Today I thought I would profile Moody Bible Institute’s online course entitled “Acts”

Here’s how they describe the course:

“Acts is a pivotal book in the New Testament. It is in Acts that the disciples witness Jesus ascending into heaven, and it is Acts that tells about the coming of the Holy Spirit. Acts documents the beginning of the church and shows it grow, evangelize, and undergo persecution. Many key individuals are introduced in Acts. First is Peter. Only a few months earlier he had denied knowing Jesus, but at Pentecost he becomes the leader of the fledgling church. Paul, a once outspoken persecutor of the church, is converted and becomes missionary to the Gentiles. Stephen, Philip, Barnabas, Silas, John Mark, and Timothy, among others, are also highlighted in Acts. Acts is a book of firsts. It tells of the first meeting of the church and of its first persecution, documents the first case of church discipline, explains the calling of the first deacons, records the events around the first martyrdom in the church, and highlights the calling of the first missionaries. In essence, Acts is the history book of the early church and is an important building block in understanding the rest of the New Testament.”

Acts is an extremely exciting book as we can see in it how the followers of Christ transition from being just a group of people following around Jesus to a more formalized movement with a name, Christians, and the formation of a church body.

If you’re looking for a first online bible courses to take, this class definitely sounds like an exciting one! You can find the syllabus online here, and more about Moody’s online bible courses here.