The dramatic conversion of Saul of Tarsus, God’s apostle to the Gentiles, is recorded in Acts 9. The series of events surrounding his conversion marks a pivotal transition in the book of Acts. Dr. Hartmann explores the amazing work of God in the life of Saul, and it’s wider implications the life of the early church and beyond.
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Dr. Hartmann explains the concept of what theologians call salvation history in this teaching.
You may ask what is salvation history? Robert W. Yarbrough has defined a working definition as follows:
“[We] may say at the outset that ‘salvation history’ denotes the personal redemptive activity of God within human history to effect his eternal saving intentions. This activity finds fulfillment in the ministry of Jesus foreshadowed in various Old Testament writings and institutions and culminating in the New Testament message of his death, resurrection, and eventual return.”
Dr. Hartmann elucidates the doctrine of salvation history in this foundational teaching.
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Dr. Hartmann opens up the amazing life of the Apostle Paul. Dr. Hartmann skillfully draws out God’s unique handiwork in Paul’s life for all to see the triumphant paradoxical wisdom of the cross in three-dimensional living color.
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Isaiah 1 serves as the foundational text in this insightful commentary on our current age. Dr. Hartmann probes Ezekiel 16:41 to identify the exact nature of the sins of Sodom, to elucidate what exactly God is saying through Isaiah when He likens the people of Israel to the inhabitants of Sodom and Gomorrah.
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Dr. Hartmann examines the life of King David. Three distinct phases are identified in this insightful Biblical exposition of Israel’s greatest king… a person whom God identifies as “a man after His own heart”.
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Dr. Hartmann examines the account of Simon Magus as recorded in Acts 8. The passage serves as a springboard into an in depth examination of the type of wisdom that is exhibited by people that are driven by envy and selfish ambition.
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Lying signs and wonders, deception, susceptibility to hucksters are discussed in this poignant sermon on the life of Simon Magus- the great power of God, as recorded in Acts 8.
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Dr. Hartmann opens up God’s judgment of the interior life and external actions of King Saul.
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Acts 8:14-17 records the authoritative act of the designated ambassadors of God’s kingdom – the Apostles. God used them to authenticate “by hand” His official seal of the acceptance of the Samaritans into His kingdom as a people who have now received mercy.
The seal of authenticity God delivered by the hands of the Apostles is the Holy Spirit. This significant act shows the importance God placed on officially recognizing the inauguration of the Gospel entering the formerly God forsaken population of Samaritans.
Dr. Hartmann opens up how this act is the amazing fulfillment of Hosea 1 & 2.
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Dr. Hartman opens up several passages of scripture revealing the profound nature and benefits of waiting on the Lord.
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