Acts of the Apostles

by Abe Lincoln

Overview

The book of Acts is the hinge on which all the New Testament swings. It bridges the gap between what the Gospels promise and what actually comes to pass concerning Christianity. In the Gospels you read of what will be and in the Acts of the Apostles you read of that coming into existence. The church that is promised in Matthew becomes a reality in Acts. The sending of the Holy Spirit promised in the Gospels comes to pass in a display of power in Acts. The long sought redemption hinted at in the Old Testament and previewed in the Gospels is finally experienced in the book of Acts.
Abe Lincoln, one of the finest elders and teachers I have ever known, presents the early teaching of the apostles in a way that only one with the same heart and boldness can. The establishment of the church in Jerusalem and the progress of the church, spread throughout Judea, Samaria, and the entire world, is presented in Acts and Abe does a marvelous job of leading the readers through the journey. As you travel this journey you will discover that the church that was started in Jerusalem is the same church established in every city where the apostles preached the gospel.
The disciples of the early church who acts are recorded in this book of action were not merely men of words and ideas; they were men of action. There is the bold and dramatic movement from Jerusalem and its upper room to Rome and its prison. In the book of Acts, we see a growing group of men and women filled with the dynamic power of a new life. The book of Acts becomes the story of Holy Spirit empowered men who took the gospel far and wide into every nook and hamlet of the then known world.
Abe Lincoln has a unique and incisive way of expressing the spiritual truths presented in Acts. He has given us a scholarly, evangelistic and warm exposition of the book of Acts. His research on this book is the work of several years of preparing and teaching it in the Sunset School of Preaching, now known as Sunset International Bible Institute. He has influenced thousands of students and other people by his simple, yet profound, approach to this book.
I commend this book to you and pray that you will not only read it, but study it. And may the Spirit which motivated and powered heroes of the book of Acts make us equally adequate for the times in which we live. May God richly bless you as you read and study the material contained in this book.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940013893733
Publisher:	Sunset Institute Press
Publication date:	01/01/2004
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	288
File size:	392 KB

About the Author

Abe was born and reared on a farm near Sweetwater, Texas. He graduated from Sweetwater High and won for himself a scholarship to TCU and later transferred to ACC, now ACU, from which he received his B.S. Degree in 1950. Brother Lincoln's first venture was as a high school principal and football coach. Sundays were always devoted to a greater contest than athletics, as he proclaimed the Gospel of Christ. His first love soon emerged as the victor and thus he dedicated full time to the work of an evangelist.

Abe's over forty years on the firing line for the Lord took him to works in Iowa, Odessa, Midland and Fort Worth, Texas and over thirty years teaching in the Sunset International Bible Institute in Lubbock. In the late fifties, the Lincoln family labored with the Tex Williams family in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, for three years. Abe was working locally as both evangelist and elder with the church in Seminole, Texas along with his teaching duties in the Sunset International Bible Institute when he was called home to be with the Lord in February of 1997.

While at ACU, Abe met and married Dot Dollar. They have a son, Steve, and a daughter, Becky.