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Category: Early Christians

Worshiping vs Following

There is a difference between worshiping Jesus and actually doing what he told us to do. I remember the documentary … More

belief, Jesus, Religion

Six Lessons to Learn in U.S. Christianity….

We spent the last two posts reviewing an article entitled “The Six Worst Things About American Christianity” from RedLetterChristians by … More

The History of the Church….

What matters to those who look to history for important lessons is that something was lost in the fourth century … More

emergent, Robin Meyers, theologians, underground church

The Fourth Rummage Sale??…..The Emergent Church of the 21st Century

This post is about the fourth great rummage sale and that is the “Great Emergence”. In this post I am … More

Emergent church, rummage sales

A Giant Rummage Sale…

Anyone who has visited this blog in the recent past know that I am pinning great hope on the “emergent” … More

church history, Emergent church, Great Emergence, history, Phyllis Tickle

Saving Jesus — (Part 3) About the Gospels….

This is part three of my review of the book Saving Jesus from the Church: How to Stop Worshiping Christ … More

On Ward Christian Soldier????

Today Christian families are often also military families but at the beginnings of our religion that was definitely not the … More

early church, hospitality, Jesus, soldiers

Christians Doing Risky Things….

No this post is not about anything in today’s world. There are some Christians who are on evangelism missions abroad … More

hospitality, Jesus, least of these, Matt. 24:34

Oh That Founding Father Origen…

As we have learned in several of my recent posts Origen was one of the most influential theologians in the … More

ancient text, diana butler bass, early church leaders, hexaple, history of christianity, Origen, parables, Religion, sacred scriptures

Saint to Heretic to Saint Again…..

With this post I will begin looking at some of the early church leaders.  We will start with Origen. Here … More

Clement, Eusebius, Origen, post-nicene, theologians

The Early Leaders – A Study Approach…

This will be the beginning of I don’t know how many posts on the early leaders of the church. By … More

diversity, early church leaders

How Faith Changed….

This will probably be my last post about the early christians for a while. Next time I will begin to … More

beliefs, Christianity, Faith, People of the Way

Official Christianity….

I am going to jump ahead a little here so that I can put something into your mind before we … More

Christianity, official christianity, power struggles, Religion

Early Church Historians…

The Future of Faith (Cox, Harvey) As we have seen, these early Christian “historians” were neither critical nor neutral. They … More

apostolic authority, early christians, Gospel of Thomas, myth., Nag Hammadi

A Small Closure….

We have filled a small corner of our mosaic of church history so I will soon be moving on to … More

early christians, foreigner, going back again

Early Christian Practices….

TO start this post here is a quote from Robin Myers book entitled The Underground Church – Reclaiming the Subversive Way of Jesus. … More

christian growth, Constantine, early christians, Mandatory Christians

Were the Early Christians Unblemished??

I want to give you a quick answer up front to the question posed in the title above.  The answer … More

early christians, Nicene, State religions

Citizens as Foreigners…

Let’s start this post with a long quote from A People’s History of Christianity: The Other Side of the Story … More

early christians, foreigners

Nonviolence – Absolute Pacifism

Let’s start out this post with another quote from A People’s History of Christianity: The Other Side of the Story  … More

abortio, Hitler, nonviolence, pacifism

The Didache

Given the amount of weight that “correct” beliefs have with so many churches today it is hard to understand just … More

Didache, early christians, manuals

Hospitality….

Hospitality was a very important thing to the early Christians. They put it above beliefs in their understanding of Jesus. … More

country club, early christians, hospitality

Early Church Growth….

Lets look at just how much the Followers of the Way increased in membership during the Pre-Constantine years. Here is … More

church growth, early christians

Subverted Loyalty….

In this post lets revisit one of the quotes from Robin Myers’ book entitled The Underground Church – Reclaiming the Subversive Way of … More

coliseum, early christians, Jesus, Roman empire

Just Ordinary People….

For the month of July we will be studying just how the early Christians went about practicing their faith. As … More

beliefs, early christians, People of the Way, The Way

History of the Church — More Details …

I realize that due to trying to keep the last post brief I did not fully explain the three ages … More

belief, Diane Butler Bass, Faith, Harvey Cox
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