“Before Christendom” is our current Christian education series. In it, we look at the writings of Christians (and heretics!) from just after the writing of the New Testament up until the time when Christianity was made legal by the Roman Government. Today we talk about two Christian writers who ended up being declared heretics (Eusibeus…
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“Before Christendom” is our current Christian education series. In it, we look at the writings of Christians (and heretics!) from just after the writing of the New Testament up until the time when Christianity was made legal by the Roman Government. Today we talk about the Christian thinker Origen, a story about martyrs named Perpetua…
We talk about the pressure that arises when we start to consider our own personal missions, but also the relief that in that all of those things have been given to us by a God who loves us and will be our shepherd. Sermon Scripture: Acts 20:17–38 Now from Miletus he sent to Ephesus and…
We all have those moments of surprise, both good and bad. But those moments are moments that make us think about who we are and where God might be leading us. Sermon Scripture: Acts 9:1–19 But Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest and asked…
“Before Christendom” is our current Christian education series. In it, we look at the writings of Christians (and heretics!) from just after the writing of the New Testament up until the time when Christianity was made legal by the Roman Government. Today we talk about the Christian thinkers Tertullian and Irenaeus of Lyons as well…
We talk about the Resurrection and our call to be witnesses to the work of the living Christ in our lives. Sermon Scripture: Acts 5:17–32 But the high priest rose up, and all who were with him (that is, the party of the Sadducees), and filled with jealousy they arrested the apostles and put them…
Before Christendom is our Sunday morning adult education series right now. We are studying the writings that were not considered Scripture but still were around in the early part of the Christian movement. Today we take a look at one heretical work (the Gospel of Judas) as well as two apologists (Clement of Alexandria and…
We celebrate Easter Sunday today talking about Jesus’ vocation of Prophet and how Christianity is a future oriented faith. Sermon Scripture: Luke 24:1–12 But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they went to the tomb, taking the spices they had prepared. And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb,…
We talk about Jesus’ kingship and what it means for us to confess Him as our King. Sermon Scripture: Philippians 2:5–9 Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself,…
“Before Christendom” is our Sunday morning Christian education topic currently. In it, we explore the writings of Christians (and opponents of Christianity) from 100 to 350 AD. This week we talked about three writings from around 170 AD: The Infancy Gospel of James, the heretical writing of Marcion, and the Acts of Peter.