Thirty Years That Changed the World Quotes

“I think it is significant that it is the younger churches with no pretensions to western `sophistication' who look at the Acts, learn from it, and go out in the power of the same Lord expecting him to do equally mighty things through them. That is happening in Latin America, much of Asia, and a great deal of Africa. The Christians in these regions seem to have a facility we have lost for reading the story, learning from it, and applying it.”
― Michael Green, Thirty Years That Changed the World: The Book Acts for Today

“in this book I want to address a question that I think is commonly in the minds of Christian people when they read the Acts of the Apostles: what can we learn from these people who turned the world upside down in so short a space of time?”
― Michael Green, Thirty Years That Changed the World: The Book Acts for Today

“It all began with a dozen men and a handful of women: and then the Spirit came.”
― Michael Green, Thirty Years That Changed the World: The Book Acts for Today

“I am very grateful for churches I know in many
parts of the world, mainly the Two Thirds World, which are seeking to live like the first disciples and, like them, are discovering the power of the Holy Spirit who seems only to be available to us when we make ourselves totally available to God”
― Michael Green, Thirty Years That Changed the World: The Book Acts for Today

“The Acts has so much to say to our half-hearted and cold-blooded Christianity in the western world. It rebukes our preoccupation with buildings and ministerial pedigree, our syncretism and pluralism, our lack of expectancy and vibrant faith. As such it is a book supremely relevant for our time.”
― Michael Green, Thirty Years That Changed the World: The Book Acts for Today