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early church
Articles for Small Group Leaders
6 Crucial Life Group Lessons From the Early Church
I’ve found that people often project their preferred model of church life back upon the early church and therefore fill in the blanks. But there is something much more significant about the first century church that we need to hear and heed.
Articles for Pastors
Priscilla: A Deeper Look at an Early Church Leader
Priscilla’s leadership in the early church can be easily missed by our modern, western perspectives, especially as she and her husband receive only six mentions in Acts and Paul’s letters.
Podcast
Michael Frost: The Church Needs to Get Back to Being Weird

Michael Frost holds a PhD in "being and doing church" and is the author of several books. He is also the head of the missiology...
Articles for Pastors
8 Questions the Early Church Might Ask Our Churches
I think often of the dramatic, radical faith of the early church. Then, I spend a lot of time in churches in North America whose faith, frankly, seems weak.
Articles for Pastors
Were Jesus’ Apostles Martyrs? Does It Matter?
The willingness of the apostles to suffer and die as martyrs for their faith is one of the most commonly cited arguments for the resurrection.
Podcast
N.T. Wright: What the Church Has Missed in the Crucifixion of Jesus
N.T. Wright: “Trust the God of surprises."