Includes bibliographies

Introduction 9 Prelude to Pentecost 13 Witnesses All Are We 22 Moving Out With the Spirit 30 The Spirit as People Mover 38 No More People-filing 46 Breaking New Ground 55 Faith Active in Love 64 Poses, Prejudice, and Philosophy 73 The Word Prospers 82 For the Name of the Lord Jesus 92 Turmoil and Trial 101 For Jesus’ Sake 110 The Dawn of Hope for the World 118 Do Not Lose Heart 127 Luke the Lord’s Man 134

In the book of Acts the Spirit mediates between the church and the world, within the church and within the world. Under His influence the world reversed itself and went down new pathways of faith. With solutions of startling newness in outreach and witness, the early band of Christian believers won enormous victories, because the Spirit went between them and the world. Jesus had said, “Tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high" (Luke 24:49). He had spoken of the Spirit at work in the world: “And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment" (John 16:8). The band in the upper room found how true that was. The Spirit is the “In-between God," the one who goes between, mediating, enabling, persuading. The discerning eye acknowledges that the world still survives only because of Him. The book of Acts is the story of the Spirit at work in men and women, in the church, and in the world. It is a story that is still going on today.