ACTS DNA GUIDE
9 weeks (45 days) or 45 weeks. Can supplement with the corresponding chapters from “Acts for Everyone” by N. T. Wright
WEEK 1
WHEN, WHAT, AND HOW? Acts 1:1- 8
ASCENSION! Acts 1:9 - 14
RESTORING THE TWELVE Acts 1:15 - 26
HERE COMES THE POWER Acts 2:1 - 13
IT’S ALL COMING TRUE AT LAST Acts 2:14 - 36
WEEK 2
THE NEW FAMILY Acts 2:37 - 47
MORE THAN HE BARGAINED FOR Acts 3:1 - 16
RESTORATION AND REFRESHMENT Acts 3:17 - 26
RESURRECTION PLUS THE NAME OF JESUS EQUALS TROUBLE Acts 4:1 - 22 LOOK UPON THEIR THREATS Acts 4:13 - 37
WEEK 3
DISASTER Acts 5:1 - 11
THE WORDS OF THIS LIFE Acts 5:12 - 16
HUMAN INVENTIONS AND DIVINE INSTRUCTIONS Acts 5:17 - 42
PROBLEMS OF FAMILY LIVING Acts 6:1 - 7
WEEK 4 STEPHEN BECOMES A TARGET Acts 6:8 - 15
STEPHEN TELLS THE STORY Acts 7:1 - 53
THE STONING OF STEPHEN Acts 7:54 - 8:3
WEEK 5
WEEK 6
SAMARIA, THE SPIRIT AND SIMON MAGUS Acts 8:4 - 25 PHILIP AND THE ETHIOPIAN Acts 8:26 - 40
THE CONVERSION OF SAUL Acts 9:1 - 9
WEEK 7
ANANIAS AND SAUL Acts 9:10 - 19a
HE IS GOD’S SON Acts 9:19b - 31
BACK TO PETER Acts 9:32 - 42
PETER’S VISION Acts 10:1 - 16
PETER GOES TO CORNELIUS Acts 10:17 - 33
WEEK 8
TELLING THE GENTILES ABOUT JESUS Acts 10:34 - 48
CONTROVERSY AND VINDICATION Acts 11:1 - 18
TAKING ROOT - AND A NAME! - IN ANTIOCH Acts 11:19- 30 HEROD KILLS JAMES Acts 12:1 - 5
PETER’S RESCUE AND RHODA’S MISTAKE Acts 12:20 - 25
WEEK 9
MISSION AND MAGIC Acts 13:1 - 12
ADDRESS IN ANTIOCH Acts 13:13 - 25
THE MESSIANIC CHALLENGE Acts 13:26 - 43
A LIGHT TO THE GENTILES Acts 13:44 - 52
ICONIUM Acts 14:1 - 7
WEEK 10
CONFUSION IN LYSTRA Acts 14:8 - 20
OPENING THE DOOR OF FAITH Acts 14:21 - 28
IS CIRCUMCISION NECESSARY? Acts 15:1 - 11 THE JUDGMENT OF JAMES Acts 15:12 - 21
THE LETTER TO THE CHURCHES Acts 15:22 - 35
WEEK 11
A HUGE ROW Acts 15:36 - 41
TIMOTHY - AND NEW DEVELOPMENTS Acts 16:1 - 10
PREACHING AND PRISON IN PHILIPPI Acts 16:11 - 24
EARTHQUAKE AND SALVATION Acts 16:25 - 34
PUBLICLY VINDICATED Acts 16:35 - 40
WEEK 12
ANOTHER KING Acts 17:1 - 9
PAUL REACHES ATHENS Acts 17:10 - 21
PAUL AMONG THE PHILOSOPHERS (I) Acts 17:22 - 34 PAUL AMONG THE PHILOSOPHERS (II) Acts 17:22 - 34
A YEAR IN CORINTH Acts 18:1 - 11
WEEK 13
CHRISTIANITY DECLARED LEGAL IN ACHAEA Acts 18:12 - 17
APOLLOS IN EPHESUS AND CORINTH Acts 18:18 - 28
PAUL IN EPHESUS Acts 19:1 - 10
THE POWER OF GOD AND THE POWERS AT EPHESUS Acts 19:11 - 22
‘GREAT IS EPHESIAN ARTEMIS!’ Acts 19:23 - 41
WEEK 14
ROUND THE COAST AND OUT OF THE WINDOW Acts 20:1 - 12
PAUL THE PASTOR LOOKS BACK - AND LOOKS ON Acts 20:13 - 27
WATCH OUT FOR YOURSELVES, THE FLOCK AND THE WOLVES Acts 20:28 - 38 DISTURBING PROPHECIES Acts 21:1 - 14
WARDING OFF THE INEVITABLE Acts 21:15 - 26
WEEK 15
RIOT IN THE TEMPLE Acts 21:27 - 36
WHY NOT HEAR MY STORY? Acts 21:37 - 22:11
OUT OF HIS OWN MOUTH Acts 22:12 - 22
ROMAN CITIZENSHIP COMES IN USEFUL Acts 22:23 - 30
PAUL BEFORE THE SANDHEDRIN Acts 23:1 - 11
WEEK 16
THE OATH AND THE PLOT Acts 23:12 - 22
WE HAVE WAYS OF KEEPING YOU SAFE Acts 23:23 - 35
BRING ON THE BARRISTERS Acts 24:1 - 9 A DEFENSE OF THE HOPE Acts 24:10 - 21
FELIX CALMS (AND SLOWS) THINGS DOWN Acts 24:22 - 27
WEEK 17
TO CAESAR YOU SHALL GO Acts 25:1 - 12
AGRIPPA AND BERNICE Acts 25:13 - 27
PAUL BEFORE AGRIPPA Acts 26:1 - 11
PAUL’S CONVERSION (ONE MORE TIME) Acts 26:12 - 23
‘PAUL, YOU’RE MAD!’ Acts 26:24 - 32
WEEK 18
ALL AT SEA Acts 27:1 - 12
THE STORM AND THE ANGEL Acts 27:13 - 32
SHIPWRECK Acts 27:33 - 44 THE SNAKE ON MALTA Acts 28:1 - 10
TO ROME AT LAST Acts 28:11 - 22
TO ROME AT LAST Acts 28:23 - 31