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by Howard Brant (Author), Jim McCausland (Editor), James Plueddemann (Foreword by)
Most commentaries on Acts are written by Western scholars for a Western audience. This book comes out of more than forty years of teaching in the Majority World. It is aimed at the new breed of emerging missionaries from Asia, Africa, and Latin America. The apostles in Acts faced a hostile world. Yet in that context, the Holy Spirit gave them incredible courage. The scenes of Peter, Stephen, and Paul facing angry mobs and the fury of the Jewish Sanhedrin are being played out in India, China, and Eritrea today. Acts teaches us how to have a "courageous witness in a hostile world." Further, this work addresses the powerful forces that assault the worldwide church--particularly the racism that splits the church all over the world. Acts: Courageous Witness in a Hostile World will thrill you as you see how God's Spirit overcomes every obstacle and keeps the church on track, even when we think all is lost. Read this book for yourself and become courageous.
Author Biography
Howard Brant grew up riding on the back of his daddy's mule as he evangelized in the mountains of southern Ethiopia. He studied missions in Bible school, college, and earned a doctorate in missions at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. In 1996, he and his wife took the first Ethiopian missionaries to India. As a mission executive with SIM, he has traveled the world teaching Acts to Majority World missionaries.
