Index of Subjects
Ambrose (church Father)
Anti-Semitism
Antietam, battle of
Archer, Gleason L. (on translation of 1 Samuel 13:1–2)
Artemis, cult of
Asimov, Isaac (on second law of thermodynamics)
Assurance of salvation
Baptism, salvation and
Barclay, William
Barnabas
apostleship of
background of
Barnes, Albert
Baxter, Richard (on ministers’ self-examination)
Bernice (consort of Herod Agrippa II)
Bible, prerequisites for effective study of
Bruce, F. F.
on correctness of Luke’s title for Malta’s governor
on exemption of Roman citizens from flogging
on meaning of tasso
on Paul’s use of Tyrannus’s lecture hall
on Pharisees becoming Christians
on physical appearance of Paul
on Stoicism and Epicureanism
Bunyan, John
Church building, earliest known
Churchill, Winston
Conscience
David, God’s providential protection of
Day of Atonement
Demons, authority of believers over
Ecumenical councils
Elders
Epicureans
Evangelism
methods of
necessity of
Pauline principles of
Evolution, theory of
Exorcisim, believers not to engage in
Exorcists (false)
Faithfulness, blessings of
Fall of man
False religion, futility of
False teachers, danger of
Fasting
General revelation
Gifts, spiritual
God
arguments for existence of
importance of knowledge of
justice of
power of
sovereignty of
sovereignty of in salvation
will of
Gospel
divisiveness of
rejection of disobedience to God
Gould, Stephen Jay (on absence of transitional forms)
Harrison, Everett F.
on Paul’s discouragement in Corinth
on Paul’s friendship with Asiarchs
Heppe, Heinrich (on meaning of repentance)
Herod Agrippa I
Herod Agrippa II
Herod Antipas
Herod the Great
History, purpose of
Holy Spirit, baptism with
Human responsibility, doctrine of
Humility
Idolatry
Israel
“lost tribes” of
belief in resurrection of
God’s providential care of
hope of
opposition to the gospel
rejection by God not final
rejection of Jesus as Messiah
revolt against Rome (A.D. 66–70)
salvation offered first to
Jefferson, Charles (on importance of pastoral oversight)
Jesus Christ
crucifixion of
Old Testament prophecies of
resurrection of
John the Baptist
Josephus on Ananias the high priest
on first-century revolt in Palestine
on Jews’ right to execute violators of the Temple
on the Pharisees
Judaism
Judaizers
Kent, Homer A. (on addressees of Jerusalem Council letter)
Kingdom of God
Kistemaker, Simon J.
on agora
on meaning of Elymas
Kitts, David B. (on gaps in the fossil record)
Knox, John
Leadership
biblical principles of
difficulties in
world’s view of
Leadership, importance of
Lenski, R.C.H.
on abundance of gods in Athens
on futility of adding works to salvation
on wickedness of Corinth
Lightfoot, J. B. (on followers of John the Baptist in Asia Minor)
Longenecker, Richard N.
on Asiarchs
on Luke’s historical accuracy
Lost, fate of
Maccabean Revolt
Magi
Marshall, I. Howard (on laying on of hands)
Martyn, Henry (nineteenth-century missionary)
Messiah, Jewish view of
Ministry
call to
discouragement in
God the object of
priorities of
Money, danger of loving
Morgan, G. Campbell
Nazirite vow
Nero
New Covenant
Obedience (to God)
blessings of
importance of
Ovid (Roman poet)
Owen, John (on ministers’ relationship to God)
Packer, J. I. (on divine sovereignty and human responsibility)
Papias (early church Father)
Paul
as a member of the Sanhedrin
character of
conversion of
family of
his ministry after his first Roman imprisonment
his release from his first Roman imprisonment
his view of women
his philosophy of ministry
illness of
Jewish opposition to
physical appearance of
preaching of
Pax Romana
Persecution
early church experience of
inevitablity of
Perseverance
Pfeiffer, Charles F., and Howard F. Vos
on Aphrodite worship
on population of Corinth
Philip of Macedon
Pitman, Michael (on evidence of design in nature)
Polhill, John B. on ancient magicians
on association of meteorites with Artemis worship
on connection of Acts 14:3 to 14:1–2
on conversion of Sergius Paulus
on divination in Greco-Roman culture
on first-century Jewish nationalism
on meaning of spermologos
on Pharisees becoming Christians
Prayer, importance of
Preaching
danger of de-emphasizing
significance of
Prophets, New Testament
Ramsay, Sir William M.
on Mediterranean sea travel
on Paulus inscription
on poisonous snakes
on conversion of Sergius Paulus’s daughter
Repentance
Resurrection, Old Testament teaching on
Robertson, A. T.
on meaning of leitourgeō
on meaning of logios
on meaning of thōrion
Sabbath, Christians not required to observe
Salvation
by faith alone
missed opportunities concerning
Sanhedrin
Sartre, Jean-Paul
Satan, rebellion of
Schaeffer, Francis A.
Sherwin-White, A. N.
on Paul’s appeal to Caesar
on penalities in Roman law for frivolous prosecution
on Roman law against false accusers
Sicarii (Assassins) (first-century anti-Roman terrorists)
Silas, background of
Simon of Cyrene
Sin
conviction of
forgiveness of
Smith, Alan Radcliffe (on evidence of design in nature)
Smith, James (on Luke’s account of Paul’s shipwreck)
Spiritual warfare
Spurgeon, Charles Haddon
and the “Down-Grade Controversy,”
on discouragement in the ministry
on importance of study of God
Stoics
Stokes, G.T.
Subsequence. See Holy Spirit, baptism with
Suetonius (Roman historian)
Synagogues
liturgy of
Paul preaches in
Taylor, J. Hudson (concern for the lost)
Timothy
background of
circumcision of
hometown of
joins Paul and Silas
Tozer, A.W.
Vincent, Marvin R. (on meaning of radiourgias)
Vine, W.E. (on meaning of anaskeuazō)
Wiersbe, Warren (on great nineteenth-century preachers)
Williams, David J.
on length of Saul’s reign
on Philippi’s legal status
on receiving the Holy Spirit at salvation
on wickedness of Corinth
Women’s liberation movement
