Here you'll see the bud of the early church blossom into a worldwide outreach, with the good news of Jesus Christ reaching such cities as free-spirited Thessalonica, intellectual Athens, and voluptuous Corinth. But you'll also feel the assault of stormy weather and natural enemies as time goes by. Christ's love will have to overcome prejudice, desertion, conflict, disappointent, abuse, legalism, and endless change -- issues that know no generational bounds and still touch our lives today. If you need the reassurance of God's presence and power in the storms you must weather, or if you hunger for His life-giving touch to open up your life and let it blossom, this study in the book of Acts is for you. - Back cover.