Rodney Stark: “To cities filled with the homeless and impoverished, Christianity offered charity as well as hope. To cities filled with newcomers and strangers, Christianity offered immediate basis for attachments. To cities filled with orphans and widows, Christianity provided a new and extended sense of family. To cities torn by violent ethnic strife, Christianity offered […]
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TWO-PART CONVERSION Church of England Archbishop and theologian William Temple defines evangelism: “To evangelize is so to present Jesus Christ in the power of the Holy Spirit that men come to put their faith in God through him, to accept him as their Saviour and to serve him as their King in the fellowship of […]
The earliest Christians were eager to embrace and exploit recent advances in travel and literature to aid and multiply their efforts to spread the good news of Jesus with new people. Under the rule of Rome, inter-city travel became possible and safe in ways it had not been before Paul’s day or even decades after. […]
Jesus Daily Quotes (facebook.com/jesusdaily ONLY JESUS… can turn a MESS into a MESSAGE, a TEST into a TESTIMONY, a TRIAL into a TRIUMPH, a VICTIM into a VICTORY! Has Jesus turned you into a VICTORY? ♥ LUST…….will leave you loveless POWER…….will leave you heartless DRUGS…….will leave you senseless M0NEY…….will leave you comfortless and FRIENDS…..will leave […]