The aim of Luke, the writer of
Acts, was to show how the church
fulfilled the words of Jesus: "You
shall be witnesses to me in Jerusalem,
and in all Judea and Samaria and to the
end of the earth".
In a series of vivid images we see
Peter preaching in the streets of
Jerusalem, Philip preaching to the
Samaritans and Paul travelling all over
the Mediterranean world winning the
Gentiles for Christ and finally
establishing Christianity in Rome
itself. Acts is both inspiring and
challenging and has much to teach us
about reaching people with the Gospel
in our own day.