About the Book
Book: ACTs420NOW
Author: Marta E. Greenman
Genre: Non-Fiction, Inspirational, Jesus, the Gospel and Acts
Release Date: November 25, 2015
Afraid to take a stand for Jesus?
What would you do if asked to defend or recant your faith?
Discover how the apostles, as well as other historical believers, were equipped to take a stand and defend their faith. The book of Acts comes to life in Marta E. Greenman’s relevant Bible study and will strengthen you to overcome difficult circumstances in your own life.
Take an in-depth look at:
- The lives of Peter and John, and other first-century believers who answered their culture while standing firm for Christ in spite of persecution
- Little-known facets of the stories of pilgrim, William Bradford, Martin Luther and martyr, William Tyndale.
- The faith of heroes of the U. S. Revolution and our nation’s early leaders that shaped our great nation.
Strategies for overcoming, and powerful biblical principles, are intertwined with lessons from the believers of history in this eight-week, interactive Bible study. Five strategic lessons each week will encourage you in your faith, and equip you to face difficult days. Interactive questions will help you examine your own life and leave a deposit of faith.
“For we cannot stop about speaking what we have seen and heard.” (Acts 4:20 NAS)
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My Review:
“Remember, changing a nation begins with one person-you.”
This sentence sums up Marta Greenman’s Bible study on our role as a believer during the times of change that we are presently experiencing in our country. This is a detailed look at scripture that can be instrumental in helping any believer form or solidify a Biblical world view. First and foremost, the author emphasizes Jesus as Savior and our need to individually accept His free gift of salvation.
This is an eight-week Bible study with five lessons per week. Here’s my disclosure: Although I read through the entire Bible study commentary for this review, I did not complete every lesson in the book. However, it would take me about 30 minutes per lesson to do one day’s lesson in a thoughtful manner. Each week’s lessons included looking up quite a few scriptures; discussion questions; a “Questions to Ponder” section for personal application; and several charts to read and complete. There was a section each week featuring the stories of godly men who lived in turbulent political times and their responses as a believer during those times. It’s quite an interesting study and I’ll be going back through these lessons again.
I would love to have the opportunity to do this as group study. It would adapt well to almost any Bible study group. I’ve been in both Bible Study Fellowship and Precepts classes, and this study holds up well with both of those.
I received a copy of this book from the publisher. All opinions are my own.
Marta E. Greenman was called out of corporate America in 1988, then joined a church-planting organization and traveled the world in evangelism and discipleship campaigns. In 2002, she and her husband, Marshall, moved to Romania to help church plant and work with street children. In 2011, Marta founded Words of Grace & Truth Ministries, which is dedicated to teaching God’s Word to the nations, and teaching others to do the same. She is the author of two other Bible studies, Bound to be Free, and Leaders, Nations, and God, teaches and speaks nationally and internationally, and makes her home with her husband in Plano, TX.
More from Marta
What can we learn from the first century church to make the twenty first century church more “successful.” Join me in a journey to rediscover principles from the first century church to apply them to your life. We will start from the foundation of Christianity, there is salvation in none other than Jesus Christ, and build from there. We will start our journey in Acts 4 and explore strategies for overcoming.
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To celebrate her tour, Marta is giving away the grand prize of a $25 Amazon gift card!!
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My family and I all appreciate you bringing to our attention the book description of another great book to read. Thanks so much!
Thank you for sharing this timely study!
Sounds like an interesting read, my dad would like it.
This sounds like an amazing book.