Luke-Acts (VI Legacy)

With Derek Morphew

This course discusses what Jesus began to do and teach through his earthly ministry (Luke), and what he continued to do and teach through the work of the Holy Spirit (Acts). Because Luke and Acts are written by the same author, who carefully constructs the relationship between his two volumes, a clear and obvious theology can be observed, which is expressed in ten major themes that run through his works. These works, which make up a significant percentage of the total New Testament documents, represent the primary missions texts of scripture. Luke’s theology is one of the best cases in scripture of salvation history, a worldview and perspective already found in the Old Testament. The course allocates the bulk of its content to describing Luke’s theology, which emerges out of Jesus mission and message of the kingdom, and then has a section that deals with the standard issues of authorship and date.

Learning Objectives

On completion of this course, you will learn how to:

  • Achieve an overall understanding the Luke-Acts as an historical and theological two-volume work of one author.

  • Understand the structural elements in both Luke and Acts, and the parallel manner in which Luke wrote his two volumes.

  • Understand ten major theological themes that run through both Luke and Acts, resulting in the theology of Luke.

  • Understand the connections between the ten major themes, particularly: the coming of the rule of God, in and through the anointing of the Spirit on the messiah, resulting in healing and salvation, within the framework of salvation history.

  • Articulate and replicate the narrative of the ten major themes in Luke- Acts.

  • Achieve a general understanding of various positions and options regarding the authorship and dating of Luke and Acts.

The Course Includes

13 Short Videos

12 Handouts

9 Quizzes


Course curriculum

  1. 1

    • Downloads
  2. 2

    • Learning Block 1.1

    • Learning Block 1.2

    • Quiz - Biblical Exercise

    • Quiz - Learning Block 1
  3. 3

    • Learning Block 2

    • Quiz - Learning Block 2
  4. 4

    • Learning Block 3.1

    • Learning Block 3.2

    • Quiz - Biblical Exercise

    • Quiz - Learning Block 3
  5. 5

    • Learning Block 4.1

    • Learning Block 4.2

    • Learning Block 4.3

    • Quiz - Biblical Exercise

    • Quiz - Learning Block 4
  6. 6

    • Learning Block 5.1

    • Learning Block 5.2

    • Quiz - Learning Block 5
  7. 7

    • Learning Block 6.1

    • Learning Block 6.2

    • Quiz - Learning Block 6
  8. 8

    • Learning Block 7

    • Quiz - Learning Block 7
  9. 9

    • Quiz - Learning Block 8