-known stories in the Book of Acts which is one of the hardest to understand;

      • speaks about the the experience of the Apostles who had dramatic and powerful ministry and got a lot of converts;

      • explains the great principle found in Acts 5:29.
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      • You achieve a required score in Weekly Quiz 04
      • The activity Answer if you watched and read all for the week 4 is marked complete

    • This week Ronnie Stevens:

      • talks about the discent within the church and describes the situation when there was a fight among women which developed along racial lines;

      • tries to analyse Stephen's sermon which is not an easy one to organize and see what Stephen was doing;

      • talks about persecution in Jerusalem, ignited by the murder of Stephen;

      • looks at the ministry of deacon Philip and Apostles who went to Samaria and  to learn more about evangelism.
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      • You achieve a required score in Weekly Quiz 05
      • The activity Answer if you watched and read all for the week 5 is marked complete

    • This week Ronnie Stevens:

      • looks at the account of conversion of a great persecutor and points out the marks of true repentance, radical difference and real conversion in Paul's life;

      • talks about  Peter's healing ministry, his role and authority and makes some practical applications;

      • emphasizes that God doesn't arrange life and death  according to what we think would be best;

      • shows the distinction between patriotism and nationalism and helps  to understand the mindset of the 1st century Jews;

      • shows how God is opening Peter's heart and arms to welcome the Gentiles;

      • recalls how God has been blessing Gentiles in history;

      • speaks about the emergence of the model church in Antioch.
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      • You achieve a required score in Weekly Quiz 06
      • The activity Answer if you watched and read all for the week 6 is marked complete

    • This week Ronnie Stevens:

      • talks about the church which was shocked by the death of James and prayed fervently for Peter;.

      • speaks about the leaders of the church in Antioch and the importance of diversity;

      • explains in what way the church in Antioch was a model;

      • emphasizes that  when the Gospel is preached, divisions emerge and talks about one division which will last;

      • gives the background to the story about Paul healing a cripple at Lystra explains  the  behavior of people there.
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      • You achieve a required score in Weekly Quiz 07
      • The activity Answer if you watched and read all for the week 7 is marked complete

    • This week Ronnie Stevens:

      • talks about the problems the early church had to face and solve;

      • speaks about the disagreement between Paul and Barnabas and makes some practical applications;

      • explains why  Acts 16 is  important;

      • talks about God's will and God's calling;

      • looks at the story about planting the first church in Europe and explains why Paul went to Macedonia; speaks about the role of women and their faithfulness;

      • explains what can we do to cause our whole family to come to faith.
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      • You achieve a required score in Weekly Quiz 08
      • The activity Answer if you watched and read all for the week 8 is marked complete

    • This week Ronnie Stevens:

      • speaks about the price of redemption;

      • looks in detail at one of the most famous sermons in church hustory in the Book of Acts;

      • explains how hard it is to witness to someone you don't know and to  begin the conversation about Jesus;

      • analyses Paul's sermon in Athens which was addressed to people who didn't know Hebrew theology or Old Testament;

      • speaks about the views and arguments of people who think that Paul had poor missionary approach in Athens.
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      • You achieve a required score in Weekly Quiz 09
      • The activity Answer if you watched and read all for the week 9 is marked complete

    • This week Ronnie Stevens:

      • speaks about the importance of having a secular job to support yourself as a missionary;

      • stresses the importance of evangelism and discipleship;

      • explains his understanding of Acts 19 where we have a situation which creates some debates among Christians about the work of the Holy Spirit and speaking with tongues.
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      • You achieve a required score in Weekly Quiz 10
      • The activity Answer if you watched and read all for the week 10 is marked complete

    • This week Ronnie Stevens:

      • tells the story about the boy who fell asleep during Paul's sermon and fell off the upper level and died;

      • looks at Luke’s  record of  Paul's charge to the Ephesian elders which is one of the most famous scenes in the Book of Acts;

      • shares many stories from his experience;

      • helps  to understand that there is no contradiction in Аcts 21;

      • talks about  our relationship with a law;

      • explains why we have Paul’s testimony recorded three times;

      • discusses the question whether baptism saves us.
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      • You achieve a required score in Weekly Quiz 11
      • The activity Answer if you watched and read all for the week 11 is marked complete

    • This week Ronnie Stevens:

      • talks about the accusations against Paul;

      • emphasizes five bad things Felix the judge did;

      • looks at Paul's testimony again as Luke gives a fuller quote of what the Lord said  on the road to Damascus;

      • speaks about repentance, sanctification and justification, because this theology is in Paul's testimony;

      • tells an exciting story written by Luke in Acts 27, the story of Paul's voyage and shipwreck.
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      • You achieve a required score in Weekly Quiz 12
      • The activity Answer if you watched and read all for the week 12 is marked complete

    • заключительная неделя

      This week is the deadline for submitting your literature review and the written assignment. These are the prerequisites to obtain the permission to take the FINAL TEST.

      Keep up the good work: "The one who is victorious I will make a pillar in the temple of my God. Never again will they leave it. I will write on them the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which is coming down out of heaven from my God; and I will also write on them my new name."

      • Step 1. Final Paper

        Please, submit your final paper (1500 words)  on the theme “Paul’s strategy for communicating the gospel in the Book of Acts”

      • Step 2. Final Exam

        Please, take the final exam for this course. 

      • Step 3. Reading Report

        Please, submit your reading report. 

      • Step 4. Course Evaluation

        It is very important to know your opinion about this course . Please fill in the feedback form Evaluation of Online Course, which you will find below.

        If you have something to say about how this course helped you in your ministry, in your spiritual development, we will be glad to hear it. If you want to say something to the teacher, you can send any comments and suggestions to our email address : tvs.student@gmail.com 

        THANK YOU!