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early church

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.

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.

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...

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.

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.

N.T. Wright: What the Church Has Missed in the Crucifixion of Jesus

N.T. Wright: “Trust the God of surprises."