Saved: Experiencing the Promise of The Book of Acts. Nancy Guthrie. 2024. 304 pages. [Source: Review copy]
First sentence: If you think about it, Acts is kind of a funny name for a book, isn't it? It immediately raises the question, "Whose acts? what acts?"
Saved is a commentary for the book of Acts by Nancy Guthrie. It is more detailed than a general, broad overview. It is not thorough, however. IF by thorough you mean it covers (in a commentary style, method) verse by verse, chapter by chapter. There are seventeen chapters that cover twenty-eight chapters of Acts.
It definitely provides a good, basic overview or outline of the book of Acts. You do pick up on recurring themes and significant, key passages. The 'lens' through which Acts is viewed is SALVATION and what it means to be saved, to live saved, to walk that 'saved' life. Salvation has a "now what?" element to it. Salvation changes, transforms, etc.
This blends devotional elements into the commentary, HOWEVER, it isn't a traditional devotional OR a traditional commentary. If you are looking for something less-blended, and more strictly one or the other, this might disappoint.
If you are bored by the book of Acts, if it isn't one of your favorites, perhaps this one will help you see Acts in a new light. I do personally wish that it was more one chapter per chapter of Acts. I do feel in a few places that it was rushed. I personally wanted *more* time to dwell in a section of Acts.
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