Did the Early Church Share Possessions? | Darrell Bock on Acts 2 & 4

Luke records that the early Jesus followers in Jerusalem “held everything in common” (Acts 2:44–45Open in Logos Bible Software (if available); 4:32–37Open in Logos Bible Software (if available)). Does this mean the early church abolished private property and embraced a sort of communalism? Luke-Acts scholar Darrell L. Bock joins Kirk E. Miller on this episode of What in the Word? to discuss these texts and what they might mean for us today.

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Outline:
0:00 Introduction
3:32 What's the difficulty?
5:06 The context of Acts 2
9:16 The context of Acts 4
14:00 Elsewhere in Acts & NT
17:17 What's going on?
25:54 An exceptional community
30:03 Descriptive yet persuasive
36:38 Important details
43:05 The practical significance
47:58 Advice for preaching or teaching