Acts of the Apostles

By Ronald J. Allen

Acts of the Apostles helps the preacher identify possibilities for sermons based on texts and themes in the book of Acts. While offering a basic exegetical framework for interpreting passages in Acts in their historical, literary, rhetorical, and theological contexts, this volume also suggests ways in which the preacher can relate

• Language: English
• Publisher: Fortress Press
• Release date: May 1, 2013
• ISBN: 9781451426441

Ronald J. Allen

Ronald J. Allen is Professor of Preaching and Gospels and Letters at Christian Theological Seminary in Indianapolis, Indiana. He is the author of several books on preaching including Sermon Treks: Trailways for Creative Preaching from Abingdon Press.  

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Reviews for Acts of the Apostles

[Paul Whiting · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

This is a commentary that comments on the Acts of the Apostles using the divisions of the Revised Common Lectionary. The most distinctive feature of this commentary is the discussion of parallels passages from Luke and how they are developed in Acts. Unfortunately, this commentary is consistently not very helpful in doing what a biblical commentary should always do: help readers to understand the different interpretive options and resolve exegetical difficulties.

I also find the preaching suggestions rather meaningless. They are consistently of the variety, you could use passage x to preach about y ... This frustrating because I don't need a commentary to tell me the obvious. This is why preachers turn to commentaries, for help with interpreting passage x to preach about y, and Allen consistently fails to provide any real help here.

Both in e-book format and in print, there are simply much better commentaries that do everything Allen tries to do in this commentary. I recommend giving it a pass.