The Practice Lab:
Training for the Front Lines

The Book of Acts is your tactical manual.

The Interactive Research Hub is your intelligence source and synthesis engine. It enables you to not only read our curriculum, but more interestingly, it encourages you to engage with Acts by asking questions. These allow you to gain even deeper insights as you interact.

The Practice Lab* is where you master the Hub. Spend a few minutes learning our state-of-the-art search and synthesis technology and you will start to extract even more actionable ideas for use in your discipleship.

Don't just read the record. Interrogate it. Cross-examine the evidence.

* The Practice Lab is the Notebook for Classes 1-2.

How to Use the Practice Lab

To get the most from our Interactive Research Hub, follow these simple steps:

  1. Select a Practice Question by copying a question in the next section.

  2. Go to the Lab by clicking on the "Investigative Questions" link.

  3. Paste your question into the Chat Box at the bottom of the center section in the Lab.

  4. Analyze the Evidence: In 30 seconds the Hub will return a fascinating narrative answering your question.

  5. Ask more questions and you will quickly become proficient.

  6. Next: Choose another question below.

Investigative Questions

Practice Questions for Learners

  • Acts 1:1-11

  • Lens 1 (God's Plan): Christ delivers the official roadmap in 1:8, dictating a phased expansion across fixed geographical lines (Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and the ends of the earth).

    Lens 2 (The Holy Spirit): The apostles receive a strict operational restriction: they are banned from launching the campaign until they are filled with spiritual power (dunamis).

    Lens 3 (The Gospel): The entire campaign relies on the legal standard of tekmerion—concrete, undeniable physical proofs over 40 days that legally establish the resurrection as an unchangeable fact.

    Lens 5 (Friction Analysis): The disciples suffer from a severe strategic distraction, attempting to pivot the mission toward a local political takeover. Christ corrects them, refocusing the frontlines away from earthly political battles.

  • Acts 1:12-26

  • Lens 1 (God's Plan): The apostles must rebuild the foundational 12-man leadership ring to fully execute the corporate authority given to them by Christ.

  • Lens 3 (The Gospel): The standard for leadership is forensically strict: the replacement candidate must have been a direct eyewitness to the entire campaign, from Jesus' baptism to the physical resurrection.

  • Lens 6 (New Testament Bridge): This operational restructuring establishes the exact blueprint for appointing church leaders later detailed in 1 Timothy 3.