Sunday, October 13, 2019

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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About the Author

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.

I am glad that I received this book in plenty of time to go through each chapter and do the study. It has a lot of teachings I didn't want to skip over and I found it to be very in depth and filled with helpful insights. The study is eight weeks long and delves into the early church.

I loved when the author said, " Bible study is not about information; Bible study is about transformation." If all we get out of a Bible study is information, then we haven't achieved what the study was for. It is to help us understand scripture better, dig deeper in the lives of people in the Bible and help us with our daily walk with God.

I especially liked Week 5 because it deals with humility. As we humble ourselves God is able to use us to share His word with others. We can find examples of people in the Bible that used humility to share the Gospel with others. In the study Daniel is used as an example of a man who humbled himself. He prayed and interceded on behalf of Judah. He could have turned his back on Judah, but instead he prayed and humbled himself before the Lord.

I enjoyed the study and grew in knowledge from it. I loved the many scriptures used in the study and how it was broken down so it was easy to understand. The overall study is well written and delivers a powerful look at humility, Peter, John and historical figures such as Martin Luther. It is a study that helped me deal with some difficult things I'm facing and helped me to dig deeper in scriptures that became clearer to me.

I received a copy of this book from Celebrate Lit. The review is my own opinion.