R. C. Sproul - Acts

R.C. Sproul, someone said to me in the 1970s, is the finest communicator in the Reformed world. Now, three decades later, his skills honed by long practice, his understanding deepened by years of prayer, meditation, and testing (as Martin Luther counseled), R.C. shares the fruit of what has become perhaps his greatest love: feeding and nourishing his own congregation at St. Andrews from the Word of God and building them up in faith and fellowship and in Christian living and serving. The St. Andrews Expositional Commentary will be welcomed throughout the world. It promises to have all R.C.s hallmarks: clarity and liveliness, humor and pathos, always expressed in application to the mind, will, and affections. R.C.s ability to focus on the the big picture, his genius of never saying too much, leaving his hearers satisfied yet wanting more, never making the Word dull, are all present in these expositions. They are his gift to the wider church. May they nourish Gods people well and serve as models of the kind of ministry for which we continue to hunger.

R.C. Sproul, well-known as a master theologian and extraordinary communicator, now shows that he is a powerful, insightful, helpful expository preacher. This collection of sermons is of great value for churches and Christians everywhere.

I tell my students again and again, You need to buy good commentaries and do so with some discernment. Among them there must be preachers commentaries, for not all commentaries are the same. Some may tell you what the text means but provide little help in answering the question, How do I preach this text? R.C. Sproul is a legend in our time. His preaching has held us in awe for half a century, and these pages represent the fruit of his latest exposition, coming as they do at the very peak of his abilities and insights. I am ecstatic at the prospect of reading the St. Andrews Expositional Commentary series. It represents Reformed theology on fire, delivered from a pastors heart in a vibrant congregation of our time. Essential reading.

R.C. Sproul is the premier theologian of our day, an extraordinary instrument in the hand of the Lord. Possessed with penetrating insight into the text of Scripture, Dr. Sproul is a gifted expositor and world-class teacher, endowed with a strategic grasp and command of the inspired Word. Since stepping into the pulpit of St. Andrews and committing himself to the weekly discipline of biblical exposition, this noted preacher has demonstrated a rare ability to explicate and apply Gods Word. I wholeheartedly recommend the St. Andrews Expositional Commentary to all who long to know the truth better and experience it more deeply in a life-changing fashion. Here is an indispensable tool for digging deeper into Gods Word. This is a must-read for every Christian.

How exciting! Thousands of us have long been indebted to R.C. Sproul the teacher, and now, through the St. Andrews Expositional Commentary, we are indebted to Sproul the preacher, whose sermons are thoroughly biblical, soundly doctrinal, warmly practical, and wonderfully readable. Sproul masterfully presents us with the big picture of each pericope in a dignified yet conversational style that accentuates the glory of God and meets the real needs of sinful people like us. This series of volumes is an absolute must for every Reformed preacher and church member who yearns to grow in the grace and knowledge of Christ Jesus. I predict that Sprouls pulpit ministry in written form will do for Christians in the twenty-first century what Martyn Lloyd-Joness sermonic commentaries did for us last century. Tolle lege, and buy these volumes for your friends.

ST. ANDREW'S EXPOSITIONAL COMMENTARY

Books in the St. Andrews Expositional Commentary Series:

Romans
John

Acts

Copyright 2010 by R. C. Sproul

Published by Crossway Books

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Cover design: Geoff Stevens

Interior design and typesetting: Lakeside Design Plus

First printing 2010

Printed in the United States of America

Unless otherwise indicated, Scripture references are from The New King James Version. Copyright 1982, Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publlcation Data

Sproul, R. C. (Robert Charles), 1939

Acts / R. C. Sproul.

p. cm.(St. Andrews expositional commentary)

Includes index.

ISBN 978-1-4335-2273-4 (hc)

1. Bible. N.T. ActsCommentaries. I. Title. II. Series.

BS2625.53.S67 2010

226.6'077dc22

2010019840

Crossway is a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.

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