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Continuing where I left off in post #1139 - “… Followers Jesus during this time saw themselves as ‘resident aliens.’ They were a persecuted minority and as such did not dream of corporately exercising ‘power over’ others. Indeed, the church of this time grew - and grew at a mind-boggling rate...

“Tragically, the history of the church has been largely a history of believers refusing to trust the way of the crucified Nazarene and instead giving in to the very temptation he resisted. It’s the history of an institution that has frequently traded its holy mission for what it thought was a...

“The primary responsibility that every parent has is to teach their kids. It’s not the church, it‘s not the school, but parents.” - Frank Turek

* There still is. *

”You are not a follower of Jesus if you aren’t armed, ready to kill” vs. Christian history ”In the first three centuries of the faith … to be a follower of the Prince of Peace meant minimally that one refrained from killing human beings or even being indirectly involved in the killing of...