Book Review – Saved – Experiencing the Promise of the Book of Acts by Nancy Guthrie

What Guthrie does here is walk through the book of Acts and layout an already historical narrative in another walkthrough fashion. If you’re familiar with doing a good Bible study there isn’t going to be anything super hard-hitting but if you’re just getting into Bible study or want to walk with someone through Acts, this is a great little book to do it with. Guthrie pulls in references to the Old Testament either directly referenced or indirectly alluded to and that’s where the biggest strength of the book comes in. Acts is a good starting place for someone getting into Bible study as it can be read like the Gospels in historical narrative, but we can’t forget its place in the whole story of God and that includes important points of Old Testament prophecy fulfillment and allusions. There are a few personal stories that I didn’t really want more of (kind of like a receipt where you just want to know the process) but they are not distracting and don’t happen too often, mostly at the beginning of chapters. So this could make a good gift for a new Christian or even a family Bible study walkthrough of Acts.