I am looking for some good resources on preaching NT narrative. Particularly, I would like to read some good stuff on making specific applications from NT narrative. I am presently teaching through Acts, which has been a fascinating study. I often find myself trying to find the right bridge from a historical and grammatical understanding to what I can tell the listener to do based on the truth found in the text. For example, we see Paul, Timothy and Luke being stopped by the Lord from pursuing missionary journeys in other regions. They go to Troas to wait for the Lord to reveal their next stop (which He does). What can we take from this applicationally? We're not waiting on the Lord in the same sense as they were, we're not waiting on a Word from God or a sign to direct our paths. Yet we understand theologically that God sovereignly directs our steps to accomplish His purposes. What are the rules that govern our thinking on applicational questions such as these?
Any thoughts or resources come to mind?
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