The Acts of the Apostles explores the story of the early church, from its inception in Jerusalem to the hub of the Roman Empire. The early church firmly believed that it was not a new religion, but the realization and fulfillment of Judaism and the Scriptures that Judaism revered. But as the church lived out its mission as “the fulfillment” of its own religious heritage, it had to learn to reach beyond the comfortable boundaries of its traditions. It had to learn that central to the fulfillment of the hopes of Scripture was the incorporation of all persons, Jews and non-Jews, into the people of God.
J. Bradley Chance served William Jewell College as Professor of Religion and Chair of the Department, in addition to other administrative responsibilities.
Chance is the author of one monograph, Jerusalem, the Temple, and the New Age in Luke-Acts (Mercer University Press, 1988) and one textbook on biblical introduction, Rereading the Bible: An Introduction to the Biblical Story (Prentice-Hall, 1999), which he co-authored with Milton Horne, also a contributor to the Smyth & Helwys Commentary Series. Chance has contributed a number of articles dealing with the New Testament and matters of pedagogy to various journals, Bible dictionaries, and collections of essays.
The Acts of the Apostles explores the story of the early church, from its inception in Jerusalem to the hub of the Roman Empire. The early church firmly believed that it was not a new religion, but the realization and fulfillment of Judaism and the Scriptures that Judaism revered. But as the church lived out its mission as “the fulfillment” of its own religious heritage, it had to learn to reach beyond the comfortable boundaries of its traditions. It had to learn that central to the fulfillment of the hopes of Scripture was the incorporation of all persons, Jews and non-Jews, into the people of God.
J. Bradley Chance served William Jewell College as Professor of Religion and Chair of the Department, in addition to other administrative responsibilities.
Chance is the author of one monograph, Jerusalem, the Temple, and the New Age in Luke-Acts (Mercer University Press, 1988) and one textbook on biblical introduction, Rereading the Bible: An Introduction to the Biblical Story (Prentice-Hall, 1999), which he co-authored with Milton Horne, also a contributor to the Smyth & Helwys Commentary Series. Chance has contributed a number of articles dealing with the New Testament and matters of pedagogy to various journals, Bible dictionaries, and collections of essays.
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